Some restaurants boast a distinctive experience, while others showcase skillful cooking, but when you're very lucky, one restaurant can do both. Houston's Sushi Horiuchi does just that, transporting guests to Japan inside this tiny, six-seat space attached to their sister restaurant, Katami. Overseen by Chef Manabu "Hori" Horiuchi alongside an assistant chef and sake sommelier, the three have created an ambience that is as welcoming as it is exciting. Creativity is on full display in starters like golden Osetra caviar over minced sea bass served with crispy salmon skin “chips." Sashimi may include salmon belly kissed by the charcoal grill and goldeneye snapper pressed between kelp, while the nigiri course includes shima aji topped with nori puree. To finish, Miyazaki mango with yuzu cream is even better with matcha made with water imported from Mount Fuji.