Hummus Place

Got to be Jeff's +1 to a taping of John Oliver's new Comedy Central stand-up series, so we stopped off for a pre-bite at Hummus Place. My first time at one of these restaurants. Tasty hummus. The pita was warm ...

C & L Dumpling House

Met up with Matt Gill after his CMJ sound engineer gig and went to C & L Dumpling House for a cheap meal. Good cheap plump dumplings (5 for $1.25 and 10 for $2.50, which sounds right if you do your math). W...

22 Happy Cups – Bulgogi Crepe

I remember catching my co-worker eating a sweet dessert crepe for his lunch in the window of 22 Happy Cups around the block. It didn't surprise me since I think he has a thing for Boo-Berry cereal, but I did su...

Cafe Colonial

Brunch with Marcellus Hall at Cafe Colonial, the cute Brazilian restaurant I've passed many times on Houston. I got the Cowboy Rice - rice sauteed with beef, served with black beans and two eggs. I don't know i...

New Malaysia

Dinner at New Malaysia with Rob and Yoshie. Always start out with roti canai. I love that chicken curry sauce. Then happened to get more of it in my Nasi Lemak (coconut flavored rice with belacan anchovy, chick...

Steamed Pork Bun Tryouts

I was fortunate enough to get to audition to host a new major network food show the other day. They asked me to bring in one of my favorite regional or ethnic foods and be ready to explain it. So I picked up a ...