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Obanyaki ($3.75) are available in a variety of flavors, including strawberry cheesecake pictured here. (Karen Chaney\/Community Impact)Feldman noted that the combination meals have been popular due to the value they provide to customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Feldman, who opened Hoshi Japanese Cafe in Plano in 2024, switches easily between English and Japanese when speaking with customers. He describes the menu as consisting of Japanese street and comfort food.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re not a boba shop and we’re not a Japanese restaurant serving sushi and sit down type meals\u2014we’re kind of in between,\u201d Feldman said. \u201dWe haven’t faltered from being Japanese-centric in that what we do is highlight delicious things from Japan that are not as well known here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Popular menu items<\/p>\n
Feldman\u2019s wife, who he met when she was a Japanese exchange student in Wisconsin, uses family recipes and cooking techniques when creating menu items, including the top-selling onigiri, which are rice balls featuring a variety of filling options.<\/p>\n
Feldman said he has given a Texas twist to the Japanese staple by making them one-and-a-half times larger than a traditional onigiri.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’re going to get that filling in every bite,\u201d Feldman said. \u201cWe wanted to bring the best Japanese ingredients to make it with\u2014 the rice, the seaweed, salt\u2014all of that comes from Japan directly and is a premium quality.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another crowd pleaser, and the only item on the menu when the cafe opened, are obanyaki, which are thick pancakes featuring a variety of fillings.<\/p>\n
Obanyaki ($3.75) are available in a variety of flavors, including strawberry cheesecake pictured here. (Karen Chaney\/Community Impact)Feldman noted that the combination meals have been popular due to the value they provide to customers.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s in a name?<\/p>\n
Feldman chose the name Hoshi because Hoshi means “star” in Japanese.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are in the Lone Star State,\u201d Feldman said. \u201cI wanted to connect Japan and Texas, and I wanted to do it with a name that wasn’t going to be difficult for people to pronounce or misspell.\u201d<\/p>\n
Going forward<\/p>\n