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People often ask me how many UYE I have hosted. Well, before I lose track of things. I need a blog to keep me in order. lol. Lunar New Year Community Celebrations: 2014 Hot Pot @ Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot |  Reviews | Event Page |  2015 Year of the Sheep UYE @ San Dong Noodle House | Reviews | Event Page | 2016 Year of the Monkey UYE @ Jinya Ramen | Reviews | Event Page | 2017 Hotpot Year of the Rooster UYE @ 75 Yummy Kitchen | Reviews | Event Page | 2018 Year of the Dog UYE @ 75+85 ChinatownCrawl | Reviews | Event Page | 2019 Hotpot Year Of The Pig #ChinatownCrawl UYE | Reviews | Event Page | 2020 Year of the Rat with Go Panda Go UYE | Reviews | Event Page | 2021 Virtual UYE - Dumpling Party on Zoom | Video | Event Page | 2022 Year of the Tiger Chinatown Crawl UYE | Reviews | Event Page | 2024 Year of the Dragon @ 75+85 Chinatown Crawl UYE | Reviews | Event Page | Scan to see where my next UYE will be Asian Heritage Month Community Meetup...

The Asiatown Bingo Crawl was based on 3 featured restaurants on the Bingo Game piece asiatowntourhtx.com/bingo. This crawl event was a way to promote the bingo game created by Houston Asiatown Tours. The event was held on Sunday, December 17, 2023. [ Event Page ] Asiatown Tours' Bingo Card 3rd Quarter 2023 The goal was to generate exposures for Asiatown Tours and create engagement with the foodies at the restaurants. I think it was due to the date was so close to end of year and people having overbooked holiday gatherings, my event had a low turn out. I didn't mind because it is usual for the month of December.  Walking around to see where we could go at next crawl I originally chose Mala Sichuan because it is on the bingo card and with an easy vertical line with The Bunny Tea and Linda's Tropical Fruits. Due to low attendance, we changed to Yin Tang instead. It was just next door at Metropole Center. There was the same spicy Sichuan flavored malatang as if we were at Mala ...

Thanks to my Yelp friend Sara I. helping me to host the Foodie Adventure on Sunday, November 12, 2023. It happened to be on Diwali. So, we chose to be in the Diwali theme. [ Event Page ] We dined at Kathmandu Curry during Diwali UYE I have been rebranding Chinatown Crawl Meetup events to Foodie Adventures because the events are outside of Houston Chinatown. There is no exception to this one. But the meetup style remained in progressive dinner as Chinatown Crawl, we dine, shop and dessert in 3 hours.  Customized Name Tags for Diwali UYE  We featured Kathmandu Curry as our dining restaurant. The timing was right on point. There were not many people during lunch on that Diwali Sunday. We believe the customers were still at the temples. Service was just okay. We ordered a few dishes to share. Sara introduced Nepalese Momo and Pani Puri as their signature dishes. Momo was a Nepali style dumpling served with tomato chutney. Pani Puri was a round, hollow puri, crisp and filled ...

The new owner of 明记 took over Jiu Fu Café early 2022. They changed the entire menu to Chao Zhou aka Teo Chew or 潮州 cuisine. Prior to 2021, the restaurant had noodles. But the only noodles you can find is on the standard menu, no more gluten-free noodles or handmade noodles. Teo Chew Cuisine 潮州菜 is milder than most Chinese regional cuisines. According to Wikipedia, "Chaozhou 潮州, alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in 广东省 the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou 汕头市 to the south, Jieyang 揭阳市 to the southwest, Meizhou 梅州市 to the northwest, the province of Fujian 福建省 to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast." Looking at the photos on the wall. These dishes are unique to Chao Zhou region: 粥 Rice Porridge or Congee is overcooked rice in water with other proteins and topped with preserved vegetables or seasoned meat. Most of Congees are served in big portions. Single portions are limited to D03 Oyster, Clams, Ground Pork 干贝咸骨粥 , D05...

Not all Lanzhou Pulled Noodles are created equal. At Kuen Noodle House, it is based on Xi Ma Xiang branded ingredients. You must try X.M.X. Beef Noodles to experience the authentic flavors. In this blog, I am gonna simplify the menu for ease of ordering. The following items with prices are based on the menu of July 2022. All noodle dishes can be made with regular thickness , thin pulled noodles , thick noodles or shaved noodles . There is no gluten-free nor vegan entrées, but you have to ask waiter which dish can be vegan and most of vegan options are in appetizers. You can also ask waiter to substitute chicken for beef (not recommended on soupy ones).  You get to choose from soupy noodles, saucy noodles (Xinjiang Style) or dry noodle (Stir Fried).  Soupy Noodles: X.M.X. Beef Noodles $9.99 (#1)  🐮 Lamb Shank $10.99 (#5) 🐑 Lamb Meat $10.99 🐑 Lamb Inners Soup Noodles $10.99 🐑 Seafood $9.99 (#6)  🍤 Vegetables $8.99 (#7) 🌴 Pork & Shrimp Wonton Soup $6.99 (#9) ...

