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re: Houston has a better food scene than NOLA

Posted on 2/29/20 at 9:22 pm to
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 2/29/20 at 9:22 pm to
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 2/29/20 at 9:44 pm to
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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 by offshoreangler
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Posted on 2/29/20 at 11:24 pm to
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Houston Vietnamese > New Orleans Vietnamese


This is the realest statement in this whole thread.
Posted by CnAzInCA
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 12:52 am to
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 by Powerman
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 1:06 am to
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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 by CnAzInCA
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 5:33 am to
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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 by Powerman
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 6:40 am to
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
Posted by Lester Earl
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 8:40 am to
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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 by Rouge
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 8:42 am to
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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 by Powerman
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 8:54 am to
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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 by Hat Tricks
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 9:21 am to
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.
Posted by GynoSandberg
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 1:36 pm to
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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 by offshoreangler
713, Texas
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:16 pm to
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.
This post was edited on 3/1/20 at 2:19 pm
Posted by Hat Tricks
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:28 pm to
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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 by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:35 pm to
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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 by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:40 pm to
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 by The Egg
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2004
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:43 pm to
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.
Posted by t00f
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 2:48 pm to
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And maybe Domenica


10 pizza places in Nola better than this.
Posted by GynoSandberg
Bay St Louis, MS
Member since Jan 2006
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Posted on 3/1/20 at 3:00 pm to
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
Posted by offshoreangler
713, Texas
Member since Jun 2008
22484 posts
Posted on 3/1/20 at 3:00 pm to
Sweet
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