Houston foods

Yummy Kitchen on Bellaire-- Houston Chinatown

2009-06-26T12:17:00.000-07:00

Yummy is about average in quality and on their lunch specials. A bit greasy on the chicken, price is right, soup was better than average, rice sticky. Nice looking restaurant. My peer diners had remarkably attractive sizzling dishes. Next time I dine here, I'll try the sizzling dishes.

Planters Big Nut Bars, Roasted Triple Nut

2009-06-24T12:06:00.000-07:00

This has a subtle and exquisite peanut taste. Not as strong aroma as chewing peanuts or eating a thickly spread peanut butter sandwich. Tastes alike chewing on a thin layer of crunchy peanut butter.

I prefer stronger tastes, but if you like exquisite taste peanut butter, this is about the best tasting peanut butter bar I’ve ever had (and I’ve tried many brands)

FuzHou Chinese restaurant

2009-06-15T13:01:00.000-07:00

In the same strip mall as the DiHo supermarket, FuzHou offers an exceptional value in their soups. For under $3, one can order a large soup and when mixed with the complimentary rice, this is a complete meal.

Their regular menu is good too. When I tried their pork lunch special, I was not particularly impressed.

Suite 105, next door to QQ Cuisine

2009-06-15T12:59:00.001-07:00

Suite 105 of 9889 Bellaire, Houston, TX is usually packed--lunch or dinner. For lunch, they serve many speciality dishes that one would expect to pay a premium price for. For example, I ordered a mushroom dish-- giant mushrooms.

The taste is good--delicate, but my opinion is that QQ Cuisine next door cost less and tastes better.

I don't understand why this restaurant is always packed though.

QQ Cuisine

2009-06-15T12:57:00.000-07:00

QQ Cuisine on 9889 Bellaire, Suite 106, Houston, TX has the best testing lunch specials. These range from $4.25 to about $6.00. Lots of food and taste great. I usually order their chicken. A 5 star on lunch specials.

Yuan Ten Chinese restaurant

2009-06-12T11:54:00.001-07:00

9300 Bellaire, Houston, TX

Yuan Ten is one of those Chinese restaurants where the wait staff don't speak English well, and to compensate for their misunderstanding, they work very hard to provide an excellent value. The wait staff tries to be very friendly.

Their lunch menu starts at $3.95, and this is likely an unmatched value. Starts out with a very big bowl of bland rib bone soup. Mix it with complimentary rice, and drink some complimentary tea, and this is enough for a meal by itself.

Then the lunch specials can be somewhat exotic. Try their eggplant special.... I would classify this as a delicasy dish, and here, it is all for under $4.50--tea, rice, soup, and fortune cookie.

An amazing value.

China Cafe's big fish

2009-06-12T08:08:00.000-07:00

China Cafe's steam big fish with toasted beans.

This sounds like very healthy food, but it is extremely greasy. Farm-raised tilipia has more saturated fat than even beef. Added to this, China Cafe, cooks this is a lot of oil. Very greasy. Tastes great though. And an unmatched value at $9.95

Most of the other big fish are also greasy, but my collection is one isn't.

Nature Crop's Quinoa with Prunes bar

2009-06-12T08:07:00.000-07:00

This has a very subtle prune taste coupled with crunchy quinoa. Not that helpful, if you don’t know what quinoa tastes like. The prune taste is too subtle, in my opinion, to make this a great tasting product. If you like great tasting bars, filled with aroma, try the same brand’s quinoa with sesame—that’s the best bar food I’ve ever had. Both seem to be very health bar food.

Houston Chinatown restaurants

2009-05-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

Houston's Chinatown runs several miles on Bellaire Blvd., starting from approximately 2 blocks east of Gessner till Highway 6. This is the densiest and most competitive group of any restaurants in Houston. Of the Chinatowns I've been to, including San Francisco, New York, LA & LA's Koreatown, this is the best because land is cheaper in Houston, and as a result, its restaurants are far more spacious, and because labor is also cheaper in Houston, the prices are better. I personally also believe there are more restaurants here than other Chinatowns I've been to.

There are two sections here. East of Beltway 8 is primarily Chinese and west of is primarily Vietnamese.

Additionally the Vietnamese has portions extending all the way down to Bissonnett.

Best overall Chinese restaurant bargain in Houston

2009-05-14T23:28:00.000-07:00

China Cafe, which has several locations, probably has the best overall restaurant bargains. First, tip is not required. Next, it's cooked very well. Lastly, if you're looking for a bargain, try their big fish. The sour one with tofu is the best bargain, but all their big fish dishes are great. Tilipia.

Chinatown restaurants

2009-05-14T23:25:00.000-07:00

FuFu on the east side of Bellaire and Beltway 8 attracts the largest lunch crowds. They have a very distinctive menu and it's quite good. Their mushroom dish has very large mushrooms. But the best bargain in this area is right next door to FuFu.

Nature Crops Naturecrops Nutrition Bars, Quinoa Strawberry & Yogurt,

2009-05-05T10:32:00.000-07:00

This probably the best “granola” type of bar I’ve ever had. I don’t really know what quinoa is, but it’s good; however, my opinion is that it’s the sesame and almonds blended with quinoa that really tastes this good. Didn’t do my research on quinoa, but if it’s really healthy, as claimed, this is a great. If price is no object, this is the bar to eat.