Austin Restaurant Reviews: Asia Market’s Asia Cafe | Eater Austin

"I found a “sparkling” renovated space and an “expansive” menu at Asia Market in North Austin; as a fan of the original 2004 iteration, I visited under the new ownership of Jenny Chen (daughter of founder Tina Chen) and Eric Yi and found the restaurant reinvigorated. You can still find Szechuan-inspired dishes — a bowl of thin, rippled beef swimming in a scarlet broth tingly with red chili oil, dotted with sesame seeds and draped with floral cilantro; a spicy soup filled with springy housemade noodles and hunks of beef shanks whose hefty size is belied by supple tenderness; and a dish of wok-fried pork intestine popped with peanuts and colored with numbing peppers. I also enjoyed the house-made dumplings (also available frozen in the market section) and discovered that even seemingly mundane dishes offer surprises, praising the deceptively complex pan-fried radish cake and egg rolls made with taro. Though the menu may be less traditional than it once was, I recommend repeat visits to try it all." - Erin Russell