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Food in Houston: July 2009

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A discussion of restaurants, food stores, dishes, and trends in Houston. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Uni pics (uni dinner at Rainbow Lodge). I have written too much about Randy Rucker and the Rainbow Lodge. So I am not going to write about Randy's uni dinner at the Lodge a few weeks ago. Instead, here are some photos. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. The Boston food scene. The city seemed afraid of flavors, paralyzed by its Puritan antipathy to pleasure. Boston's amazing little Japanese restaurant is called O Ya.

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Food in Houston: October 2008

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A discussion of restaurants, food stores, dishes, and trends in Houston. Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Fusion Now: 3 dishes at Jenny's Noodle House, Dragon Bowl, and Bamboo House. Pan Asian fusion several years later. A few years ago, pan-Asian fusion cooking seemed so exciting. Would it bring us unusual, creative dishes? Would it draw out new flavors we have never tasted? These three pan-Asian dishes typify some of the strengths and weaknesses of the genre. 1 Jenny's Noodle House: Art Car Curry. It is a so...

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Food in Houston: March 2009

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A discussion of restaurants, food stores, dishes, and trends in Houston. Saturday, March 28, 2009. I was wrong about jellyfish. A distant vague memory. As a food, I thought jellyfish was exotic. In 1994, I went to a Chinese buffet in the Rice Village. Good Chinese buffets are rare, but this one had high quality and some not-so-Americanized dishes. (I believe the name may have been China Station, and I know the restaurant is long departed). As I contemplated what to do with these bland, slimy strands, I r...

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Food in Houston: May 2009

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A discussion of restaurants, food stores, dishes, and trends in Houston. Wednesday, May 27, 2009. I thought I knew Soma's storyline:. 8226;Owners of upscale sushi chain (Azuma) start restaurant and hire star chef (Robert Gadsby) to run kitchen. 8226;Star chef's dishes are fantastic. Sushi bar is mediocre. Star chef leaves. 8226;Restaurant goes downhill. The problem is that last part. I assumed Soma's food had gone downhill . I was wrong. 2 - Tuna and shrimp tempura topped with tuna and king crab. 3 - Shr...

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Wall archives | tasty bits

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122808 at 3:49 pm }. Cleaning up the look and feel. things are going to be appearing and disappearing for a while…. 123108 at 10:11 am }. Wow, a post the same day you went to a restaurant. Impressive. 123108 at 1:07 pm }. Love the new look – nice and clean. 010209 at 6:10 pm }. 8220;Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! 8221; Not really, that’s just what first came to mind. 010309 at 12:02 am }. Texas shrimp industry is dying. 010509 at 3:02 am }. 010509 at 12:17 pm }. 010509 at 11:49 pm }. Your photos are...

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Best meals of 2008 – Manresa (Los Gatos, CA) | tasty bits

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Best meals of 2008 – Manresa (Los Gatos, CA). I’ve given up on the goofy parody of Iron Chef  that appears today on the Food Network, but last week was an exception. David Kinch was battling Bobby Flay and I was a little more than interested in the outcome. Not that a win on Iron Chef means anything, but after visiting Manresa. And you have yourself an epic battle between good and evil. The lavender lemonade with a sprig of garden mint was one of the most simple and interesting first courses I have seen ...

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The Missing Ingredient (Part 2) | tasty bits

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The Missing Ingredient (Part 2). I ended my last post by asking. How is it possible that in a city distinguished by it’s rich multi-ethnic cooking traditions much more so than restaurants that push the boundaries of food, a crop of young chefs emerge out of nowhere and manage to ignite such excitement? Where do they get their inspiration, their drive, their training? Spot Prawns at Yam’tcha. Paris, via L’Astrance various kitchens in Hong Kong). Bryan Caswell, who spent much of his early career in high en...

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Absolute Mission (SF) | tasty bits

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I started with Tea Smoked Eel, constructed like b. From pulled hamhock, rice noodles, Chinese celery, cognac and soy. With slightly mushy texture the eel wasn’t handled as delicately as in your favorite sushi house, but it has a nice flavor. The tough hunks of raw Chinese celery ensure that the roll falls apart as soon as you take the first bite, but it doesn’t really matter. It tastes reasonably good either way. All in, not a bad night in the Mission district. Tenacity Supper Club (July 10th). Latest on...

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Lunch at Feast (Houston) | tasty bits

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Lunch at Feast (Houston). Bone marrow, parsley salad. Suet crusted tongue and brain pie, bubble and squeak. It was a real pleasure to see James Silk back in Houston. Feast never stopped being Feast in his absence, but it’s a better place with Richard, Megan and James at the helm. From tastybitz’s posterous. Food in Houston sneaks into Feast for another taste. The stealthy food guy over at Food in Houston made. British invasion: Feast brings Nose-to-Tail cooking to Houston. Another photo set from Feast.