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NEW SUSHI GEM ALERT in Houston’s Bellaire Food Street! 🍣

Ichijuku is a traditional sushi house led by sushi master Masa Osawa (30+ yrs behind the counter!).

We were invited to the Grand Opening and tried buttery Engawa, rich Hokkaido Uni hand rolls, Kinmedai, Hamachi sashimi + more — all priced super reasonably (most pieces $4–12 per piece). They even have robata skewers + crispy rice apps. This is your new go-to sushi spot in Chinatown!

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📍Ichijuku @ichijikuhouston
9393 Bellaire Blvd ste c, Houston, TX 77036
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Mi Luna - Spanish Tapas in Houston

Looking for your next date night spot in Houston? Mi Luna Tapas at Montrose Collective is exactly where you need to be. Tucked in the heart of Montrose, this Spanish tapas gem has a gorgeous patio perfect for golden hour sips and bites—and the warm, live-music-filled interior is just as stunning.

Let’s talk food: the gambas al ajillo are sizzling with garlic and flavor, the braised oxtails fall apart in the best way, and the lengua? So tender it practically melts. Whether you’re sharing small plates or making it a full-on feast, every bite hits.

Save this spot for your date night or send it to your foodie group chat for your next Spanish food adventure!

📍Mi Luna
888 Westheimer Rd Suite 126, Houston, TX 77006

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✨An OG spot in Houston’s Chinatown ✨

If you haven’t been to Peking Cuisine Restaurant, you’re missing out on authentic Peking duck. Roasted in the traditional way until that skin is perfectly crispy, this is the perfect place for an affordable family style dinner with friends. Fill your lazy Susan with popular dishes like jiggly La Pi noodles, braised pork belly, crispy tofu & more 🥢

And don’t sleep on the lunch special!
Mon–Fri 11-3pm, you get a full meal for just $10.50 (complete with entree, & choice of appetizer, soup and rice). Best lunch deal in chinatown!

So when you’re having Peking Duck cravings? You know where to go.

📍Peking Cuisine
8332 Southwest Fwy, Houston, TX 77074

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🍜🔥 Best Dipping Noodle (Tsukemen) in Houston?

Try the Tsukemen (cold spicy dipping noodles) at @afuriramen_houston in the Heights! 🍜

Seriously, my favorite dipping noodles in Houston right now! They make their own fresh noodles - it’s a game changer.

Also just tried their new small plates menu too. Loved the Spicy pork Mini tacos & Tsukune meatballs. For noodles the cold Egg Mazemen was delicious and the new Tonkotsu Chashu Men with pork and chicken chashu was great! 🍜🤯 If you love noodles, definitely give Afuri a try!

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📍 Afuri Ramen (Houston Heights)
1215 N Durham Dr Suite B-100, Houston, TX 77008

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Di An Pho is a new restaurant that just opened in Houston Asiatown and it’s a true pho house — the ONLY thing on the menu is pho 🍜 Beef or chicken, that’s it!

The dad is the chef (yes, really!) and he comes in at 3am to cook, simmering the beef broth for 18 hours. For their chicken pho, they is ga di bo (free-range chicken) from a local family farm 🐔💯

Located on Bellaire & Synott, they’re in soft opening right now, so check them out! They also have a Vietnamese coffee bar — try the egg coffee, coconut coffee, or salted cream coffee, just know that it’s strong! 🔥

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📍Di An Pho
12934 Bellaire Blvd #[instagram] 108, Houston, TX 77072

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This week’s @sundaytimesireland restaurant review: @klawcafe in #TempleBar; where the Sunday session offers a set menu soundtracked by Chappel Roan, Harry Styles, Haim and 49th and Main 🦪🐠

We lament the loss of @dublinklaw on Crown Alley in the review, which is where we first tried oysters a decade ago and now we guzzle them pretty much weekly and @russellalford_ has one tattooed on his arm. “When @niallsabongi pushes you, you trust it’s for your own good,” we write.

We were also in two minds about covering Sundays at Seafood Cafe as “like the tide, Sabongi comes and goes, not afraid of giving things a go (as we recount his crabshack, poké concept and the Saltwater Grocery plus his newer food truck @saltybuoytruck)… He tries a lot of things: sometimes they rush in with the swash and stick; other times they retreat quietly with the backwash. We couldn’t be sure this new element was going to stick, but if last Sunday is anything to go by this might just be the ultimate making of this restaurant,” we surmise.

