Happy Eating highlights restaurant happy hour food menus, pointing you to the best deals out there. This week, we’re doing happy hour neighborhood restaurant-style at Sushi Star. Where: 5956 Royal Lane When: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Friday The Scene: This is Preston Hollow’s quiet neighborhood sushi restaurant, and the happy hour…
The Nammi food truck officially got rolling (poor pun intended) last week to much Internet fanfare. Social media was abuzz for the traveling Vietnamese food truck specializing in banh mi and Asian-influenced tacos. I was able to check out the colorful vehicle last Thursday and walked away with a bag…
Nammi opened up for business today. The Vietnamese food truck, which has been generating some serious internet buzz, set up shop in the Design District at Hi Line and Slocum. The truck will be there only until 2 p.m. today, but if you can’t make it in the next 30…
Let Happy Eating point you to the best happy hour food menus around. This week, we’re getting our fancy on for considerably less at Ocean Prime. Where: Ocean Prime, 2101 Cedar Springs Road When: 4 p.m.-7 p.m Monday-Friday The Scene: Highbrow happy hour would describe it best. It’s definitely not…
Several years ago, the discovery of the carcinogenic compound 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol in soy sauce was generating concern throughout parts of Europe and Asia. A United Kingdom study directed attention to the matter in 2001.It turned out that low levels of 3-MCPD had been present in processed foods for decades and had…
Kung Fu Panda 2 opened yesterday, just in time for the big box office Memorial Day weekend. The sequel to the charming martial arts cartoon will no doubt do massive ticket sales, but it won’t be the first time an Asianploitation picture cleans up at the movies. Asian culture has…
Happy Eating highlights a restaurant happy hour food menu, keeping you informed of what deals there are out there. This week, we’re fighting the crowds at Sfuzzi for a slice of pie…pizza pie. Where: Sfuzzi, 2533 McKinney Ave. When: 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 4 p.m.-close Monday. The Scene: Evenings are…
What a difference a hostess, a knowledgeable waiter and a month can make. I first visited Asador almost two months after it had opened, and I left that evening concerned for its future. After all, there were high hopes. The Renaissance Hotel had undergone a $3-million renovation and much of…
There are spicy foods, and then there is 1 Plus Chicken. Holy moly. I’d been meaning to try the Korean fried chicken joint for some time, and the opportunity finally presented itself this weekend. It’s situated next to the popular K-town watering hole, Bar A, and I was always disappointed…
Artists seeking inspiration need not look far past the Bath House’s storied tapestry. Designed in 1930 by local architect Jon Carsey, the building was one of the first Art Deco pieces in the southwest. Before becoming a cultural center, the Bath House served as a recreational center for visitors seeking…
As exhibited by my tribute to junk foods post last month, I don’t always have the best buying habits whenever I make my Asian grocery store visits. Fortunately, aside from the occasional evil treats, Asian market aisles can also harbor several items associated with very useful health benefits. Here’s a…
What’s left to say about Il Cane Rosso that hasn’t already been said? The name and product were Dallas institutions long before the new Deep Ellum storefront opened for business this year. Il Cane Rosso was Dallas’ esoteric floating pizzeria, setting up shop at Chocolate Angel and Times Ten Cellars…
I’m going to lose some Asian points for this blog, so I’m just going to put it out there: I am not a fan of the lazy Susan. Why this rotating serving contraption was ever considered a good idea is beyond me. What is supposed to bring people together during…
Hello from Bangkok. I’m on a four-country work jaunt for the next three weeks, so no Dallas Walk the Wok, but you’ll be hearing all about what’s giving me gastrointestinal problems in Asia! After a 24-hour stop in Ho Chi Minh City to meet up with my mom, the first…
Happy Eating highlights restaurant happy hour food menus, keeping you informed of what deals there are out there. This week, we’re in the gayborhood checking out Fin Sushi Lounge’s impressive happy hour menu. Where: Fin Sushi Lounge, 4123 Cedar Springs Road, No. 102 When: 4:30-7 p.m. Monday-Friday, 3-6 p.m. Saturday…
Although I’m a rehabbed fatty, the inner fat girl inside of me lives on, which can be problematic when I return to old stomping grounds, i.e. the Asian grocery store. The days of a pigtailed me gallivanting through an Asian grocery store throwing whatever shiny thing that caught my eye…
This week, we’re trying out the happy hour menu of Screen Door. Screen Door and the three other restaurants in One Arts Plaza — Jorge’s, Fedora’s, Tei-An — are offering $5 happy hour small dishes all day on Tuesdays. Where: Screen Door, 1722 Routh St. When: 4-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday,…
The good news is that Malai Kitchen is a vast improvement over Tom Tom Noodle House, the Asian-styled restaurant that once occupied West Village. The less than good news is Malai restaurant still faces some growing pains. Asian fusion can be catastrophic, but compared with Tom Tom, there is something…
Each week, Happy Eating highlights a restaurant happy hour food menu. This week, we migrate to Las Colinas to see how the IT folk and corporate types like to party. Where: The Keg, 859 West John Carpenter Freeway, Irving. When: 4-7 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Scene: It was the middle of…
For weeks, my newly born-again vegan friend had been badgering me to try a new restaurant called D’Vegan. Catering to the Vietnamese Buddhist vegetarian community, the restaurant is only six weeks old. The self-proclaimed “green” eatery sits in the food court space between Hong Kong Supermarket and Bistro B. D’Vegan…
Each week, Happy Eating highlights a different restaurant happy hour food menu. This week, we do a seafood restaurant on the cheap at McCormick and Schmick’s. Where: McCormick and Schmick’s, 307 NorthPark Center When: 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close Monday-Friday The Scene: Chain Irish seafood restaurant, so lots of…
It’s 1 p.m. when I receive a phone call from an anxious voice on the other end of the line, asking me where I am. It’s Sky Kuo, owner of Plano’s Noodle House, and he’s wondering if I am still coming by to snap pictures in the restaurant’s kitchen. I…
