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FOOD - DRINK -FUN

Mountain View News Saturday June 29, 2024

KABUKI

Pleasant experience for this Samurai Warrior

The new Kabuki location on Colorado Boulevard 
offers a modern and inviting atmosphere. The 
decor blends traditional Japanese elements with 
contemporary design, creating a comfortable 
dining environment. The seating is spacious, and 
the overall ambiance is relaxed and welcoming, 
making it a great place for both casual dining 
and special occasions. As of this writing, they are 
about to complete the renovation of their outside 
patio, which promises to enhance the dining 
experience further with an al fresco option.

Food and Beverages

Kabuki excels in offering above-average sushi with a diverse menu that caters to various tastes. Here 
are some detailed highlights:

• Sushi Rolls: Kabuki offers a wide array of sushi rolls, from classic options like California rolls 
and spicy tuna rolls to more inventive creations. The Rainbow Roll, featuring a colorful assortment of 
fish atop a California roll, is both visually appealing and delicious. My favorite is the Spicy Tuna Roll, 
get it at Happy Hour for an even better experience.
• Sashimi: The sashimi selection is fresh and meticulously presented. Options include tuna, 
salmon, yellowtail, and more, all sliced to perfection and served with traditional accompaniments like 
wasabi and pickled ginger.
• Appetizers: Start your meal with appetizers like edamame, gyoza, or tempura. The Shrimp 
Tempura, in particular, is light, crispy, and not overly greasy, making it a perfect start to the meal. $12 
Range
• Specialty Dishes: Kabuki also offers a range of specialty dishes like the Tuna Taki at $25.95 it is 
the Kabuki go to dish with a kick.
• Happy Hour: The Happy Hour menu is a significant draw, featuring $2 Sapporo beers and $2 
sake. These deals, combined with discounted appetizers and rolls, make it an unbeatable option for 
affordable dining. 3 PM to 6 PM Mon through Friday, weekends 2 to 5 PM
• Mai Tai: On a recommendation from the bartender, I tried the Mai Tai. While it may be a tall 
order to say it’s the best in the world, it was refreshing and a pleasant accompaniment to the meal.


Service and Staff

The service at Kabuki is consistently great. The staff is attentive, friendly, and knowledgeable about the 
menu. They are always ready to make recommendations and ensure that guests have a pleasant dining 
experience. Even during busy hours, the service remains efficient and courteous.

Standout Dishes and Drinks

While the entire sushi menu is commendable, some standout dishes include the specialty rolls 
and sashimi platters. The Happy Hour offerings, particularly the $2 Sapporo beer and $2 sake, are 
unbeatable deals that keep many customers returning regularly.

Overall Impression

Kabuki Restaurant on Colorado Boulevard is a solid choice for sushi lovers looking for quality food at 
reasonable prices. The excellent service, inviting ambiance, and unbeatable Happy Hour deals make 
it a favorite spot for both regular diners and newcomers. While it may not be the absolute best sushi 
place in town, the combination of good food, great service, and affordable prices make it a highly 
recommended destination. The upcoming completion of the renovated outside patio adds another 
attractive feature to the restaurant.

Location: Kabuki Restaurant on 2763 E Colorado Boulevard (new location, closed the one on Foothill 
Boulevard)

Cuisine: Japanese, specializing in sushi

THE TASTING ROOM


TIRED OF SAUVIGNON 
BLANC AND 
CHARDONNAY? TRY THIS 
WHITE WINE!

I’m Gustavo Lira, Tasting Room Manager 
and Wine Buyer at The Bottle Shop in 
Sierra Madre with another wine and 
spirits selection. 

The heat is here. You need a crisp, refreshing, 
zesty white wine, but you’re bored with 
the same ol’ same ol’. Chardonnay just 
doesn’t cut it for you. Neither does Sauvi 
B. Let me tell you about a white wine 
I’ll be drinking all summer long. It’s the 
Antxiola Getariako 
Txakolina 2022 
from Spain. This 
wine is crisp, 
zesty, refreshing, 
mouthwatering, 
juicy, and has a little 
effervescence. 