Here is an overview of MDK Noodles' menu in Houston Chinatown. Storefront at night MDK can be interpreted in different ways for Myung Dong Kyoja 명동교자 or Myung Dong Kalguksu. When I translate the Korean script, I got noodles and dumplings. But I have heard that Myung Dong is the fashion district in Seoul, South Korea.  Anyways, MDK Noodles is a family owned business from Koreatown in Los Angeles. It specializes in knife-cut noodles, pork dumplings, and chewy spicy cold noodles. I am grateful to have simple Korean noodle house in Houston Chinatown. Here are few popular items: Kalguksu = knife-cut noodle in a very hearty chicken broth soup (non-pork, but dumpling may contain pork) Bibimguksu = spicy mixed cold noodle soup served with chicken broth Bulgogi pancake = Korean-style meat pan fried cake (takeout is served in a pizza box) Cold soybean noodle soup (콩국수) = house made chlorella noodles in the smooth soybean soup topped with sliced tomato and cucumber. Chlorella Noodles ...

Here is an overview of Kwality Ice Cream menu. Kulfi is like ice creams and they are eggless. It's not vegan because it contains milk and cream. There is no lactose free nor sugar free products, except juices.  Check out Kwality Ice Cream  Website  for complete details of flavors and ingredients. Flavors are subject to change without notice. These are Southeast Asian Flavored ice creams: Falooda Rose Petals Malai  Pan Masala Sitafal Raj Bhog Thandai Kesar Pistachio Mawa Kulfi These are fruity ice creams: Mango Mango Pamgrante Appricot Lychee Tuttie Fruittee Guava Orange Pineapple Strawberry Vanilla Black Current Chickoo (Sapota) These are doughy and nutty ice creams: Butterscotch Seasalt Caramel Cookie & Cream Ferraro Rocher Coffee Cashew Raisin (Kaju Draksh) Cookie Dough Figs & Walnut Blueberry Cheese Cake Pista Seasalt Caramel Kwality Ice Cream 5636 Hillcroft St, Houston, TX 77036  Yelp & Google

Here is a detailed dishes from Darband Shishkabob's website .   #1 Kubideh - Ground Beef Kabob 100% ground beef mixed with grated onions, charbroiled tomatoes, vegetables and fresh baked bread #2 Chenjeh - Lamb Kabob Lamb fillet, served with charbroiled tomatoes, vegetables, and fresh baked bread #3 Jujeh - Cornish Hen Marinated cornish hen chicken in olive oil, garlic, onion, lime juice and saffron, served with vegetables and fresh baked bread #4 Shish Kabob - Beef Chunks Marinated fillet of beef chunks served with charbroiled vegetables, and fresh baked bread #5 Boneless Chicken Boneless chicken breast, marinated in lime juice, onion, olive oil, saffron and garlic, charbroiled with grilled tomatoes, basmati rice with fresh baked bread #6 Chelo Kabob - Ground Beef Kabob Ground halal beef with graded onions, grilled tomatoes, basmati rice and fresh baked bread #7 Barg - Beef Steak Flat tendered slices of beef filet, marinated with a special house sauce, served with rice, grill...

This was my first time to host a Chinatown Crawl event within 24 hours and away from home. It only took me 20 minutes to plan an improv event and post it on Facebook . During my vacation to San Jose Bay Area last August, family members got interested with my food crawl style meetup in Houston. But there is no way for them to experience it. So, I decided to host a Chinatown Crawl in San Jose to give them a firsthand experience. It also gave me an opportunity to test this concept. After the successful Asian Heritage Celebration @ North Golden Sun Plaza  being outside of Chinatown, I knew this would be a breeze. First, I asked my nieces and family friends where they would like to eat. I told them about my fond memories from a longest running crawl event - Year of the Dog UYE @ 75+85 ChinatownCrawl . My focus would be about BBQ and Hotpot in San Jose. Originally, we planned to crawl Silver Creek Market Place on Story Road. We can dine at Q Pot Korean BBQ & Hot Pot  ...

This review was originally posted at  UYE: Korean BBQ & Sashimi . I've decided to take it down because I felt my experience should have no rating. It's not fair to impact the event host's hard work organizing such gathering in short notice. I deleted this review voluntarily What? No one mentioned me? Yeah. I was there visiting not eating. Since it was close to my office, I decided to stop by to say hello. This must be a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. Come on Il Me Jung, put a sign out there. I parked across street hoping not to get towed. At least the street wasn't busy.  I couldn't believe so many people could fit in a room like a wash closet. I couldn't stay to join because I'm agoraphobic, not particularly favor of big crowd in small space. I also don't like communal style eating. Sorry.  If you are interested to watch the full video, here you go https://www.instagram.com/p/BihVGNnHDM7/ . See all photos from Lou C. for UYE: Korean ...

