Here’s a look at this week’s hottest culinary happenings:
All week long
Japanese Sando Pop-up at Money Cat
Now through Sunday, June 4, c executive chef Sherman Yeung will be hosting a Sando Pop-Up at Money Cat, 2925 Richmond, inspired by his travels and featuring two iconic Japanese-style sandwiches, each using fluffy house-made milk bread. Guests can order the Menchi Katsu Curry (breaded pork patty, Japanese curry, sweet pickled cabbage, onion mayo, $19) and Egg Salad (Japanese egg salad, soft boiled egg, Calabrian chili mayo, crispy chips, $14) sandos at lunch and dinner, for dine-in and to-go ordering.
Tuesday, May 23
21st Annual Menu of Menus at Silver Street Studios
Fan favorite foodie tasting event Menu of Menus returns to Silver Street Studios from 7 to 10 p.m. Attendees can enjoy tastings from favorite local eateries alongside wine, beer and cocktail samplings. Tickets are $59 for general admission ($44/person for groups of 10) and include unlimited food and drink sampling plus entertainment. VIP admission is $89 ($71 for groups) and includes early entry at 6 p.m., unlimited food sampling alongside drink samples and entertainment plus complimentary valet parking before 6:30 p.m.
Voodoo Doughnut 20th Birthday Promo
In celebration of its 20th birthday, Voodoo Doughnut will host a series of promotions on Tuesdays throughout the month, with this week’s promotion offering $2 Portland Creams. In addition, guests can enjoy the Birthday Cake doughnut stuffed with a creamy strawberry filling, dipped in vanilla frosting and topped with colorful sprinkles, every Tuesday in the month of May.
Wednesday–Thursday
Ultimate Kegger Celebration at Sixty Vines
In honor of Sixty Vines partnering with California winemakers Ridge Vineyards to exclusively keg its wines, the renowned restaurant will host the Ultimate Kegger Celebration, taking place in Rice Village on Wednesday, May 24 and in The Woodlands on Thursday, May 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. Ticket holders can enjoy hand-selected Ridge Vineyards wines paired with chef-curated bites, and enjoy as Ridge Vineyards releases its first-ever wine in keg, the 2021 Three Valleys Zinfandel. Tickets are $125 per person plus tax and 20 percent gratuity.
Thursday, May 26
Brown Bag Day at Ouisie’s
With founder Elouise starting a lunch-time catering business called The Traveling Brown Bag Lunch Company back in 1968, Ouisie’s Table, 3939 San Felipe, is celebrating its brown bag history on Thursday, May 25 (National Brown Bag Day). For lunch only, guests can purchase an original Traveling Brown Bag Lunch Company meal – one of three of Ouisie’s own original sandwiches (chicken salad or pimento cheese), fresh fruit and house-made chips – either to go or to dine in. The special is $15 plus tax and gratuity, and you can add a bottle of sparkling wine for the discounted price of $10.
Tolaini Tuscan Wine Dinner at Rainbow Lodge
Rainbow Lodge, 2011 Ella, will host a Tolaini Tuscan Wine Dinner with Lia Tolaini-Banville at 6 p.m. Tickets are $165 plus tax and gratuity and include wine-paired courses such as Ditalini al Forno with wild boar Italian sausage, rapini and Calabrian chilies; Pancetta di Maiale Brasata white bean and black kale ragu, and dried fig biscotti with goats cheese and fig leaves.
Sunday, May 28
The Spot Experience at Lone Star Flight Museum
The Spot Experience invites guests to the Lone Star Flight Museum for an exclusive dining experience, featuring a three-course meal (with wine pairing) inside the plane hangar surrounded by planes. The menu will be inspired by international tastes and will be set at a communal table with seatings at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (dinner starts at 5:30 and 8:30, respectively, and lasts 90 minutes). Tickets are $180 or $200 with wine pairings.
All month long
AAPI Restaurant Weeks
OCA-Greater Houston has brought back the fourth annual Asian American and Pacific Islander Restaurant Weeks, a city-wide event held from May 1 through June 15 in celebration of the rich culinary heritage of AAPI communities in Houston. Diners can enjoy special deals and discounts from numerous AAPI and AAPI-owned restaurants, with hotspots including Aka Sushi, Crawfish and Noodles, Himalaya, Kau Ba, Kim Son, Oh My Gogi!, Tiger Den, Fung’s Kitchen and more. For each donation of $25 or more, patrons will receive an AAPI Restaurant Week digital passport with QR code to access special deals to all participating businesses.
Lupus Foundation Fundraiser at Molina’s
For the second year, Molina’s Cantina has teamed with Lupus Foundation of America’s Texas Gulf Coast Chapter to raise money for research and awareness to help those dealing with lupus (a cause close to the family, as Mary Molina—the daughter of third-generation Molina’s Cantina owners Roberto and Erica Molina—suffers from the disease. This May, during Lupus Awareness Month, three percent of proceeds from total Tuesday sales from all three Molina’s Cantina locations will be donated to the foundation.
Enchilada of the Month at Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen
Sylvia’s Enchilada Kitchen, 1140 Eldridge, 6401 Woodway, is bringing back its Enchilada of the Month beginning this May, offering the Three Rivers through May 31. Made with corn tortillas rolled around a combination of chorizo, beef fajitas and chicken fajitas and topped with spicy chile de arbol sauce, jack cheese, avocado and cilantro, it comes with rice and beans or a Caesar salad for $18.95 per person.
This article appears in Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2023.
