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Dining
May 23, 2013
The 10 Best Downtown Restaurants
More than tunnels and tourist traps.
Blogs
May 21, 2013
Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Cuisine (That's Not Sushi or Ramen)
Although its all the craze lately, ramen is just one of the soups you'll find in Japanese cuisine. And although you'll find sushi everywhere these days -- from gas stations to grocery stores -- there's more to Japanese food than raw fish and rice. And while Houston may have far fewer Japanese resta ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2013
Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to Ethiopian Cuisine
People unfamiliar with African cuisines often tend to lump them all in together: East African, West African, North African...what's the difference? We don't lump French and Spanish food together simply because they share a border, however, nor do we regard Indian and Chinese as the same because they ... More >>
Blogs
May 6, 2013
What's Cooking This Week? Shrimp Tostadas, Steak Taquitos, Wicked Philly Cheese Steaks and More
I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredient's I've bought (and I hate wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week - my weekly meal ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2013
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Tex-Mex Restaurants
It's been more than a century since the first Tex-Mex restaurant opened in Houston. George Caldwell brought The Original Mexican Restaurant to our city in 1907, influenced -- most agree -- by a restaurant of the same name in his hometown of San Antonio. It would be another 20 years before Felix Mex ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2013
Pho Binh by Night by Blacksmith: Pho Pop-Up Hits Montrose
The Pho Binh family of restaurants offers what's often called the best pho in Houston, but they can also be a bit of a drive. The original Pho Binh sits in a trailer down in far south Houston, while its newer sister restaurant -- Pho Binh by Night -- is in the western reaches of Chinatown (which its ... More >>
Blogs
April 30, 2013
Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to British Cuisine
With acclaimed British restaurant Feast closing in August, now's the time to acquaint yourself with its excellent English menu before it's too late. Luckily, chef Richard Knight will be opening another restaurant in the Heights within a year, and there are plenty of other British restaurants in Hous ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2013
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 "Classic" Food Trucks
What differentiates a "classic" food truck from those on last week's list of Houston's Top 10 "Fancy" Food Trucks? For starters, a classic food truck has been around for at least a few years prior to the gourmet food truck craze -- if not a decade longer. Classic food trucks are usually found at th ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2013
Upcoming Events: French Wine, Polish Sausage and Greek Gyros for Everyone
After a highly successful guest sommelier series at Phil's Wine Lounge, wine whiz Vanessa Trevino Boyd is raring to go again. This time, the Philippe sommelier is hosting a new summer series starting on Wednesday, May 22. Phil's Wine Lounge -- located on the first floor of Philippe -- will host tast ... More >>
Dining
April 25, 2013
From Tacos to Tikka Masala
Houston's 10 best classic food trucks.
Blogs
April 24, 2013
A Newbie's Guide to Eating Ramen, with Sushi Club of Houston Founder Carl Rosa
If you've been keeping up with the Houston happenings in Japanese cuisine, you will notice that ramen dishes are popping up all over the place. Carl Rosa, founder of the Sushi Club of Houston, started the Ramen in Common group less than one month ago as a response to ramen's new high-profile status ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2013
Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to German Cuisine
Modern-day Texans may not see much German influence when they look around, but the indirect effects of decades of German settlement still linger in large pockets of the state. The first waves of German immigration began in the 1830s ahead of the European Revolutions of 1848 that sent floods of Fort ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2013
What's Cooking This Week? Pork Meatball Banh Mi, Cauliflower Fried Rice and More
I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredient's I've bought (and I hate wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week - my weekly meal ... More >>
Dining
April 4, 2013
Here, Eat This
A beginner's guide to Korean cuisine.
Blogs
April 4, 2013
A Date Night At Coppa...And Why I Can't Wait To Go Back
When it comes time for date night, I want two things, and two things only: good food and flowing wine. Okay fine -- I guess my fiancé, too. So, three things and three things only... Follow me as I chronicle the magic of a good date night (and not in a creepy way like that totally sounds)... See a ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2013
VIDEO: Can This Man Beat the "Unbeatable" LA Crawfish Challenge?
At last count, only three people had tackled the spicy crawfish pho challenge at LA Crawfish -- and all three had failed. My friend Tucker O'Bannon was determined to be the fourth challenger, and the first winner. Tucker eats ghost peppers like potato chips. He finishes large bowls of pho in five m ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2013
Chef Chat, Part 3: Trong Nguyen of Crawfish and Noodles, Crawfish and Classic Vietnamese All Under One Roof
This is the third part of a three-part Chef Chat series. If you missed our previous posts, you can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This week, we got to know the chef and owner of Crawfish and Noodles, Trong Nguyen. We learned how he struggled to maintain the restaurant while holding down a full-t ... More >>
Dining
March 28, 2013
Here, Eat This
A beginner's guide to Indian cuisine.
Dining
March 28, 2013
Eatsie Boys Go Brick-and-Mortar
Eatsie Boys still runs catering out of its food truck, but with a restaurant homebase now it can do so much more.
