These 10 on the map
The 10 restaurants on this page, pinned where they actually are. Tap a marker to see which one it is — all 25 are on the map in the Whosly app.
Bellaire Boulevard and Hillcroft
Chinatown's strip centers along Bellaire Boulevard hold the Vietnamese and Cantonese core of the list; Hillcroft's Mahatma Gandhi District holds the chaat and the Pakistani-Indian cooking.
10 of the 25
Crawfish & Noodles
ChinatownViet-Cajun seafood$$The Viet-Cajun classic: crawfish and crab in a garlicky, cayenne-heavy boil, or shrimp in sticky tamarind. Don't skip the braised turkey necks.
Bodard Bistro
ChinatownVietnamese$A plain little room on Bellaire Boulevard whose canh chua cá trê, the Mekong Delta catfish soup sour with tamarind and pineapple, is reason enough to come.
Khang Vietnamese Sandwich Cafe
AliefBánh mì$An Alief bánh mì shop with bread worth the drive: warm, soft and airy inside, with a golden crust that shatters at the first bite.
Fung's Kitchen
SharpstownCantonese & dim sum$$A banquet-hall Cantonese restaurant that seats hundreds: a parade of dim sum steamers, family-style classics, a dish called Lobster Mountain, and a dragon dance at New Year.
Mala Sichuan Bistro
ChinatownSichuan$$A Bellaire Boulevard Sichuan standby built around mala, the pairing of fiery chili heat with the gentle numbing buzz of Sichuan peppercorns.
Street to Kitchen
East EndThai$$Thai food built on chilies, but with warnings and choices: past "Thai spicy" are off-menu levels called grandma and grandpa. The flavors stay layered all the way up.
Himalaya Restaurant
Mahatma Gandhi DistrictPakistani & Indian$$A Houston rite of passage: a cluttered Pakistani-Indian dining room whose larger-than-life owner steers your order, and won't let you get two of the same dish.
Bombay Sweets
Mahatma Gandhi DistrictIndian snacks & sweets$Chaat and sweets on Hillcroft: load the table with bhel puri, pani puri and samosa chaat, then box up treats from the massive dessert counter.
Kata Robata
Upper KirbySushi & izakaya$$$An Upper Kirby sushi bar and izakaya that works for omakase, date night or a loud group dinner, always busy and somehow always calm.
Hongdae 33 Korean BBQ
ChinatownKorean barbecue$$A neon-lit, all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue spot in Chinatown, with practically every cut and banchan you want for a set price.
The other 15
The 25 are spread across 12 neighborhoods. Chinatown (5), the Heights (4), Mahatma Gandhi District (3), Upper Kirby (3), Alief (2) and Midtown (2) have the most; EaDo, East End, Montrose, Northside, Sharpstown and Spring Branch have one each.
+15 more in the app
A Mekong Delta seafood noodle bowl rare anywhere else in Texas, crisp-skinned duck chopped to order in Midtown, Thai-Lao cooking in a grocery by an auto shop, a palatial Indian room with gilded tandoors, sushi behind a giant oval window in the Heights, and more.
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For more of Bellaire Boulevard, see Houston's hidden gems.
Common questions
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All 25, on your own map
This page is 10 of them. The Houston Asian pack in Whosly has all 25 — add it and every one drops onto your map, ready to save, rate and turn into a plan your friends RSVP to from a text, no app needed to answer. The pack is included with Planner Pro.
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