Saturday, February 13, 2010

Houston Asian Food

  1. Pho Binh (my fave pho place)
  2. Tan Tan Restaurant (Ranchester Blvd. & Bellaire) - seafood hot pot, crispy egg noodles
  3. Cafe 101 - best bubble tea in Houston IMO, chicken nuggets, lychee martini
  4. Tay Do - jellyfish salad
  5. Com Tam Kieu Giang in HK4 - broken rice w/ gal bi
  6. Kim Son (fountain lake location) - dim sum or Vietnamese dinner
  7. Thai Spice
  8. Mai's Restaurant - ca kho to (salty catfish w/rice), bo luc lac
  9. Hot Pot City - all kinds of hot pot

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Dallas Eats

  1. Victor Tangos - chicken & waffles, pork belly w/ soft boiled egg, buffalo carpaccio, butternut squash ravioli, passion fruit gimlet
  2. Chic from Barcelona - roasted chicken, white truffle oil carpaccio, rice, ratatouille, paella
  3. La Duni Latin Kitchen - you MUST go for desserts and coffee, not a big fan of the other foods - Cuatros Leches cake (yes, FOUR milks!), venezulan rum cake, cuban espresso
  4. Pinkberry - pomegranate and original tart swirl w/ fruity pebbles, mini yogurt chips, dark chocolate crisps, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and mochi
  5. Yogurtland - my favorite self-serve froyo from CA - the only one in Texas is in Carrollton but worth the drive - http://www.yelp.com/biz/yogurtland-carrollton
  6. Fat Straws - iced blueberry cheesecake tea w/ half and half, honey, tapioca pearls OR iced passionfruit jasmine w/ lychee jelly and mango stars
  7. Bistro B - Vietnamese - chicken w/ tomato rice, broken rice dish w/ korean BBQ, egg rolls
  8. La Me Little Market - $2 Vietnamese sandwiches (pate thit) and spicy beef noodle soup
  9. Korean BBQ in K-town (lots of good ones, look on yelp)
  10. Sushiyama - fresh sushi at pretty good prices according to ZY (I haven't been in a while but I used to go for $1 sushi nights and it was very fresh)
  11. Huong Ly - Vietnamese 7 courses of beef
  12. Asian Mint - Thai - green tea ice cream cake
  13. Grimaldi's pizza from NYC
  14. Breadwinners - green chile mac & cheese, beef tenderloin salad
  15. Grand Lux Cafe - Sunday Night pasta, strawberry lemonade