Houston places
Nam Giao
Vietnamese restaurant · Bellaire West
Order the savory rice cakes to start -- banh beo chen (steamed rice cakes in sauces), banh quai vac, and banh nam -- then follow it up with a bowl of bun bo Hue (a spicy beef noodle soup with lemongrass and pork hocks), or the harder to find mi quang (turmeric noodles with scant pork and shrimp broth)
Mai's Restaurant
Vietnamese Restaurant · Midtown
"order the crispy egg rolls, pho, bun bo Hue spicy beef noodle soup, or the Mai’s signature bo luc lac garlic beef, and wash it all down with strong and sweet cafe sua da Vietnamese iced coffee"

Xin Chao
Permanently Closed
Vietnamese Texan fusion
The Menil Collection
Art museum · Museum District
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Art museum · Museum District
Katz's
American restaurant · Montrose
Ostia
Italian restaurant · Montrose
Theodore Rex
New American restaurant · Downtown
Tomato toast and strawberry cake
Nancy's Hustle
New American restaurant · Greater Eastwood
Dough and such