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  Stuffed: Soup Dumplings at Wanna Bao

  January 8 at 5:30 a.m.

  We set out to find and devour stuffed food from every possible culture right here in the Bayou City. From empanadas to dumplings, kolaches to samosas, we're getting stuffed. We can all thank chef David Chang and his hit Netflix show, Ugly Delicious, for giving America an insatiable craving for...

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  First Look: La Corona Mexican Restaurant

  Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  Most diners in Houston have more than a handful of favorite Mexican restaurants in their dining out rotation. In our booming city, one can find the upscale, creative cooking of James Beard-award winning chef Hugo Ortega, the handmade tamales of someone's abuela and a multitude of Tex-Mex joints ranging from...

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  First Look at Lúa Viet Kitchen

  Monday, December 3, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  I've driven past Lúa Viet Kitchen on West Alabama dozens of times during its construction phase and through its opening, but it wasn't until I was struck by a craving for tofu vermicelli and it was an easy four minute drive away that I finally stepped inside. Given that I already have...

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  First Look: Flower Child Uptown

  Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  It seems like we Houstonians are always skirting around construction, whether we be in Downtown, Midtown, Uptown or south of town. The suburbs aren't much better. From my home, I can grab the Sam Houston Tollway toward the Galleria and be flying along at 70  miles an hour, then hit...

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  First Look at Pizza Motus

  Monday, October 1, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  If you weren't one of the millions of visitors to Italy this summer, you're in luck because Pizza Motus, the new Roman-style pizza shop in West U, may do a decent job of temporarily transporting you. Roman pizza is a relatively novel addition to Houston. Pizza al taglio (by the...

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  First Look at Shabu Zone, The New All-You-Can-Eat Shabu Shabu Restaurant in Asiatown

  Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 5 a.m.

  If buffet is your thing, you’ve probably already hit the popular standard all-you-can-eat (AYCE) joints around Asiatown by now: Little Sheep Mongolian for hot pot, Jin Korean BBQ for Korean barbecue, 75 BBQ and Hot Pot Buffet for Korean barbecue and hot pot, and Kim Son for their for Vietnamese...