Blogs
March 27, 2013
The Eatsie Boys Cafe: As Colorful As the Characters Who Run It
Every once in a while, I'll visit a place that's too colorful to simply paint with words. The Eatsie Boys Cafe -- the new brick-and-mortar outgrowth of the original Eatsie Boys food truck -- is one such spot. It's also the subject of this week's cafe review, which means that our talented photograph ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2013
Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to Korean Cuisine
To say that Koreans like beef is an understatement. To say that Koreans love their beef as much as Texans do is getting closer. South Koreans eat about 20 pounds of beef per person year, and although that number is much lower than the average U.S. consumption of 60 pounds per person, it's a number t ... More >>
Dining
March 21, 2013
So Delicious, a Caveman Could Eat It
Paleo-friendly restaurant menus abound in Houston.
Blogs
March 19, 2013
Here, Eat This: A Beginner's Guide to Indian Cuisine
Say you've decided to be spontaneous and embark on a new culinary adventure, sampling a brand new cuisine for the very first time. Good for you! You deserve a virtual high five. But what do you order? This is a common concern among people who've either decided to try something new or are outright a ... More >>
Culture
March 14, 2013
St. Paddy’s Day Celebrations
Don your best Irish brogue and dust off your lucky shamrock.
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Peeling Is for Suckers: 10 Crawfish Dishes to Try in Houston
One of the best crawfish dishes I ate last year didn't involve a boil, peeling or shucking of any kind. It was a very simple, very extraordinary plate of crawfish tails poached in butter over al dente Texas-grown rice with green coriander and fermented carrot at Oxheart. While that particular dish ... More >>
Blogs
March 11, 2013
What's Cooking This Week? Skirt Steak with Chimichurri & More
I love cooking for my fiancé and me, but most of the time, cooking for two proves to be difficult. If I don't make a plan, I end up running around in circles at the grocery store and wasting half the ingredient's I've bought (and I hate wasting food). Enter What's Cooking This Week - my weekly meal ... More >>
Dining
February 28, 2013
Dumplings to Die for at Charivari
The best of continental cuisine all in one beautiful, good mix.
Blogs
February 19, 2013
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 10 Tapas Restaurants
Although etymologists agree that the word "tapas" comes from the Spanish word tapar, which means "to cover," that's where agreement on the origin of the Spanish snack-stravaganza ends. Seminal cookbook The Joy of Cooking claims that "tapas" originally referred to slices of bread or meat used to cov ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2013
Where to Eat During Lent 2013: 40 Days of Meatless Meals, Vegetables & Fish
Lenten season is upon us. Many people have decided to give up something that they love in their lives, and most of the time that something ends up being food or drink. I'm talking about beer, chocolate, candy, coffee and meat. Devout Catholics also abstain from meat throughout the Lent season, so, ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2013
German Food Truck Der Brat Bus Seeks Funding on Kickstarter, Hopes to Make Houston Home
Despite Texas' solidly German heritage, Houston boasts only a handful of restaurants, a fact I've often lamented. If my favorite spot, King's Biergarten, were any closer to town, I would probably spend way too much time there. Though the cuisine might seem a bit antiquated by today's standards, th ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2013
Chef Chat, Part 1: Hoi Fung of Fung's Kitchen, On Starting Out as a Cook in Hong Kong Before Coming to America to Make a New Life
This is the first part of a three part Chef Chat series. Parts 2 and 3 will run in this same space on Thursday and Friday. Fung's Kitchen is a veritable Chinese food institution in Houston. Past host to President Bush senior, the Queen of Thailand, and the Imperial Family of Japan, it is the go-to ... More >>
Dining
February 7, 2013
Deer Lease Chic at LA Bar
LA Bar offers comfortable food and surroundings, especially for men who like sports, hunting, fishing and golf.
Blogs
February 1, 2013
Chef Chat, Part 3: Chris Kinjo of MF Sushi and What He'll Give You if You Order the Omakase
This is the 3rd part of a three-part Chef Chat series. If you missed the previous posts, you can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This week, we chatted with Chris Kinjo of MF Sushi, a chef who has worked in countless restaurants, owned a few of his own, achieved fame and glory, and paid the price ... More >>
Dining
January 31, 2013
Eastbound and Downtown
The top 10 restaurants in EaDo.
