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RA Sushi Bar Restaurant just rolled out updated menus for dinner and drinks for the summer season, with tasty appetizers, shareable plates, and specialty cocktails at its Huntington Beach and Tustin restaurants.

Make it in to RA soon for their new crispy Asian tacos, there are five different flavors, but hands down we choose spicy tuna as our favorite. In between a rice paper shell, enjoy a spicy tuna mix, lobok, lettuce mix, crumbled wasabi rice cracker bits, and guacamole in a rice paper
shell ($9.25).

Other tacos choices include the chicken featuring chilled shredded sake steamed chicken with Asian vegetables in a rice paper shell ($7.50); spicy salmon ($8.25), “RA”ckin’ shrimp ($8.25), and crispy white fish ($8.25). For some heat, order the bonfire shrimp, that are one of our favorites simply for the fried shishito peppers
($11.75).

If you love clams as much as we do, try the clam udon: sake steamed clams served over udon noodles in a sake cream broth ($13.25); or drunken clams ($12.75) or drunken black mussels ($9.25) steamed in sake and sautéed in garlic and seasoned soy sauce. We also recommend the grilled salmon on top of garlic green beans, drizzled with a spicy yuzu sauce ($10.25). You’ll definitely want to share the updated popular Asian chicken wings ($7.25) that come in three flavor options sesame garlic, black pepper teriyaki, and chili ponzu.

There are also five new RA drinks, including three skinny cocktails at less than 200 calories each. We recommend the refreshing low-calorie cucumber Collins, a mix of Effen cucumber vodka, fresh cucumber, lime juice, Monin sugar free sweetener and soda ($8); or refreshing fruity creations, like the strawberry saketini, Svedka Citron, Nigori sake, strawberry purée and lemon juice ($9), or the coconut moshi mojito, a cool and with Cruzan estate light rum hand muddled with fresh lime, sugar, soda and fresh mint, plus coconut flavor ($8).

Known throughout Orange County for incredible happy hour specials available Monday

through Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m., now RA Sushi Bar Restaurant is also the late night

happy hour from 10 p.m. to midnight. Ra Sushi is at the District at 2401 Park Ave. in Tustin. 714.566.1700. 155 5th St # 183  Huntington Beach.
714.536.6390

And the Nominees Are...

We are thrilled to announce the top 3 nominees in the Golden Chef and the Golden Pastry Chef Award categories! The winners will be announced at the Golden Foodie Awards on Sept. 30 at the Fairmont Hotel in Newport Beach. And the nominees are...

Golden Chef Award: Chef Yvon Goetz of The Winery in Tustin, Chef Alan Greeley at the Golden Truffle in Costa Mesa, and Chef Craig Strong at the  Studio at Montage Laguna. Golden Pastry Chef Award: Chef Rachel Klemek of Blackmarket Bakery in Irvine.Chef Cathy Pavlos at Lucca Café in Irvine, and Chef Santanna Salas at Haven Gastropub in Orange.

The next round of voting categories starts August 5-11. You can vote for best Best American Cuisine, Best Beer Menu, Best Cocktail, Best Mexican Food, Best Pizza, and Best Vegetarian Cuisine.

The entire list of voting categories can be found here.