[Concentrate] A delicious homecoming: Takashi Yagihashi returns to Michigan with Slurping Turtle

Takashi Yagihashi at Slurping Turtle. Photo by Doug Coombe.

Metro Detroit has been slow to take up the noodle trend that has been dominating the trendy food scene of major cities all over the world for nearly a decade now. While casual Asian take-out eateries in strip malls are never in short supply, especially in cities with larger ethnic Asian populations like Novi and Canton and, a little further east and a little less glamorous, Madison Heights, the metro area's core – Detroit – was noticeably absent the kind of upscale and/or late-night noodle shop found in abundance in places like Chicago and Toronto (and still is, if you consider that the places now just recently serving this kind of food – Rock City Eatery, Katoi, and Johnny Noodle King – are all helmed by non-Asians).

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944 Detroit: Club Sushi

Photograph by Scott Spellman for 944 Detroit.
"Pulsing electronic beats. Strobing lights. Breathtakingly beautiful people. Bodies gyrating on the dance floor. Raw fish.

'This may sound like a which-one-of-these-is-not-like-the-other riddle, but for some reason, sushi has become synonymous with phrases like 'exclusive nightclub' and 'ultra-lounge.' The hottest trend in metro Detroit right now is rolled up neatly in rice and presented with a side of sake martinis and techno. Oysters may be an aphrodisiac, but sushi is sexy. Here, 944 names the best places to break out the chopsticks and bust a move..."

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Real Detroit Weekly: Mon Jin Lau

"For more than 40 years, Mon Jin Lau in Troy has been the place where local and national celebrities go as a Detroit-area destination. A look at the wall of pictures in the lobby, featuring owner Marshall Chin posed next to top actors and sports stars show a little piece of this restaurant's history as a see-and-be-seen kind of place.

'Bryan and Brandon Chin, Marshall's sons and the third generation to operate MJL, have further solidified its reputation as a destination for local trendsetters, party people and celebutantes from all over the country.

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