Blogs
January 31, 2013
Chef Chat, Part 2: Chris Kinjo of MF Sushi, on Working in More Than 30 Restaurants, the Problem with Fake Fish and Old-School Japanese Sushi
This is part 2 of a three part Chef Chat series. You can read Part 1 here if you missed it. Look for Part 3 in this same space Friday. EOW: What was your first job as a sushi chef? CK: My first was at Sushi Muto in Santa Ana, California -- it's not there anymore. The sushi master there was a cer ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2013
The "Secret" Menu at Los Tios
A funny thing happened when I was preparing to visit Los Tios to conduct research on their skinny margarita. Since I have nothing to do all day but peruse menus online, I spent [too] much of one morning scanning the food options at Los Tios in the hopes of preventing order paralysis (an affliction ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2013
Chef Chat, Part 1: Chris Kinjo of MF Sushi, On the Meaning of MF, Creating Perfect Nigiri, and His Favorite Fish Family
Chris Kinjo MF Sushi 5887 Westheimer Road Tel: 832-530-4321 mfsushihouston.com This is Part 1 of a three-part Chef Chat series. Check back with us for Parts 2 and 3, which will run in this same space Thursday and Friday. Just outside the Galleria on Westheimer near Fountainview, in a strip mall ov ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2013
Superbowl Recipe: Beer-Braised Pork Tostadas from Chef David Luna at Line & Lariat
The first time I tasted chef David Luna's beer-braised pork tostada at Line & Lariat, I thought it was some of the best bar food I'd found in Houston. The pork had been braised in local brewery Karbach's Rodeo Clown and paired perfectly with the pint of Sympathy for the Lager -- also from Karbach -- ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2013
Top 10 Restaurants in EaDo (a.k.a. Old Chinatown, a.k.a. East Downtown)
So you're not comfortable with the EaDo sobriquet. I don't care. The damn thing has stuck. It's short, easy and to-the-point. (Besides, the more important question is what to call that weird DMZ area on South Shepherd that's not quite Montrose, not quite Upper Kirby, not quite River Oaks and not qui ... More >>
Dining
January 10, 2013
Do the Curry Crawl
The top 10 restaurants in Little India.
Dining
January 10, 2013
Raw Materials at Cove
The raw fish and raw meat here are so delicately and deliciously rendered, you might think about giving up on the whole fire thing.
Blogs
January 10, 2013
Where the Chefs Eat: Christine Ha and Alvin Schultz
This week, our Where The Chefs Eat series turns to two amateur chefs turned television reality stars: Christine Ha and Alvin Schultz. Both living in Houston and Vietnamese by descent, they each snagged a spot on the TV reality show, MasterChef. Schultz, who was featured on Season 2, is known for ... More >>
Blogs
January 10, 2013
Worst of "The Worst": Free Press Doesn't Know How Vegan Works
Note: As Omar Afra reminded us on Twitter today, "Worst of" entries are public submissions and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Free Press Houston. Carry on. This week, Free Press Houston released its always-scathing, usually quite hilarious "Worst of Houston List." Other than ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2013
First Look at Michiru Sushi: Affordable Luxury in Greenway Plaza
Michiru Sushi is the other high-profile sushi restaurant which opened recently, not to be confused with Chris Kinjo's MF Sushi on Westheimer. I haven't been to MF Sushi yet, and I'm keen to dine there. Although reviews so far have been mixed, one thing has been noted across the board: MF Sushi is qu ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2013
Attention Pregnant Women: You CAN Eat Sushi
As we all know, pregnant women typically abstain from certain foods throughout their pregnancy -- specifically, foods which could harm a growing fetus. Many types of fish, for example, have high levels of mercury -- which can cause a liver infection in a pregnant woman -- while others foods, such as ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2013
Overlooking the Cheese Factor at Nam: Noodles and More
When some of the best pho in town is served inside a trailer on the southeast side, and when you have to travel into the heart of Houston's "Chinatown" to get the best Vietnamese in the city, it's hard to take a place like Nam: Noodles and More seriously. It is, after all, located in a strip cente ... More >>
Blogs
January 2, 2013
Lucy: Making Ethiopian Food Look Good
One of the complaints I've always heard leveled against Ethiopian food is that it isn't "pretty," or that it doesn't photograph well. The latter may often be true, because the texture and consistency of many Ethiopian dishes has a tendency to get lost in translation when photographed. A lovely, well ... More >>
Blogs
January 1, 2013
Top 10 Restaurants in Houston's Little India
As we enter the new year, I'm trying to make good on a few resolutions starting on the very first day of 2013. And one of those is to get outside the Loop a bit more -- even though a great bounty of amazing restaurants have opened inside the Loop in the last 12 months -- and back to exploring the re ... More >>
Blogs
December 25, 2012
Top 10 Restaurants in Chinatown
"You're going to do a top 10 Chinatown list, aren't you?" a reader implored last week on Twitter. Of course -- Chinatown is my favorite neighborhood for dining and exploration in the entire city. For every old favorite you visit, you're guaranteed to find at least two new restaurants to fall in love ... More >>
Blogs
December 21, 2012
Chef Chat, Part 3: Sylvia Casares of Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen and the Reason People Call Her Houston's Enchilada Queen
Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen 6401 Woodway Drive Tel: 713-334-7295 www.sylviasenchiladakitchen.com This is Part 3 of a three part Chef Chat series. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. This week, we became acquainted with a woman who plunked down all her life savings into a restaurant at the ... More >>
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