Sichuan Province

Urbano Café Travels the Globe

Bolognese next to pork belly with pickled mustard greens? Somehow, it works.

Royal Sichuan Serves Fish with Serious Zing

Remember when I brought some Sichuan peppercorns into the office to try out on the rest of the Observer staff? I've been looking for fiery Sichuan cooking on and off ever since. At the end of that blog post I mentioned Royal Sichuan, a small Chinese restaurant on Greenville Avenue in Richardson's ... More >>

Our Favorite Dallas Dishes of 2012

So much food, so little time

Sichuanese Cuisine's Mapo Tofu Puts Electricity In Your Mouth, Fire In Your Belly

Like many suburban Chinese restaurants, the dining room at Sichuanese Cuisine isn't much to look at. The decorations are sparse and say nothing of Chinese culture, and the tables are clad in thin, plastic coverings that will quickly get stained with drips of rusty red oil after you order this Mapo t ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 76: Shanghai Buns at Jeng Chi Dumpling House

To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. These little parcels of pasty dough were on last year's list, and they're not going an ... More >>

Mentho-Lyptus Peppercon Will Light Up Your Mouth

​"That's disturbing." I'd come to the Observer's weekly staff meeting with a small plastic bag of Sichuan peppercorns and passed them around the table. The spice isn't a pepper, but husks of a tiny fruit grown and consumed throughout Asia. When combined with real chiles and oil, the small po ... More >>

An Intimate Look at the Price Families Pay for China's Miracle

Spice & Tea Exchange Offers Everything Nice, Except its Secrets

​A new spice shop opening this weekend in West Village stocks sugars, salts and 150 types of spices, but a company spokesman says most customers come for their blends. The top 10 sellers at The Spice & Tea Exchange, which has 14 locations nationwide, include "Tuscany Blend," "Signature Blend" ... More >>

In the Land of Milk and Honey, They Have Porn. Of Course They Do.

Milk and Honey and falafel sandwiches.​Milk and Honey Jerusalem Market and Grill 420 N. Coit Road, Richardson 972-404-0704 Try: The falafel sandwich Don't try: Thinking too hard about what makes the girlie mags kosher I went to Milk and Honey because I heard the Richardson café put pickles ... More >>

Question Of The Week: Are All Cuisines Created Equal?

Phoenix New Times​There's Tuscany and Provence. Sushi and other dishes from Japan have circled the globe. People argue the merits of Argentine beef or Scottish salmon. But who ever says "I'd love a good Russian head cheese" or "let's have some Irish food tonight"?Unless by that they mean Jameson's ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Jasmine

​Each week in 'Knockers' we order from a different delivery restaurant, assessing their efficiency and keeping a running score.Jasmine 4002 Belt Line Road, Addison972-991-6867 Promised Delivery Time: 45 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 45 minutes Scoring Summary:128 menu items to choose from: 30 Be ... More >>

Veggie Girl: Genghis Grill

Given that there are only a limited number of places that combine the all-you-can-eat-meat ethic of a Texas de Brazil-type churrascaria with the opportunity to restrict your meal to negative-calorie watery vegetables while still appearing to eat dinner, Genghis Grill--as the marriage of those two ex ... More >>

Red India Bistro Frees Chop Suey From Its Can

Heart Like A Deal

Scrambling to find a romantic, yet hip and unique option for Valentine's Day? Lucky for you, many local restaurants have special menus, special dishes or just special prices to choose from on this, er, special day. Here are some options: Cupid would be proud of Central 214's naughty new chef, Bly ... More >>

Pop Culture

Chicken Lollipops. Red India Bistro, you had us at Chicken Lollipops.That menu item, one of many at the brand-new Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant in Addison, certainly caught our attention. What kept our attention however, was the bistro's other notable qualities implemented by owner Pramod Pro ... More >>

(Un)sound Bites: Take Credit with Kit Kitchen

Bengal Tiger

Spice and everything is nice at a new Indian eatery

Rose Names

Review: Yao Fuzi Cuisine

A pop and son duo bring authentic Chinese to Plano

Review: James Rowland's Bistro Nous

Bistro Nous is inventive, but it's deviled by poor attention to details

Chop Suey Syndrome

Our restaurant critic travels to China to unravel the riddle: Why can't Dallas do Chinese?

Burning Question

Best Chinese Restaurant

Gingko Tree China Bistro

Meal Tickets

Are airline meals worth the cost?

Fish Play

McCormick & Schmick's has great shucks, no jive

Glad to Meet You

Gingko Tree offers Chinese fare at its best

Funny Valentino's

It's Chinese food with a wink at this Oak Cliff restaurant

The Lost World

Some of the world's greatest discoveries are complete accidents

Hot Off The Grill

Do-it-yourself dishes at Zen Mongo

Best late-night restaurant

Fishbowl

A bowl with a view

Fishbowl is for peering. Eating isn't bad either.

Rice brewhaha

The Blue Fish menusinks in a river of sake

Chinese slick

P.F. Chang's polishes Chinese fare with an American bistro veneer

Stealing home

Cutting-edge grocery City Harvest does home-cooking for busy Cliff-hangers

Dim memory

Szechuan Pavilion is a shadow of its former greatness

Mai oh Mai

Dallas' first popular Vietnamese restaurant still does it best

Thai one on

Bangkok City offers thrills beyond searing spices