jetlag's Profile
best soft drink ever
In the Houston area HEB, Central Market and Target are carrying Italian import sodas, blood orange, pear and all sorts of interesting flavors. Very good stuff and habit forming..
Houston Restaurants Near Westchase?
Try Rio Ranch attached to the Hilton, it's a Robert DelGrande of Cafe Annie creation.
Gin: my new hobby
There is a Mexican made gin,Orso Negro or Black Bear, that is strong enough to blow your shoes off as well as your socks.
Houston/NASA for business-lots of questions!
Try the Topwater Grill in San Leon about a 20 minute drive south of NASA. It's in a shrimpboat marina on the bay. Really fresh seafood which you Japanese collegues should enjoy as well as a trully Gulf Coast experience.
countries that just don't have good food/overlooked national cuisines
Second the Costa Rican experience, outside of seafood and steak it is a very uninspired cuisine albeit in a beautiful country with great people.
What's your favorite brand of....
When I worked in Mexico City as a computer consultant a clien, Chocolates Turin, made the best chocolates I have ever tasted including Godiva etc.
In Search of Yellow Cake - Houston
Try 3 Brothers Bakery on South Braeswood just past Stella Link. A Houston institution, and they havee a couple of other locations.
Marine and Lighthouse Trail Eats
Going to drive the Marine and Lighthouse trails in Nova Scotia. We're displaced New Yorkers living in Texas and crave clams etc. Anything not to be missed?
Barbecue in Houston
Littles is usually in the Zeigler parking lot on FM 517 in Dickinson. Zeigler's is a locally owned small supermarket.
What's great in Houston?
The Topwater Grill in the Shrimp Boat Marina in San Leon, about 30 miles from downtown Houston is great for super casual waterfront dining in a locally owned joint. Put on shorts and enjoy the deck, food and Jimmy Buffet music.
Things you like slightly burned or burnt?
A Philadelphia style rib eye steak Black and Blue.
Persian in Houston - Kasra and ???
If you come to Webster, Cyrus on NASA RD 1 is pretty decent. I lived in Iran for a time and it's the tastes I remember,
Anything Chowish in Port Lavaca
Will be in Port Lavaca for weekend of 20/21 October and would like to find a good place to take a friend to lunch.
Help me with my Vegas RSVP's
In Henderson in the Shopping center that has Trader Joe's is a fantastic deli/restaurant, have a pastrami sandwich and some semi dilled pickles, Enjoy!
Absolute best burger in Texas?
Christain's Tailgate in Houston, both locations, has a positively ethereal burger. Check the Houstonpress critic Robb Walsh's review on their website a year or two back.
Houston-Try something new
Does anyone know a place that serves a real new york hot dog, a brat on a bun or a place serving clams casino in Houston or environs.
Houston + San Antonio on the cheap for NYC gal
Cafe Montrose on lower Westheimer, close to town, has excellent Belgian food. Try the mussles and pommes frites.
leftover tomato paste?
Freeze or pour some olive oil into can to cover and put it in the refrigerator. It will keep a week or more no problem.
Is 14,000 BTU enough?
Get as many btu's as you can get/afford. You'll never want to cook on a lower output stove again. Growing up in the deli business I always dealt with stoves that could get many gallons of water boiling for potato salad etc, so when I remodeled our kitchen I went big. It's been great.
Best Chowhound Cities
add Houston. It has the most varied and inexpensive places to eat. Yes I'm a New Yorker, have lived all over the world, Europe, Central America and the Orient and Houston is great.
