2800 Sage Road Houston 77056 713.961.9566 sage400.com
Serving Tanglewood and the Galleria area, AND hotels guests in the myriad of nearby high-rise hostelries, Sage 400 is a quiet quality restaurant which reminds one of Uchi in Montrose. A sculpted cluster of large thick silver bamboo shoots provide a central décor focus, in an otherwise austere but pleasingly contemporary setting. Almost instant service. Appetizer: Shishoto pepper; Spicy edamame; Edamame hummus; Pork belly confit, miso cured; Beef rolls; Chicken yakitori, skewers of grilled chicken; Agedashi tofu Tofu taki, mushrooms; Tempura crawfish; Shrimp katsu; Tuna tartar; Hot rock beef; Hamachi carpaccio; Albacore carpaccio; Seared or baked scallops; Miso Chilean sea bass. Soup: Miso avocado; Asari miso w clams; Sweet shrimp miso. Salad: Cucumber; Sunomono, shrimp, octopus, surf clam, white fish & crab stick over cucumber salad; Sage 4500, diced fresh salmon sashimi, avocado w honey wasabi mayo dressing in rice paper bowl embedded in mixed greens; Tuna tataki salad. Entrée: Miso Chilean sea bass; Shrimp sansel, grilled jumbo w yuzu honey glaze, curry potato croquette; Cuck leg confit, Hijiki seaweed saute & orange ginger glaze; Beef medallions; Yakimono from the Grill: lamb chop, salmon, angus beef NY strip or ribeye; chicken; Stuffed pork katsu w crabstick, asparagus, cream cheese & jalapeno; Tempuras. Sushi: Thirty-one choices. Roll: Twenty-six varieties, many unique and original. Dessert: Almond jello w fresh fruit; Tempura ice cream, vanilla wrapped with pound cake and tempura fried; Mochi ice cream wrapped w fine rice cake; Ice cream, green tea, red bean or vanilla. $$$