Antxiola is in 
Northern Spain on 
the Bay of Biscay 
in Getaria. It was 
founded in 1989 
by the Errasti 
family. It’s a small 
family run winery 
in the Basque 
Country of Spain. 
The vineyards are 
farmed organically. They farm the local grape varietals - Hondarrabi Zuri and 
Hondarrabi Beltza. Everything in the vineyards is done by hand including 
harvest. Fermentation is done in stainless steel tanks. The wine is bottled young 
to retain freshness and some of its natural effervescence. The 2022 vintage is 
100% Hondarrabi Zuri. 

This wine has notes of zesty citrus, tangerine, and lime, with taut minerality. 
There is a little effervescence or fizz to this wine which gives it a refreshing, clean, 
and vibrant taste. It is thirst quenching to me. It really is one of my favorite white 
wines in the shop, and one of my favorite wines to drink in the summer. Pair 
this wine with grilled scallops, grilled octopus, raw oysters, and any shellfish. 

The wine is available at The Bottle Shop for $22.99. Just ask for Anh-cho-la 
Cha-ko-leena. Mention you saw the wine in the Mountain Views News and get 
it for $21.99!

Coming up at The Tasting Room – 7/12 Wines Made by Immigrants. Reservations 
are recommended, walk-ins welcome based upon availability. Scan the QRCode 
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Until next time – Salud!


ALL THINGS 

By Jeff Brown 

JOHN ADAMS QUOTES, ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS.

 "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, 
and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of 
any one man, family, or class of men."

 "A constitution of government once changed from freedom, can never be restored. 
Liberty, once lost, is lost forever."

 "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or 
the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

 "Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people, who 
have a right, from the frame of their nature, to knowledge, as their great Creator, 
who does nothing in vain, has given them understandings, and a desire to know; 
but besides this, they have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine 
right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean, of the characters 
and conduct of their rulers."

 “...I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.”

 “When legislature is corrupted, the people are undone.”

 “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present Generation to 
preserve your Freedom! I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall 
repent in Heaven, that I ever took half the Pains to preserve it.”

 “There is nothing which I dread so much as a division of the republic into two 
great parties, each arranged under its leader, and concerting measures in opposition 
to each other. This, in my humble apprehension, is to be dreaded as the greatest 
political evil under our Constitution.”

 “There are two types of education… One should teach us how to make a living, 
and the other how to live.”

 “There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be 
to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”

 "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics 
and philosophy."

Every measure of prudence, therefore, ought to be assumed for the eventual total 
extirpation of slavery from the United States. I have, throughout my whole life, held 
the practice of slavery in abhorrence.

 “Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of 
party, faction, and division of society.”

When John Adams became president the United States had a population of 
4,900,000.

Abigail Adams “To be good, and do good, is the whole duty of man comprised in a 
few words.”

Adams died on the same day as his friend Thomas Jefferson on July 4th, 1826, the 
50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration Of Independence

4TH OF JULY 

BBQ’D

CORNISH HENS

INGREDIENTS:

 3 cloves Garlic crushed

 1 tb Seasoned salt 

 1/2 c Oil 

 1c Fresh lemon juice 

 12 tsp Italian Salad dressing 

 1/2 c Chopped onions 

 1 Pepper

 

 1 ts Crushed thyme

 

 4 Rock Cornich Hens, giblets removed 

DIRECTIONS:

 

Blend garlic, seasoned salt, oil, lemon juice, dressing, onions, pepper, and thyme. Marinate 
the birds overnight in the refrigerator.

Cut the birds lengthwise. 

Cook on outside grill, bone side down 10 minutes, flesh side down 5 minutes, alternating 
10 minutes and 5 minutes in this manner for about an hour and basting with marinade 
frequently (at least every 5 minutes) while barbequing. 

Serves 8. 

If you can’t get outside to barbecue, just use the oven method: 

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. 

Place skin side up in a shallow pan, baste with marinade, cover with foil and roast for 30 
minutes. 

Remove foil and brush with marinade again. Roast again uncovered for 20-30 minutes 
(brush with marinade again after about 10 minutes). 

Test for doneness: drumsticks should be soft and juices should not be tinged with pink 
when you pierce the thickest part of the thigh with a fork.


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