James Harden discovered a restaurant prepared to hold his wine

Are you on the lookout for conventional flavors with a Japanese flare, a shocking lounge with a reside DJ, bowling lanes, unique hookah, a nightclub, and bottomless J. Harden Wine prosecco multi function handy, elegant one-stop store? Properly look no additional than 13 Houston, James Harden’s new restaurant enterprise.

As the one wine critic daring sufficient to evaluate/ingest the J. Harden cab sav, there may be nothing I need greater than to sit down all the way down to a tasting menu of the Beard’s Far East-inspired delicacies.

I imply, simply take a look at this description from the web site:

“13 Houston cleverly blends conventional flavors with a Japanese flare, elevated eating, and a good time into one. From our state-of-the-art restaurant and patio, to our beautiful lounge with a reside DJ, unique hookah, and progressive libations, 13 is certain to please. We additionally provide a one-of-a-kind Evening Membership higher referred to as ‘The Basement’ with spacious sections and a non-public space with a two-lane bowling alley and personal bar. We’ve taken the idea of elevated eating and made it our personal; #TheThirteenExperience.”

Pointless semicolon apart, the factor I like to do when celebrity-endorsed eating places is guess which dishes the namesake calls for. On this case, it’s undoubtedly the 13 wings, which really are available in an order of six, smothered in jerk sauce, jerk seasoning and pineapple pico. (There are zero different Caribbean flavors on the menu however I digress.) The opposite is the Millionaire’s Sando: Braised beef, Hudson Valley seared foie gras, shokupam, truffle mayo, caviar, and shaved black truffles.

The wings stood out like a zebra in a corral filled with sizzling apps. Dumplings, dumplings, bao buns, wings? Oh, I do know this one. I’ve performed “Which one isn’t like the opposite” earlier than.

The Millionaire’s Sando was solely barely harder. It’s a type of dishes that upscale restaurant house owners toss on the menu for the sake of extra. Suppose the Michael Scott loaded pretzel of fine-dining experiences. I’m actually form of shocked lobster wasn’t shoehorned in there.

As a lot as I’d wish to opine on the ambiance, I can’t as a result of I don’t know the way shut the reside DJ and unique hookah are to the eating space. Nothing says class like a pleasant salmon tiradito accompanied by flavored hookah smoke and home music. I suppose G/O Media will simply must ship me all the way down to Houston for the total #ThirteenExperience.

The unique night-night celebration

Former UFC heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou determined to check his luck in opposition to Anthony Joshua within the squared circle after giving Tyson Fury all he might deal with in his boxing debut. The consequence this time round was significantly much less spectacular for Francis.

Wee! If solely each wannabe boxer might get uncovered like this in opposition to a educated skilled.