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*The Dallas Morning News has selected this location as one of the Top 100 Restaurants in D-FW.*
Shinsei Restaurant is a Traditional Sushi Bar with a Pan-Asian kitchen.
When we came up with the concept of Shinsei we wanted a place that reflected our lifestyles: sometimes we went out to dinner with our kids and sometimes with our friends and husbands. We wanted to create a place where a night out with the kids didn’t mean food adults had to suffer through or a night out with the parents didn’t mean a stuffy place where kids had to wear a scratchy clip-on tie. Shinsei is just that: a neighborhood gathering place with date night appeal.
Our food is electrifying. But not so unexpected that you won’t be able to decipher the menu or recognize your favorite dish. Never boring, yet comforting at the same time. Our signature poppers, for instance, are a sophisticated mix of late night bar food and sumptuous finger food with a distinctly Asian flair.
Dining Style: Casual Elegant
Cross Street: Lovers
Parking: Valet
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Saketini: It couldn't be simpler: Horin sake and Square One Cucumber vodka shaken over ice with Japanese cucumber and served up. But the proportions are just right, and the Saketini at Shinsei makes for exceedingly elegant sipping. (Full review)
Yes, it’s an Asian fusion restaurant, but some of the best Japanese food around is to be had at Lynae Fearing and Tracy Rathbun’s Shinsei, which celebrated its fifth anniversary last weekend. Sashimi specials from sushi chef Shuji “Elvis” Sugawara are particularly good — recently thin slices of kampachi drizzled with hibiscus vinegar and olive oil and topped with threads of basil and crumbled dried banana; his “Elvis Mack” Spanish mackerel sashimi, dressed up with shiso and yuzu, well, it rocks. Unfortunately Shinsei’s sushi rice is underseasoned, but the sushi is otherwise excellent (nicely dressed albacore, uncommonly silky bigeye tuna); I especially love the hot crab hand rolls with habanero mayo. Start things off with hot, light, crisp tempura string beans, but get the sauce on the side. Sugawara’s off on Monday nights, but that’s a good time to stop in if you’re a sake lover — all bottles of wine, including sake, are half-price. The servers know the sakes well, and they’re good at describing them. (Full review)
Whether it's for drinks and an order of sashimi at the bar, or for dinner in the dining room, you can count on great service at Tracy Rathbun and Lynae Fearing's stylish Japanese fusion place. (Full review)
What happens to a hot spot when its chef, basking in the glory bestowed upon her by a run on "Top Chef," leaves the restaurant? (Full review)