Restaurant Review

At Night Market and Maba Pan-Asian Diner, a Fine Fusion of Traditions

Go for the loaded fries, stay for the five-spice-rubbed ribeye and pork belly tacos wrapped in scallion pancakes.

05/25/2017 By Alice Levitt

Boxed In

New Heights Location of The Rice Box Upgrades Chinese Take-Out

There are dishes to love whether you want your grub Americanized or not.

03/03/2017 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

The Crawfish Guide

Our 5 Favorite Crawfish Dishes Around Town

All the crawfish tails you can eat, minus the pesky peeling.

02/20/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Restaurant Review

Second Time's Also the Charm at Arthur Ave and Pepper Twins

How do the upscale Italian joint and the restaurant bringing Szechuan food to River Oaks compare to their successful predecessors?

02/13/2017 By Alice Levitt

Sheer Heart Attack

Fried Day: Wings at Original Timmy Chan

Is there a more Houstonian way to kill yourself with food?

02/10/2017 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

Lunar Feast

Celebrate the Chinese New Year at Café Chino

Roasted pig and Peking duck and soft shell crabs, oh my!

01/19/2017 By Joanna O'Leary

The 10 Best Spots to Chow Down on Chinese Dumplings

And we’re not just talking about places in Chinatown’s Dumpling Corridor…

11/21/2016 By Alice Levitt

Quest for Fire

Ming Tsai Is Coming to the Galleria

The celebrity chef talks Houston dining, allergies and spicy fish heads.

11/15/2016 By Alice Levitt

Liquid Courage

Ginger & Fork Brings Excellent Soup Dumplings to the Heights

You don't have to go to Chinatown to slurp xiaolongbao.

11/09/2016 By Alice Levitt

Liquid Courage

Our Latest Obsession: Soup Dumplings at Sarah Place

We think we might have found the best xiaolongbao in Houston.

10/10/2016 By Alice Levitt

Make a Toast

Our Latest Obsession: Hong Kong's Café

The West gets weird at a Chinatown family restaurant.

06/27/2016 By Alice Levitt

Cook's Tour

The Houston Anthony Bourdain Speech You Missed

The celebrity chef says Houston's food scene isn't so different from how future American cities will taste.

06/10/2016 By Ellie Sharp

Sugary Spheres

They’ve Got Balls!: Sweet Edition

The sweet side of Houston's best globular grub.

04/22/2016 By Joanna O'Leary

Cold Noodles, Hot Pork

Our Latest Obsession: Xi'an Noodles

Shaanxi-style street food is hidden in Chinatown.

04/18/2016 By Alice Levitt

East Meets Heights

First Bite: Ginger & Fork

Cantonese cuisine comes to the 77007 by way of Hong Kong.

03/28/2016 By Alice Levitt

Hello Hakka

Meatless Monday: Aling's Hakka Chinese Cuisine

Enjoy the love child of Indian and Chinese cuisines.

02/29/2016 By Megha Tejpal

Authentic Chinese

Celebrate Lunar New Year with Chinese Food Offerings All Over the Map

Kick off the Year of the Monkey at five of the city’s most authentic restaurants for Peking duck, dim sum and more.

02/05/2016 By Alice Levitt