Showing posts with label Vietnamese food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnamese food. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Tan Tan

The Quick Breakdown
-The best wonton noodle soup in Houston

The Atmosphere
-Loud and busy(This is always a good sign at a Chinese restaurant). At any given moment one can hear at least four different languages being spoken.

The Food
-House Special Rice Cake. A great way to start the meal. Sliced rice cakes are pan fried with eggs and topped with dried turnip, green onions, and crispy onion. Served with a special house sauce.
-Wonton Noodle Soup. Hand made pork and shrimp wontons in soup with sliced BBQ pork, Chinese vegetable, and green onions. Your choice of egg or wide rice noodle. The wonderfully seasoned wontons and the slight crunch of the egg noodles make this the best wonton noodle soup in Houston.



Damage done to wallet
-Wonton noodle soup $8
-House Special Rice Cake $5

Feeling in my belly afterwards
-Craving gone

Location
6816 Ranchester Houston, TX 77036
Tel: (713) 771-1268

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Vietopia

The Quick Breakdown
-A classy and tasty Vietnamese restaurant

The Atmosphere
-Wow. Walk in and you see a beautiful coral reef aquarium. A few more steps and you see the bar with a nice plasma TV. The mood is quiet and relaxing. Vietopia is tastefully decorated with paintings and other trinkets for vietnam. It's a nice place to take that special someone in your life.

The Food
-Cha Gio(Egg rolls).served with pickled veggies, fresh lettuce, cucumbers, and fish sauce.

-Canh Chua(Vietnamese hot and sour soup). Shrimp, bean sprouts, okra, tomatoes, pineapples, basil, red jalapenos stewed in chicken broth. I really enjoyed this although it was a little on the sweet side. We thought about another order but realized that there was alot of food still on the way.

-Ca Chien Chua Ngot(Saigon Sweet and Sour Crispy Fish) Lightly tempura battered fish over a bed of salad, tomatoes, cucumbers, topped with bell peppers, onions and sweet & sour sauce. The flavors and textures mixed together was heavenly. This is a must try here!!


-Com Bo Luc Lac( Rock and Roll Beef). Tender chunks of filet minon with scallions and garlic served with a vinaigrette salad and tomatoes. This came highly recommended from our waiter. The Bo luc lac was simply AWESOME. Another must try here!
Damage done to wallet
-Ca gio $4.95
-Canh chua $3.95
-Ca chien chua ngot $12.95
-Com Bo Luc Lac $9.95
Feeling in my belly afterwards
-Bliss.

Location
5176 Buffalo Speedway Houston, TX 77005
713-664-7303

Friday, August 10, 2007

Pho Cong Ly

The Quick Breakdown
-The Best Pho in North Houston
What is Pho?
-Pho is served as a bowl of white rice noodles in a beef broth, with thin cuts of beef served with various mints, beansprouts, and onions.
The Atmosphere
-A cozy vietnamese family restaurant
The Food
-Pho Tai, Grilled Pork spring rolls. The pho: tender beef , broth was seasoned perfectly. The spring roll had grilled pork, rice noodles, mints and other veggies.
Damage done to wallet
-$23 for a family of four with drinks
Feeling in my belly afterwards
-Stuffed and blissful
Location
14238 Tomball Parkway, Suite B
Houston, Texas 77086
(281)895-8255