Weekend Feast

Where to Devour Great Dim Sum in Houston

From traditional pushcart service to holes-in-the-wall, you can satisfy your cravings any day of the week.

05/27/2025 By Emma Balter and Mai Pham

Weekend Feast

Great Restaurants for Dim Sum in Houston

From traditional pushcart service to holes-in-the-wall, you can satisfy your cravings any day of the week.

12/31/2024 By Emma Balter and Mai Pham

Comfort Food

Our Favorite Chinese Restaurants in Houston

It’s not just General Tso’s and sesame chicken—the city has plenty of diverse options from Sichuan to Cantonese live seafood.

10/22/2024 By Emma Balter and Sofia Gonzalez

LET’S GOW!

Tim Ho Wan Brings Michelin-Level Dim Sum to Katy

The Hong Kong-hailing restaurant will send you straight to dim sum heaven through its famous baked BBQ pork buns.

11/10/2022 By Daniel Renfrow

Mai Pham Favorites

Try These Pan-Fried Dumplings from This Family-Owned Spot in First Ward

Made lovingly by hand every day, Dumpling Haus’ pan-fried dumplings are better than the versions you’ll find in Chinatown.

03/16/2022 By Mai Pham

Eat at Home

What We're Ordering Out This Week: Beef and Cheddar to Beat the Stressors

Let's go west to Asia Town and beyond for some primo eats.

02/24/2021 By Timothy Malcolm

Eat at Home

What We're Ordering Out This Week: Goat Masala, Brisket, Buttery Wagyu

We run though some greatest hits as the need for comfort food really sets in.

12/16/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Eat at Home

What We're Ordering Out This Week: New Dumplings, Great Tacos

We hit the road to bite into some fresh Korean-inspired gyoza and fast-casual Nigerian.

11/11/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Careful Now

Innovative Dumpling-Making Parties Burst onto the Scene

Make a Baby Yoda dumpling at the Dumpling Dudez home.

02/26/2020 By Erika Kwee

Sizzling

Food News: Downtown Steakhouse Guard and Grace to Open Soon

Plus, there's a third Mendocino Farms now open in Houston.

11/11/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

First Bite

Spicy Girl Is Now Trendy Dumpling, But Don't Fret

That Spicy Girl influence isn't all gone.

06/25/2019 By Timothy Malcolm

First Bite

At Shun, the Pork Dumplings Steal the Show

Then again, there's plenty to like about this second-generation Japanese kitchen.

10/18/2018 By Timothy Malcolm

The Essential Guide to Asiatown

Required Eating: 11 Restaurants in Asiatown You Can't Miss

From Cajun-Vietnamese crawfish to dim sum and Sichuan staples, these are our favorite places to eat.

06/22/2018 By Mai Pham

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

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

Down in Chinatown

Dumplings of Memory

Fresh noodles and giant dumplings at San Dong Noodle House.

09/10/2013 By Robb Walsh