The best Far East inspired restaurants in
Sacramento.
Sushi Cafe
4491
Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 452-6888
Love
this place! It is a great, fun, inviting sushi restaurant where the staff is
always welcoming. They have a big variety of Japanese food, including
sushi, bento boxes, Japanese beer and sake. It is fairly inexpensive and
in a cool location across the street from Land Park. If you're ever in
the area, you should definitely stop by! They used to have photos of the
regulars hanging up, but they’ve since taken them down. I’m a little bummed because
I was obviously one of those regulars that prided themselves on their picture
being up.
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| Fried.SpringRolls.nom |
2431
J St
Sacramento, CA 95816
(916) 442-7690
Thai
Basil Café is one of my favorite restaurants in Sacramento... well, one of my
favorites in downtown... well, on J street...well, it is definitely my favorite
restaurant on J and 24th... haha. Just kidding, this place really is one of the best places to go in Sacramento. It's
perfect for date night, casual night, fun night, sad night, break up night,
drunk night, whatever, Thai Basil has it all. They have a very kickass
patio out back, plus the side patio, and tons of indoor seating. But
don't sit indoors. Be strong, brave the outside. Live a little.
It's nice!
Now, enough about the patio (did I mention there is a fountain??) and onto the
food.
The food is perfect. Fresh, big portions, prepared quickly, big selections, and
most of all, delicious! The chicken is great, the beef is great, the rice is
great, the veggies are great... see a pattern? This place rocks. The servers
are always fast and do their best to make you happy. They have some
pretty refreshing Thai beers (didn't know they existed before drinking them
here).
Oh and the fried spring rolls... as the ever famous Jack Donaghy once said,
"O-M-F-G".
The food is moderately priced, but for what you get (portion size and quality)
it is really worth every penny. I go here in the winter too, but summer
time is the best.
Tell them Eric sent you... that and $12.99 will get you a plate of red thai
peanut curry.
Erawan Thai
Restaurant
1180 35th Ave
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 391-8996
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| lamb and rice. yum |
I
went to Erawan this weekend and was really excited. I finally got to try it
out. I read a ton of good reviews, and had been dying to get some Erawan
time.
I got some seasoned lamb with rice and veggies and friend spring rolls.
Dude, yes! So good! The lamb and vegetables were perfect, especially the
vegetables, oh gosh, the vegetables! Yum! The rolls too! They were hot! Not
spicy hot, but like hot, wicked hot, straight out of the fryer hot, which equals
straight out of the fryer deliciousness.
I also had a good, refreshing Thai beer, a Singha, good stuff!
The restaurant is tucked away in the South Hills Shopping Center (or at least
that's what I think it's called) it's a quite little shopping center that
apparently hides a great Thai restaurant. The walls are decorated with cool,
classy wood paneling and some cool paintings that look like they are from
Thailand. Also they have a huge fish tank with a big fish in it. He
just swims back and forth. It is kind of hypnotic to watch him. This
place is great! Will most certainly be back in the near future!
Futami
Japanese Restaurant
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| dont let the sign deceive you |
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5609 Freeport Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 428-0975
Futami
Japanese Restaurant is Futastic!!
The people who work there are outrageously nice! They were very attentive and
they seemed happy to help. I had some spicy tuna and a bowl of delicious
udon.... more like u-nom-nom-nom.
The only problem I had with Futami is that it was just a little bit more
expensive than Sushi Café is, but that's okay, I know they need to make money.
Plus, it was worth it.
The restaurant has a very awesome little traditional Japanese eating room,
except, it's been Americanized (aka: awesome-nized). Last time I was
there, they were still in the process of updating and remodeling the place, I
bet by this point it is finished and looks awesome.
I would not hesitate to go back to Futami's. Actually, after writing
this, and thinking about my dinner, I want to go to there, like now.
Azukar Sushi
1616 J St
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 504-1121
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| Crunchy Californian |
Azukar
Sushi is a trip. During the day it's a mild mannered all-you-can-eat
sushi restaurant, but at night, it transforms into a club.
For an all you can eat sushi place, Azukar is pretty good. The servers
are quick and the food is fresh and tasty. I've only eaten here once, but
I dominated enough food for a lifetime. I went for lunch, so it was about $15.
The rolls are generally a little smaller when compared to normal sushi
restaurant rolls. They do this to combat wastefulness. The menu isn't all
sushi, it has other types of Japanese food, and a pretty good assortment of
desserts. My one complaint would be that if you don't like the roll you get,
and you kind of pick and choose and eat around the bad stuff, they get upset
and charge you for the left over rice and whatever else didn't get eaten. I get
why they do it, but come on.
After lunch and dinner is over, the club appears. I've only visited it
once at night. It was... eh, clubish, which I'm not a huge fan of. I never
liked going into places to drink where you have to get frisked and go through a
metal detector first, but this place was cool. Getting drinks was easy
and quick and the dance floor, while pretty packed, had room enough for me...
and I flail and twist a lot... it's bad.
Azukar is in a central downtown location, which is cool. The staff were all
really nice. There were enough cabs out front for everyone to get home safely
and as I remember, the drinks were reasonably priced for a weekend club.
I'd go back for sushi and I'd go back to dance the night away... although, I
don't think anyone would want to see that.
Wayne's Wok
7116 24th Street
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 428-1234
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| lol. okay, yes this looks ghetto, but tasty ghetto |
Wayne's
Wok... more like blaynes block... ok, I understand that makes no sense, but I
lack what most people call "cleverness".
This place has pretty good food. I always call ahead and get the food to
go. It never takes more than 15 minutes and surprisingly it is always
tastes so good and so fresh. The price is always right, never too
expensive. Wayne's Wok is your basic Chinese food restaurant, but more than that,
it's my basic Chinese food restaurant.
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| my favorite: wor wonton |
Panda Garden
Sacramento,
CA 95831
(916) 399-1028
This
place is really awesome. It is small, (about 8-10 tables) but the staff
is more than courteous and are always available to get whatever you need.
The food is very good, especially the string bean chicken, and the wonton soup!
It is relatively inexpensive and it is always super fresh! Go to this place and
you will not be disappointed, it is a new Greenhaven must!
Roxie is home of the world famous "Pulled Pork Tuesday". Every Tuesday, rain or shine, these giants among men slow cook the best pork in the world. They pull it, mix it with the best sauce in the world and then throw some jalapenos in the mix. They then pack it into the most delicious dutch crunch roll that has ever been made, and serve it with plenty of napkins. I always prefer to eat mine with an ice cold Arizona Ice Tea...nom nom nom. I haven't been in a while, and now I'm mad that it's Wednesday. I have to wait 6 days until I can go get the best sandwich ever made.
Ok, as if that wasn't a great enough reason to visit Roxie, they also make dozens of other types of sando's too. Every day of the week comes with a different specialty. I can’t remember which day meatloaf is, but it's out of control good too.
If you're on the fence about this place... jump off and RUN to East Sac and nosh on one of these sandwiches asap! Tell them Eric D. sent you… they'll look at you like, who the F is Eric D? It will be funny because they have no idea who I am.
This place is also really close to McKinley Park. I've never done it, but you could easily get the sando to go, and eat it in the park.
They also have a great drink selection.
5 stars all day long.