The restaurant, located in a strip shopping center, is inviting from the moment you approach. You’re greeted by a covered outdoor patio that connects to the main bar through a large window that is open on nice weather days. Step inside and you’ll find yourself in a more sophisticated, yet still casual dining area and […]
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The bánh mì at Quoc Bao start with fresh-baked baguettes, which are practically cubist in their crispy-crusted flakiness. This is a working bakery, so the bread is the best part of the sandwiches, of which our favorites involve barbecued pork and marinated chicken. Because it’s a bakery first, Quoc Bao has always been takeout only, […]
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Fast food has sped to a higher life form: Indian. Imagine takeout ventilating from the sack with clove, cumin and coriander on its breath. Imagine a plastic clamshell steaming with lamb balti, tandoori chicken and vegetable masala with a side of vegetable samosas or exotic hot wings. Now groom your lip with a cool mango […]
Sky Blossom offers one of the best seats in all of downtown. The rooftop Vietnamese bistro and bar has a spectacular perch in the center of downtown with an open-air dining area offering a bird’s eye view the area. (The sky-high pool at The Joule across the street is a great conversation piece for sure.) […]
Whether cool or hot, smooth or be-bop, this Addison club has the appropriate menu selection with which to pair its jazz. Executive Chef Chad Burnett’s dishes serve as a counterpoint to the casual atmosphere. South Carolina hare (confit with Vidalia onion hash, a Tuaca demi and tangerine glaze), big-eye tuna (sesame seared, with jasmine gnocchi, […]
The star of the show at Sumo Shack is bao, the steamed bun that’s probably best-known in Texas as an accompaniment to Peking duck. And few foodstuffs – tacos, for instance – offer as much room for a chef to play around and get crazy for as low a price. Sumo Shack passes the basic […]
This North Dallas Japanese restaurant is an all-rounder, serving very good examples of just about everything you could want. The ramen is some of the best in Dallas – more flavorful and less aggressively salty than bowls from many ramen specialists – and the specialty sushi rolls don’t go over-the-top. They do include unusual preparations, […]
Part of the new guard of Sichuan restaurants in Plano, Tasty House offers specialties that are a little outside the norm, including “rice crust,” a sizzling hot rice cake doused in stir fried beef and wood ear mushroom sauce. If you’re not quite courageous enough to order the sizzling pig brains, excellent cumin chicken is […]
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As one of the Dallas area’s only Uyghur restaurants, Turan Uyghur Kitchen educates as well as nourishes. Uyghur cuisine prominently features roasted mutton and beef, rice dishes and kebabs. Since the majority of Uyghurs are Muslim, the food is predominantly halal. Dishes like the big plate chicken are simply marvelous, and a small portion was […]