Mai Pham
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Houston, TX, United States
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10 Vietnamese Dishes You Aren’t Ordering But Should Be
Vietnamese food is made of more than pho and banh mi. Here are the absolute best dishes you should be ordering, along with the correct pronunciation. → Read More
Out-of-Work Hospitality Workers Can Pick Up Free Meal Kits Every Tuesday at The Tasting Room Uptown Park
Thanks to a successful Go Fund Me Campaign called Feeding Houston's hospitality and first responders, LASCO Enterprises has been offering family meal kits each Tuesday since March 24,2020 to hospitality industry workers impacted by Covid-19. → Read More
Asian Grocery Stores Are Fully Stocked, Ready to Serve and Have No Lines. Why Aren't You Going?
While traditional grocery stores are just starting to implement safety measures, Asian grocers have been doing it for months. H Mart, Ranch 99, Viet Hoa, Jusgo, or Hong Kong Food Market are fully stocked, ready to serve, and have no lines. Why aren't you going? → Read More
Houston Restaurants in Chinatown Offering Pickup & Delivery — Updated 4/2
Houston Restaurants in Chinatown/Asiatown offering takeout, curbside pickup and delivery. → Read More
StarChefs 2019 Rising Stars Gala Is The Foodie Event You Won't Want to Miss
Starchefs, the restaurant industry magazine, will hold an awards gala honoring Houston's best rising star talent. The gala will feature an awards ceremony and grand tasting event during which attendees will get to sample the chefs' best efforts. Tickets, $85 for general admission. → Read More
Where the Chefs Eat: Tony J. Nguyen of Saigon House Midtown
Where Chef Tony J. Nguyen of Saigon House Midtown eats when he's off work . → Read More
Where the Chefs Eat: Peter Petro of Bosscat Kitchen & Libations and BCK Kitchen
Chef Peter Petro BCK of Bosscat Kitchen & Libations in Houston and Newport Beach, Calif., and Ten Asian Bistro in Newport Beach, gives the low down on where and his family eat in Houston. → Read More
Houston Chefs Battle Child Hunger at Taste of the Nation Houston 2019
More than 30 chefs cooked for Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation Houston, a charity event to end child hunger. The event took place at Silver Street Studios on May 22, 2019. → Read More
Where the Chefs Eat: Ronnie Killen of Killen’s Steakhouse, Killen’s STQ, Killen’s BBQ, Killen’s Burgers, and Killen’s TMX
Two-time James Beard nominated chef and restauranteur Ronnie Killen, who owns Killen’s Steakhouse, Killen’s STQ, Killen’s BBQ, Killen’s Burgers, and Killen’s TMX, shares his favorite eats around Houston. → Read More
International Smoke's Pop-Up Charity Dinner with Michael Mina, Hugo Ortega and EJ Miller
Chefs Michael Mina, Hugo Ortega and EJ Miller collaborated on a special tasting menu dinner at International Smoke in Citycentre, benefiting Texas Children's Hospital. → Read More
Things To Do: Regal Seafood House in Stafford Offers Limited Time $4.99 Dim Sum Deal
Beginning April 29, 2019, Regal Seafood House in Stafford is running a limited time dim sum promotion: $4.99 for all dim sum dishes size small through extra large. → Read More
Where the Chefs Eat: Austin Waiter of Tony's
The 27 year-old executive chef of Tony's, one of Houston's fine dining restaurant institutions, dishes on his favorite places to eat in Houston. → Read More
Recap: Friends of James Beard Benefit Dinner A Showcase of Houston's Best Culinary Talent
A recap of all-star celebrity chef benefit dinner for the James Beard Foundation hosted by H Town Group at Caracol Houston. → Read More
The 13 Best Houston Dishes of 2018
It would be easy to pack all the crazy good eats in Houston into a neat list of 10, but there is so much excellence happening in our food scene right now that a longer list was warranted. The dishes that defined 2018 were all exemplary in their own right,... → Read More
How Three Friends from Alief Turned A BBQ Pop-Up into a Brick and Mortar: The Story Behind Blood Bros. BBQ
Robin Wong, Terry Wong, and Quy Hoang, three high school friends from Alief in Houston, never intended to open up a BBQ joint. But what started out as a hobby took on a life of its own. This is the story of how it all began. → Read More
Austin Simmons and Manabu Horiuchi: An Incredible "Collaboreight" Pop-Up Dinner at Cureight in The Woodlands
Austin Simmons of Cureight and Tris in The Woodlands teams up with Manabu Horiuchi of Houston's Kata Robata for a "Collaboreight" Pop-Up Dinner. → Read More
Pork Belly Burnt Ends, Brisket Tamales and Branzino: An Uchi Houston and Killen’s BBQ Collaboration Dinner
Uchi Houston and Killen's BBQ teamed up for a collaboration dinner on Monday, October 22, 1028. Highlights included pork belly burnt ends and branzino. Featuring Ronnie Killen, Teddy Lopez, Chris Davies, Meredith Larke. → Read More
Robert de Niro, Nobu Matsuhisa and Friends Host Nobu Houston Inaugural Sake Ceremony
Here's what happened when celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa, along with co-founders Robert De Niro and Meir Teper visit Houston for a joyous, food-filled inaugural Nobu Houston Sake Ceremony. → Read More
First Look at Shabu Zone, The New All-You-Can-Eat Shabu Shabu Restaurant in Asiatown
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... → Read More
Things to Do: Twisted Love Brings Artisanal Soft Serve Ice Cream to Houston's Asiatown
We check out Twisted Love, a new ice cream shop in Asiatown serving soft serve with fresh fruit and toppings. → Read More