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This is an exciting and wonderful new plaza which is your destination if you want to be trendy and cool but you don't want to go to Dun Huang Plaza, which is where everybody else goes.
It's way too busy, probably because some of the businesses that are here. The legendary chain Tiger Sugar of course, as well as another chain, Popfancy with their events and special exciting atmosphere, and Chonging Chicken Pot which everybody loves, and so many more.
Don't forget Meet Fresh (a location we didn't enjoy) and Beardpapa's (mixed opinion, our friend works here but we've yet to see her here) and all the rest. There's plenty to explore here and all of it is trendy believe me. Intensely so... and very crowded.
Chinatown in Houston is one of the most amazing Chinatown areas in the whole country. The western half of it is more "Vietnamesetown" and then there's also "Koreatown" a few miles north in Spring Branch, although there are some Korean gems here in Chinatown too!
The heart of this area is the very lively Dun Huang plaza, although I Dun Huang out there as much as I used to. Ha. Ha. Bellaire Food Street has fast become the alternate heart of the area, and some nights seems busier than Dun Huang, although it's much smaller.
The amount of incredible food and spectacular Desserts and Drinks that are in this area are second to none. It's like being in Queens. It does remind me of a more humid and more spaced out Flushing. The nightlife here in Chinatown is some of the best in all of Texas.
The other highlight of the area is the Saigon Plaza, about a mile East of Dun Huang. I hope it's never demolished otherwise it'll be (sigh) gone.
The best of the best in this area for food, the first 2 are unmissable:
Lim's Chicken - the best Korean chicken you'll find anywhere, get the spicy original
Xin Jiang - amazing western Chinese bbq, get lamb skewers and enoki mushroom
Nguyen Ngo - incredible Banh Mi on croissants
Thien Thanh - perfect banh cuon thit nuong - great Viet food
Lee's - wonderful Banh Mi, spring rolls, and viet iced coffee
Cocina Latina - best pupusas and tamales in town, on Club Creek
East Wall - great Chinese meals indeed
Fufu - not as stellar as the others, but Chicken Jalapeno is good, open very late
The best food in this plaza specifically is Chongqing.
And for drinks and desserts:
Honestly, cross the street for Fuji for Boba though! Unless you fancy a Tiger Sugar of course.
Now once you've tried all of that (and have gained 20 lbs), get back to me and I'll have more for you.
It TX a long time to appreciate how great Chinatown in Houston is, but my question is, for all the cities that have done their own version of Chinatown, who'sdone it better than Houston?
Exactly.