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Eat Mi
Houston has some of the best Vietnamese noodle houses in the country
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July 20, 2009
$7 at Tan Tan
Photo by Robb WalshWhere: Tan Tan Restaurant, 6816 Ranchester, 713-771-1268 What $7 gets you: A bowl of Houston's best noodles -- there are eight pages of noodle dishes, including some 87 soups on the menu. Tan Tan specializes in the curly egg noodles called mi (pronounced "me") in Vietnamese. Mi ... More >>
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December 23, 2009
Eating Out on Christmas Day? What's Open
There will be plenty of things open on Christmas Day besides just presents. So don't despair if the Bumpus hounds eat your holiday turkey, you don't feel like cooking dinner or you simply don't celebrate a completely arbitrary day chosen as Christ's birthday simply because it fell on a conven ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Food Fight: Battle Banh Bot Chien
Let's face it: You don't want to listen to me ramble on about banh bot chien, do you? If you know what it is, you love it with the kind of passion and devotion usually reserved for the Virgin Mary or rare G.I. Joe figures still in their original packaging. If you don't know what it is, famili ... More >>
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April 28, 2010
Tan Tan's Thousand-Year Egg
I recently tried congee with "thousand-year-old" egg and minced pork from Tan Tan (6816 Ranchester, 77036). Congee is a porridge. It's made by cooking which rice in much more water than necessary for merely cooking rice. The grains break down and the starch acts as a thickening agent. When ... More >>
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May 19, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #38 Banh Bot Chien at Tan Tan
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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May 24, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #36 Surf and Turf Salad at Que Huong
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #35 Breakfast Tacos at Laredo Taqueria on Patton
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #34 French Fries at Little Big's on Montrose
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #33 The Picnic Platter at the Grove
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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May 28, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #32 Cheese Enchiladas with Fried Eggs at Los Dos Amigos
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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May 31, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #31 The Sampler Plate at Café Lili
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 1, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #30 Elysian Fields Lamb and Mushy Peas at Tony's
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #29 The Cheeseburger at Christian's
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #25 Special Enchiladas-A-La-Taylor at Spanish Village
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #24 Pasta with White Truffles at Da Marco
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 14, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #23 Green Falafel Sandwich at Zabak's
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #21 Goat Buttermilk and Pecan Pie with San Leon Rum Ice Cream at Haven
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 16, 2010
Top 10 Restaurants In Chinatown
"Chinatown" seems like an awfully lopsided epithet for Houston's enormous and vibrant pan-Asian community, straddling Beltway 8 on the southwest side like an entire city unto itself. There are Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, sure. But there are also Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Malay ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #20 The Pork Chop at Perry's on Scarsdale
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #18 Tex-Cajun Poutine at BB's Cajun Cafe
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 22, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #17 The "Instant Vintage" Burger at Rockwell Tavern
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #14 Cassoulet at Feast
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations i ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #13 Chicken Fried Steak at Ouisie's Table
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 2, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #11 Crispy Pork Belly with Steen's Cane Syrup at Catalan
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 6, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #10 Crispy Skin Snapper at Reef
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes: #9 Pho at Pho Binh on Beamer
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #5 Fried Chicken at Barbecue Inn
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 22, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #3 Snapper on a Sizzling Comal at Tampico
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
Macaroni -- Hold the Cheese -- at Tan Tan
One can be forgiven for missing an entire section on the enormous menu at Tan Tan. After all, there are 265 different dishes (yes, 265; yes, I counted) to choose from at the Chinese restaurant, which is popular with late-night diners and families seeking old-fashioned comfort food like congee ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #2: Fajitas at the Original Ninfa's on Navigation
Over the course of the next few months, I'm counting down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others because they are just so damn tasty. Share your own nominations in ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Robb Walsh's 100 Favorite Houston Dishes #1 Oysters Gilhooley at Gilhooley's Raw Bar in San Leon
For a slideshow of all Robb's favorite 100 dishes, click here. Over the course of the past few months, I've counted down 100 of my favorite Houston dishes. I chose some because they are such quintessential Houston creations, others for their cultural or historical significance, and others b ... More >>
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October 11, 2010
Singapore Noodles from Tan Tan
Terri WestI lived in Singapore four-and-a-half years and transited through there off and on for another two whileI was living in New Delhi, but I have to confess: I never ran into anything called Singapore Noodles in Singapore. Singapore Noodles were, in fact, invented in Hong Kong. Being a ... More >>
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November 23, 2010
5 Houston Alternatives to a Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner
A cold Thanksgiving day calls for hot pot, the ultimate communal meal.Sometimes you don't want to eat a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Sometimes you destroy the turkey and all of your side dishes turn out to taste like broiled roadkill. And sometimes you just want to start a new tradition o ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Almost Christmas Eve Congee
Photo by Sebastian MaryOn a recent post about pho ga, the Vietnamese chicken soup, I made mention of a Chow.com graph that has predicted 2011 to be the year of congee (with regard to Asian comfort food dishes). Later on, reader Sunkneelion made the request: "Article on congee, please!" Sunkn ... More >>
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February 22, 2011
Comment of the Day
Ask, and you shall receive. Joanna O'Leary was wondering about good places in Houston to dine solo, and reader Gilgameshstockings had a few suggestions: Rioja, Dolce Vita, Poscol, Vieng Thai, Sushi King, Kanomwan, Tan Tan, Doneraki, Jamaica House, One's a Meal, Zake, Aladdin, Niko's, Cova, ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Dry Wonton Noodle at Chino's Fast Food
Mai PhamDry wonton noodle soup at Chino's Fast FoodOver the years, I've gotten really sensitive to MSG (monosodium glutamate), the cooking additive Asians often use to enhance flavor. In addition to making me extremely drowsy, I sometimes get blinding headaches from eating a large bowl of no ... More >>
Dining
June 9, 2011
Tan Tan No. 2
The second location offers none of the soul of the original and little consistency.
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June 8, 2011
Behind the Review: Tan Tan
Photo by April J. GazmenBanh bot chien, in all its messy glory.It's safe to say this week's cafe review of Tan Tan's second location on Westheimer is a tough one. It's not all bad...but it's mostly bad. The original Tan Tan on Bellaire Boulevard isn't a gleaming shrine to either Chinese or V ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Comment of the Day
Katharine Shilcutt wrote a long review of Tan Tan and blogged about needing to get the bad taste out of her mouth. And commenter Mike Calimbas wrote in to agree with her: I've always loved Tan Tan on Bellaire so I tried the one on Westheimer and boy was I disappointed. The service was slow ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
This Week in Deliciousness
Photo illustration by Monica FuentesBWAHAHAHAHA! Hell yes.Welcome back to the weekly roundup here at Eating Our Words, where we've been trying to get Opie and Anthony to re-tweet scandalous pictures of our manscaped junk all day, but so far, no dice. Come on, guys. Help a loyal listener with ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Debating Austin
Residents respond to our cover story.
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October 28, 2011
The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Late-Night Eats
Stir-fried macaroni -- hold the cheese -- at our No. 1 spot.For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had h ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
Chef Chat, Part 2: Kevin Naderi of Roost
Photos by Mai PhamKevin Naderi of Roost, working in the kitchenYesterday, our chat with Chef/Owner Kevin Naderi of Roost sparked a debate in the comments section about how soon his bubble would burst, with most commenters in support of expanding the Roost bubble. Today, Naderi shares insights ... More >>
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