14 Restaurants To Make You Fall In Love With Houston Again - Houston - The Infatuation

"There’s no better place in Midtown to get a filling, casual lunch than Thien An Sandwiches. It’s a no-nonsense Vietnamese diner that serves a little bit of everything. The best dishes to order here are bánh xeo and gỏi vịt—for $12.99 and $17.50 respectively, you will eat like a newly minted oil tycoon. The wok-sized, golden bánh xeo crepe is full of pork, shrimp, and bean sprouts and comes with tangy fish sauce that inspires avid dunking. As for the gỏi vịt, it comes packed with fresh herbs over a flotilla of cabbage, and crowned with chopped roasted duck. These two dishes will easily feed you for two days, if not more, and stay crispy and fresh the entire time. We think of them as an homage to the notion that everything is bigger in Texas, except, hopefully, the price." - chelsea thomas, gianni greene