Let's make some sauces for the hot pot dinner. Sauce is essential to the meal. What would you want it to taste? Spicy, Savory. Sweet. Mild. You name it. I collected these simple recipes from few websites in China and translated to English especially made for the Chinatown Crawl UYE at 75 BBQ & Hot Pot Buffet . These are just for looks. 2 out of 5 sauces are below my expectations. Look at the sauce bar first. These are on the line for you to choose from. But you must know how they taste first. Here are the hints. Left side of sauce bar Shrimp flavored chips - not sauce, just snacks Soy bean paste - deep fermented beans base Oyster sauce - sweet savory Seafood sauce - sweet savory Soy sauce - salty liquid Chili pepper - spicy condiment Crushed peanuts - nutty condiment Cilantro - savory condiment Cumin - savory condiment Chopped green onions - savory condiment Sesame - savory condiment Fermented bean curd - light salty base Right side of sauce bar ...

This is part of my Yelp Workshop during the Zoom Zoom 100 & Beyond UYE . We are going to talk about the features on the Yelp app (Android) and website. Houston Yelp Houston First of all, I have no affiliation with Yelp. Second of all, I am not getting paid by anyone to represent Yelp. Most of all, #iYELPaLOT. I love to share what I know about Yelp and help Yelpers to get the most out of this app. Once you know how things work, it will be more fun to Yelp about. Featured topics: Friend or Follow Missed You on Yelp Yelfie 101 Yelp Cash Back Yelp List on App Auto-Friending Feature (website) Where's my Badge Last 90 Days Stats Send to Phone (website) Yelp Talks The Local Yelp (fka The Weekly Yelp ) If you want to create a list for Yelp Challenge, please be sure to bring your user name and password to login to my laptop. Or, you can bring your laptop and you can use my mobile hotspot to connect to the internet.

Crawlers, this is the recommended menu for #TimeForTaiwan #ChinatownCrawl event at Tainan Bistro. Sunday, August 13, 2017 Everything on the menu is single serving, not family style dining. But feel free to share with other Crawlers. I have carefully selected dishes for those people who is: Vegetarian - steam buns and dumpling may contain eggs Pescetarian - can be vegetarian contain eggs Gluten intolerance or sensitivity Restricted on the consumption of pork Allergic to shell fish - see below, but skip fish and seafood on the name Vegan - Not on the menu, but it can be prepared from the kitchen Vegetarian and Pescetarian: 凉麵 $5.25 - Cold Noodles (dry) - tell kitchen to hold the shredded chicken 炸醬麵 $5.95 - Bean Paste with minced pork Dry Noodles - tell kitchen to hold the pork 素炒麵 $5.75 - Vegetarian Chow Mein 酥炸魚排飯 - $7.75 - Fried fish steak over rice 綜合素炒飯 $6.00 - Vegetarian fried rice 鮮蝦炒飯 $6.50 - Prawn fried rice 三鮮水餃 (15) $7.00 - Three Seafood dumplings 煎素餃...

Tainan Bistro serves lots of delicious Taiwanese food. Unless you read Chinese, you can't understand what's on the menu hanging on the wall. So, let me break it down for you. There are 5 panels: Side Dishes (check the cooler for availability) Noodles Dumplings Pot Stickers Rice Dishes Beverage & New Items Noodles (2nd Panel) Noodles Panel 牛肉麵 $6.95 - Beef Soup Noodles 牛肉蓋澆陽春麵 $6.95 - Beef Topped Noodles 榨菜肉絲湯麵 $6.00 - Preserved mustard with pork strips soup noodles 雪菜肉絲湯麵 $6.00 - Preserved vegetable with pork strips soup noodles 番茄雞蛋麵 $6.00 - Tomato scramble eggs over noodles 鮮蝦小餛飩麵 $6.75 - Shrimp won ton soup noodles 豬排麵 $6.95 - Pork chop soup noodles 雞排麵 $6.95 - Chicken Steak soup noodles 魚排麵 $7.75 - Fish Steak soup noodles 切仔麵/米粉 $5.50 - Minced Pork Plain Noodles /Rice Noodles 凉麵 $5.25 - Cold Noodles (dry) 全家福 - Family Portrait - Fish, pork 砂鍋牛肉粉絲湯 - Clay pot beef strips rice noodle soup 蝦炒麵 $6.75 - Shrimp Chow Mein 雞炒麵 $6.50 - Chicken...