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Crawfish & Noodles Hosts Crawfish Ramen Pop-Up at Houston Farmers Market

POSTED: October 4, 2023 AT 6:46 am   /   Food Finds, Japanese, Vietnamese

Crawfish and Noodles, helmed by Corey Nguyen, the son of 2020 James Beard Award-nominated chef Trong Nguyen, is partnering with chef Naoki Yoshida of the recently closed Shun Japanese Kitchen for a two-day collaborative event. On October 6 and 7, the Greater Heights Crawfish and Noodles location, which is situated towards the rear of the […]

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Houston Ramen Shop Opens Second Location in Downtown Food Hall

POSTED: September 18, 2023 AT 1:01 pm   /   Japanese, Ramen, Restaurant Openings

Samurai Noodle, the longstanding restaurant just off I-10 at 1801 Durham, has opened a new food stall at Lyric Market at 411 Smith in downtown Houston. Though the stall at Ramen Lyric Market is significantly smaller than Samurai Noodle’s brick-and-mortar location, it makes use of every inch of space to uphold chef-owner and founder Ryo […]

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New Houston Restaurant Money Cat Brings Creative Japanese Cuisine to Upper Kirby

POSTED: January 6, 2023 AT 8:00 am   /   Food Finds, Houston Restaurants to Know, Japanese, Restaurant Openings

We started the evening circling the block a couple of times before finding the entrance to Money Cat, the new restaurant at 2925 Richmond. There was no discernible sign or entrance that we could see, just a small valet stand barely visible from the street. As we walked up to the restaurant, we then noticed […]

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New Upscale Sushi Restaurant in River Oaks is Off to an Uneven Start

POSTED: December 28, 2022 AT 10:20 am   /   Asian, Food Finds, Japanese, Pan-Asian

TEN Sushi + Cocktail Bar, the new River Oaks restaurant by Daily Dose Hospitality, the team behind Bosscat Kitchen & Libations, opened in November. It’s located at 4200 Westheimer on the ground floor of the 200 Park Place building. Daily Dose Hospitality acquired TEN’s first location in California in 2014 and owners John Reed and […]

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