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re: Houston has a better food scene than NOLA
Posted on 2/29/20 at 9:22 pm to MettShow69
Posted on 2/29/20 at 9:22 pm to MettShow69
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Posted on 2/29/20 at 9:44 pm to NIH
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the most diverse city in the country
What? Every city in Texas has the whites, Mexicans, and asians like Houston
Posted on 2/29/20 at 11:24 pm to LSUbase13
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Houston Vietnamese > New Orleans Vietnamese
This is the realest statement in this whole thread.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 12:52 am to MettShow69
This is an odd comparison. Houston metro has a larger population than the entire state of Louisiana, and it’s not close. Still, many of my most memorable meals were in New Orleans, Louisiana. Houston doesn’t really spark any fine culinary memories or gastronomic urges to travel or vacation there. I would probably require a local to guide me to the right places.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 1:06 am to CnAzInCA
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Houston doesn’t really spark any fine culinary memories or gastronomic urges to travel or vacation there.
The problem with Houston is it's very large. You might have to drive an hour to get to the restaurant you want to go to.
But there are certainly great restaurants there. Don't be silly.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 5:33 am to Powerman
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The problem with Houston is it's very large. You might have to drive an hour to get to the restaurant you want to go to. But there are certainly great restaurants there. Don't be silly.
I did not say there weren’t great restaurants in Houston. I said I have not had any memorable dining experiences there and am not familiar with Houston being a Mecca for food-based travel in the same fashion as New Orleans. I know many, many people in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Monterey, and New York City who travel to New Orleans mainly for the cuisine. What does Houston offer that they cannot experience that would prompt them to vacation there?
Posted on 3/1/20 at 6:40 am to CnAzInCA
The only thing they'll experience in NOLA that they can't find better in those cities is what is exclusive to NOLA
Houston probably has a better overall ethnic dining scene than every city you listed other than NYC
It's one of the top food cities in the U.S. easily
Houston probably has a better overall ethnic dining scene than every city you listed other than NYC
It's one of the top food cities in the U.S. easily
Posted on 3/1/20 at 8:40 am to Powerman
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The problem with Houston is it's very large. You might have to drive an hour to get to the restaurant you want to go to.
That’s kind of important
Per capita always wins out
Posted on 3/1/20 at 8:42 am to Lester Earl
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Per capita always wins out
That's fine
Inside the 610 loop plus the galleria
Much more compact than even NOLA
Posted on 3/1/20 at 8:54 am to Rouge
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That's fine
Inside the 610 loop plus the galleria
Much more compact than even NOLA
Easily crushes the NOLA dining scene in that case
Posted on 3/1/20 at 9:21 am to MettShow69
You're going to get a lot of hate for this but you're right in my opinion...and I love the NOLA food scene.
Take every cuisine and identify the best restaurant for that cuisine in each city and imo Houston would win more head to head match-ups.
Take every cuisine and identify the best restaurant for that cuisine in each city and imo Houston would win more head to head match-ups.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 1:36 pm to Hat Tricks
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Take every cuisine and identify the best restaurant for that cuisine in each city and imo Houston would win more head to head match-ups.
What do you think makes them better? Better ingredients? More skilled chefs?
Let’s start with Donald Link. Beard Award winning Chef with multiple Beard winning restaurants. Who is doing it better in Houston?
Cochon (Cajun)
Peche (seafood)
Herbsaint (French/southern)
Nina Compton is a best chef winner with a beard winning restaurant. Is there a better Caribbean style place than Compere Lapin?
Who is putting out superior Israeli food to Alon Shaya? Shaya, Saba?
Commanders, Gautreaus, La Petite, August, a Domenica, Galatoire’s, Arnaud’s, Emerils, Bayona
I mean, these have all been recognized as best in class. If you gathered anyone who is anyone in US dining in a room, they’re going to know who Donald Link, Alon Shaya, Nina Compton, Justin Devillier, the Brennan’s etc are.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:16 pm to GynoSandberg
Of all the places you’ve rattled off...Peche is the only restaurant I’m really envious of. And maybe Domenica...Houston is lacking a really good pizza place.
Nothing that Alon Shaya is doing is that remarkable when you have a large Middle/Near Eastern community like Houston does.
I don’t know enough about Caribbean food to give a shite, so I’ll give you Compton’s restaurant...I’ve been there, I didn’t find it particularly interesting.
Commander’s, Gautreaus, Arnuad’s....meh.
Nothing that Alon Shaya is doing is that remarkable when you have a large Middle/Near Eastern community like Houston does.
I don’t know enough about Caribbean food to give a shite, so I’ll give you Compton’s restaurant...I’ve been there, I didn’t find it particularly interesting.
Commander’s, Gautreaus, Arnuad’s....meh.
This post was edited on 3/1/20 at 2:19 pm
Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:28 pm to GynoSandberg
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Let’s start with Donald Link. Beard Award winning Chef with multiple Beard winning restaurants. Who is doing it better in Houston?
Cochon (Cajun)
Peche (seafood)
Herbsaint (French/southern)
Donald Link is probably my favorite chef of all-time and I love all of these restaurants but Chris Shepherd in Houston is every bit as good.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:35 pm to offshoreangler
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Nothing that Alon Shaya is doing is that remarkable when you have a large Middle/Near Eastern community like Houston does.
There is nothing on Shaya/Sabas level in Houston, sorry
Meanwhile I would kill for something like Xochi or caracol in New Orleans.
This post was edited on 3/1/20 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:40 pm to Hat Tricks
Makes you think why the people of Houston didn’t patronize a fine joint like Underbelly enough for Shep not to shift gears on it
Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:43 pm to offshoreangler
Houston does need better representation as far as Cajun goes, but Eunice is decent, and even that is from the Besh group.
We need better pizza/Italian as well.
We will go toe to toe with any city as far as Asian/Middle Eastern goes, though.
We will blow any city away with when it comes to Chinese/Vietnamese cuisine. Don't even peddle Dong Phuong in this thread either bc the most famous item they make isn't even Vietnamese
Steakhouses are hit and miss anywhere. My favorite is B&B Butcher but nobody else I know seems to like it much.
There are certainly restaurants or cuisine that New Orleans is sorely missing that Houston does have to offer.
We need better pizza/Italian as well.
We will go toe to toe with any city as far as Asian/Middle Eastern goes, though.
We will blow any city away with when it comes to Chinese/Vietnamese cuisine. Don't even peddle Dong Phuong in this thread either bc the most famous item they make isn't even Vietnamese
Steakhouses are hit and miss anywhere. My favorite is B&B Butcher but nobody else I know seems to like it much.
There are certainly restaurants or cuisine that New Orleans is sorely missing that Houston does have to offer.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:48 pm to offshoreangler
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And maybe Domenica
10 pizza places in Nola better than this.
Posted on 3/1/20 at 3:00 pm to The Egg
New Orleans isn’t lacking for Viet food. There are good spots in every pocket of the city. Have you ever eaten at Dong Phoung? They have legit good outside of the king cake popularity. Tet Fest in the East celebrates the Vietnamese New Year. It really speaks to the Vietnamese footprint in NOLA
Chinese and Mexican are certainly two cuisines NOLA could do better in
Chinese and Mexican are certainly two cuisines NOLA could do better in
Posted on 3/1/20 at 3:00 pm to t00f
Sweet
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