"From the people sucking back crawfish heads to the goldfish hoovering up pellets in their tank, everyone is chowing down at Crawfish & Noodles, a Viet-Cajun institution in Chinatown. Cajun dishes including boiled crawfish and turkey necks are infused with Vietnamese flavors like lemongrass, ginger, chili, and fish sauce. Dining here is essentially like stumbling into a wayward sports bar, where the TVs blare Astros games, and everyone dons bibs and comically large plastic gloves like cartoon surgeons while frantically snapping crawfish in half. It may be a little unconventional, but we don’t mind because the food is really, really good." - Chelsea Thomas, Gianni Greene
Richard Casteel