Wanted to share some photos from the gluttonous weekend I just had in Houston. The visit was basically only for eating and drinking, which I'm paying for in exhaustion now, but it was a really great time.

First up, Uchi. Went here years ago the night before the LSU-Wisconsin game, and it was great so it has always been on the list to go back. They have a 6 course Omakase or a 10 course, but we decided to just tell the server what style of food we like to eat and let him decide. We told him we will let him know when we are ready to tap out.

In total, we had 14 courses brought to the table for the 2 of us. I tapped out at 9, unfortunately.

First course is some nigiri. I believe these were the flounder, topped with lemon zest (left) and the Japanese sea bream which is topped with a basil sort of sauce.

I don't remember what most of the stuff was anymore, so bear with me. This next course I think was a cooked flaky white fish, and it was topped with a yuzu marmalade and fried garlic.

I think this is yellowtail, ponzu, thai chili, and orange supreme.

This next course is thinly sliced flounder, candied quinoa, and olive oil.

Salmon belly I believe on the left. Threadfin bream on the right. These were awesome.

This is the kanpachi crudo with asian pear, shiro zu, and tomato

This is the scallop crudo with aguachile verde, cucumber, and granny smith apple. It was so fresh. Very cucumber heavy. Enjoyed it a lot.

These are your three funkier, oily fish. That's his favorite. I skipped the mackerel, but I ate half of the other two. The cuttlefish was hands down my favorite.

This is one we specifically asked for off the menu because we had never had it -- Founder fin muscle. It is just slightly seared. Holy crap it was good.

This is my last course before tapping out, and was another I ordered from the menu. This is chopped fatty tuna with caviar. It was incredible. Fried garlic on top.

We had this on our first visit, and were glad to have them serve it again. Roe with a quail egg.

This one is the anchovies course. Looks like marcona almonds, and I believe the golden pieces were raisins.

Second to last course was a few more pieces of nigiri, and then the final course which I didn't get a photo of was a mushroom nigiri that was sweet like a dessert.

Next place we visited was State of Grace. Big oyster eaters, so figured this would be a good daytime lunch.

Started with 24 oysters: 6 Copps Bay, 6 Murder Point, 6 Whale Rock, and 6 prestige.

Scallop crudo

Campechana (like the Mexican seafood cocktail... this one had shrimp and octopus and avocado). It was so sweet and better than I expected.

Pansotti. Because of the season, this one is filled with what is basically ground Mexican street corn. Ricotta, saffron, tomato, cotija, and honey.

This is half. I love when restaurants split items into separate plates when you're sharing.

Two more dozen Murder Points to end things. The wine and cocktails here were great as well.

The server at State of Grace might be the best server we have ever sat with in our lives. He gave us no less than 5 hugs each after the meal as we were finishing up. That person deserves all the promotions in the world.

[Will continue in next post]

This post was edited on 5/3/21 at 1:46 pm