Best Restaurants

Our 10 Go-To Spots for Chinese Food

Some of our favorite places for Cantonese, Sichuan, and more.

03/25/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

Flour Power

Load up on Carbs at This Northern-style Chinese Spot

Head to Chinatown's Niu Yi Zui Lamen for hand-pulled noodles and crispy sandwiches.

07/27/2018 By Alice Levitt

The Essential Guide to Asiatown

How to Spend a Day in Dun Huang Plaza

The Bellaire Boulevard strip mall can be overwhelming to newcomers. Here's an itinerary to get you started.

06/22/2018 By Abby Ledoux

The Essential Guide to Asiatown

Our 3 Favorite Supermarkets in Asiatown

And what to look for at each.

06/22/2018 By Katharine Shilcutt

The Essential Guide to Asiatown

Getting to Know Houston's Asiatown of Today

Before 1983, the Asiatown we know and love didn't exist.

06/22/2018 By Dianna Wray

Best of Asiatown

The Houstonian's Essential Guide to Asiatown

55 things to do, see and eat

06/22/2018 By Houstonia Staff

Melt With You

Our Latest Obsession: Niu Jiao Jian Hot Pot

Fans of the cute and the spicy will burble over for this new soup spot.

04/20/2018 By Alice Levitt

4 Egg Custard Tarts You Need in Your Life (and in Your Belly)

These fluffy, flaky treats are a perfect addition to any brunch.

03/28/2018 By Gwendolyn Knapp

10 Spots That Are All That and Dim Sum

From traditional push-cart meals to stylish, contemporary options, you can find the dim sum you crave—any day of the week.

02/28/2018 By Mai Pham

Boiling Over

Our Latest Obsession: 75 BBQ & Hot Pot Buffet

Our new favorite restaurant is yet another reason not to listen to Yelp.

11/01/2017 By Alice Levitt

Poke All Day

First Bite: Laki Fish

Tiger Den owner Mike Tran adds poké to his empire.

10/30/2017 By Beth Levine

Everything But Yul Brynner

Night Market Returns to Chinatown With a Thai Spin

From curries to rosé, here's what to try at the new eatery.

10/16/2017 By Beth Levine

Essay

A Vermonter Discovers Houston Food

Space City tastes like an exotic vacation.

08/21/2017 By Alice Levitt

More Butter, More Better

First Bite: 85°C Bakery Café

The "Starbucks of Taiwan" opens today in Chinatown.

07/07/2017 By Alice Levitt

Shopping

Where to Find a K-Beauty Bonanza: HallYu Cosmetics

You thought the Clinique/Crayola collab was fun? Wait until you see the epic cuteness at this Korean cosmetics retailer.

05/16/2017 By Emily Juhasz

Immigration

Local Legislator Gives Impassioned Speech on Senate Bill 4 Debate

“Some are here as refugees, some are here as citizens, some are here without papers, but they’re all my people.”

05/03/2017 By Marianella Orlando

Chay Style

Meatless Monday: Quan Yin Vegan Restaurant

Vietnamese classics without the animal products? Head here.

04/10/2017 By Alice Levitt

Automated Aliment

Meet Chinatown's Noodle Robot

Kuen Noodle House has non-human help, but is it better than a place actually called Let's Noodle?

02/28/2017 By Alice Levitt

Savor the Silk Road

Our Latest Obsession: Afandim Restaurant

A Chinese ethnic minority is making our city even more delicious.

02/06/2017 By Alice Levitt

Farewell to the Flesh

Meatless Monday: Pine Forest Garden

This Chinese buffet is (veggie) chicken soup for the vegan soul.

01/23/2017 By Alice Levitt