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This week’s @sundaytimesireland restaurant review: LASAIR, the reimagined (and relocated) @finnlough_dining in Fermanagh 🔥

In an unusual prompt from us in these pages, we heartily recommend making the most of a trip to @finnlough and spending two hours before dinner at the Elements spa trail, which we think is one of the best experiences of its kind in Ireland and both the self-guided, private spa trail (punctuated by different bothies in the forest) and the restaurant are open to non-residents to experience, so if your budget doesn’t extend to bubble domes and sleeping under the stars you can still experience some of the best aspects of this lakeside resort

We write “[Lasair, meaning flame or spark as Gaeilge] has a female-led kitchen overseen by the South African chef Kristin Reagon @kristins_creation, complemented by the Swedish restaurant manager @marion.falk running the floor, and Reagon’s eclectic, globe-traversing menu jumps from Japan to France, Korea to the Middle East, India to Africa, organised by tastes — salty, floral, bitter, acidic, umami and sweet — with each section offering a selection of smaller dishes to share. There is no set formula; choose your own dining adventure and design a makeshift tasting menu tailored to your preferences.”

We find the spark of something incredibly special in this resort restaurant, that if fanned in the right direction and tamed skilfully could well blaze a trail in the Irish food industry…

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Perhaps you’ve heard of “the Dryades Double,” a two-stop dining jaunt that begins at the oyster bar at @pascals.manale and continues down the street for T-bones at @charliessteakhouse ? Big fan of both stops, and even better together.

In the same spirit, I propose “the Soniat Sequel,” made possible by the recent opening of @avegnoneworleans , the lounge next to sister restaurant @gautreausrestaurant ...both on Soniat Street.

It’s one idea from this week’s column on restaurants you should check out around town, both new and not-so-new.

We did this up recently, starting at Avegno with cocktails and Bayonne ham and a raw half dozen from @ladynellieoysterfarm (yes, the same from Jazz Fest).

Then it was next door (one slow sipper in our group even took her glass for the journey of a few steps).

It was great to get another taste of what chef Rob Mistry is doing since taking over the kitchen.

The mortadella cannelloni in brodo, the artichoke soup, the scallops with spicy ‘nduja (the spreadable sausage) and a duo of lamb loin and a layered lamb leg pavé in a minty sauce were all new highlights.

The kitchen’s way with fish, the underlying technique of the duck confit and the classic roasted chicken are all enduringly Gautreau’s.

Link in my bio has the story with lots more dining ideas

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What’s Tuesday like at a Mexican restaurant without a taco Tuesday special?

At @elpavorealnola it’s just low-key family-style vibes with distinctive Mexican food that has me coming back any day of the week.

This was last Tuesday at the restaurant, and plenty of people were having the regular menu tacos. We went a different direction with the seafood cocktail, coconut shrimp that gives me a subtle Mexican-Indian flex, black bean soup (pretty and still just five dollars), and the crab meat and avocado quesadillas with a crispy outer shell of cheese.

Look for blackboard specials like these mushroom molotes (first photo), crisp masa empanada shapes with a creamy filling.

And I really like the tequila and beet cocktail.

Popcorn to start, of course.

It’s one idea from this week’s column on restaurants you should check out aronnd town, both new and not-so-new.

Link in my bio has the full read

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Get yourself a group together (two can be a group, I guess, four would be better) and share these platters of East African dishes at Waliimo, a lunchtime downtown pop-up with a mission.

You have a few weeks to try it, and could even effort a lunch today to kick off the weekend (they have a bar).

You also get an inside view of @nochi_grams , a culinary school designed to be different.
Waliimo is the latest edition of an ongoing program at NOCHI.

A ready-made restaurant space is part of this culinary school’s campus. Each class of students has a chance to make it their own, working together to conceive, produce and then run their own restaurant.

I saw this one from the first student pitch sessions to the first lunch this week.

Pictured:
🔥“Waliimo style” appetizer platter, with shrimp/beet kitfo, fata (stewed tomato dip) and lentil hummus
🔥Lamb tibbs
🔥Lots of injera bread, researched and prepared by the students, with an assist from @addisnola
🔥Fantastic desserts, the caramelized himbasha with pistachio, the chay (chai-like) panna cotto with sorbet

Link in my bio has more on the pop-up and NOCHI

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