Sponsored by Visit Pearland Few dishes are as ubiquitous across nearly all cuisines as the dumpling. While styles and preparations vary around the globe, the dumpling is generally defined as a casing of dough enveloping a (usually) savory filling. The foodways of China, Japan and Korea have mastered this culinary delight, with most dumpling examples […]
Recently, The Woodlands area has been experiencing an influx of new East Asian restaurants. There has especially been a growth in the number of more traditional Chinese restaurants. One that has been particularly popular is Mimi Garden, located at 8021 Research Forest. The menu offers a variety of dim sum, and other Cantonese dishes with […]
The Year of the Snake is approaching! Lunar New Year is a time of celebration for Asian cultures that follow the lunar calendar, and that often involves performances, games and, of course, food. This year, the holiday falls on Wednesday, January 29, with celebrations running for most of February. Here’s a a list of how […]
Amid building his restaurant empire, Ben Berg is also taking time to revamp an existing concept — Benny Chows, located in the Heights at 1818 Washington Avenue. He has welcomed new executive chef Junnajet “Jett” Hurapan, who is adding Pan-Asian flare to the menu. If Hurapan’s name sounds familiar it’s because he’s been in the kitchen […]
The husband-and-wife duo of Houston restaurateurs Grace and Leo Xia have debuted their Rice Village location of Duck N Bao, bringing their signature Peking duck and housemade xiao long bao (soup dumplings) to 5215 Kelvin. This new spot joins the Cypress and Memorial locations, which opened in 2020 and 2021, as well as the Bellaire-based, […]
