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Diwan Restaurant Opens at a Busy Location in Southwest Houston

Diwan Restaurant Opens at a Busy Location in Southwest Houston

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: On a bright sunny Sunday late last month, Diwan Restaurant at 10920 West Bellfort (832-295-3311) opened its doors to a constant stream of people. It is a small, cozy place in a busy part of town at the intersection of West Bellfort and Wilcrest where there are other attractions for the […]

Chef Jassi Bindra’s ‘Chopped’ Victory a Win for Houston, Indian Cuisine, and Sikhs

Chef Jassi Bindra’s ‘Chopped’ Victory a Win for Houston, Indian Cuisine, and Sikhs

By Brittany Britto Garley HOUSTON: Jassi Bindra, the executive chef behind the Woodlands luxe Indian restaurant, Amrina, hinted last week that his appearance on Chopped would do Indian cuisine justice, and sure enough, the chef, known for his eclectic spin on Indian cuisine, did not disappoint. The Indian native, who identifies as Sikh, went on to win the episode, taking […]

EGGMANIA! — Masala Grand Opening of Eggcentric Restaurant

EGGMANIA! — Masala Grand Opening of Eggcentric Restaurant

HOUSTON: Houston’s newest mania is EGGMANIA!  The Egg-Centric restaurant franchise originating from New Jersey finally hit the Mahatmi Gandhi District with a trendy boutique restaurant at the corner of Hilcroft & 59.  Last Sunday July 30th, the four partners Ilesh Patel, Buland Patel, Hemal Patel, and chef Ankit Patel opened EGGMANIA with a bang Masala […]

Young Chef Puts Margaritaville Lake Resort on the Map for South Asian Weddings

Young Chef Puts Margaritaville Lake Resort on the Map for South Asian Weddings

HOUSTON:  Among the shining stars of the culinary team at Margaritaville Lake Resort, Lake Conroe | Houston is Sampath “Sam” Prabhu, a sous chef who plays an integral role in the resort’s food and beverage operations. Prabhu joined the resort in 2021 and is responsible for banquet planning, menu tasting, ordering, and training other employees. […]

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Soyabean di Wadiyan te Mutter di Turri (Soyabean Dumpling & Peas Curry)

Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Soyabean di Wadiyan te Mutter di Turri  (Soyabean Dumpling & Peas Curry)

Talk to a Punjabi about wadiyan (dried dumplings) and he will probably start to have a mental image of a sun-dried lentil dumpling that is full of spices. But a lot has changed in making the traditional wadiyan and along with it, new types of dishes have been developed.      About 25 years ago, […]

Tantalize Your Taste Buds & Drool Over Nirmanz Food Boutique!

Tantalize Your Taste Buds & Drool Over Nirmanz Food Boutique!

By Vanshika Vipin Varma SUGAR LAND: There is no sincerer love than the love of food. We couldn’t agree more with George Bernard Shaw for sharing this wonderful quote, which most foodies would also love to agree with. For foodies every journey of a meal is an adventurous ride to fulfill their eclectic palate apart […]

A Restaurant for the Community!

A Restaurant for the Community!

By Malay Vyas SUGAR LAND: Dusk falls on a quiet weekday evening in the suburbs, shopping strips as are shorn of traffic, weekend rush is a distant memory except at the corner of Williams Trace and Highway 6 in Sugarland. Café India’s Bollywood Chat is buzzing with families walking in in anticipation of a tasteful […]

Nirmanz Food Boutique Grand Opening – April 30

Nirmanz Food Boutique Grand Opening – April 30

By A Correspondent SUGAR LAND: My favorite chaat at Nirmanz Food Boutique was a mouthwatering Chaat Basket…small flaky dough basket containing a delectable combination of yogurt, chick peas, sev, onions, cilantro corn, tomatoes, all colors of chutneys and house-made secret chaat masala….Mmmmmm.” said Sunny Kothari as he and his family enjoyed one of every chaat […]

The Breakfast of Desi Champions!

The Breakfast of Desi Champions!

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: If you have a hankering for the traditional style of breakfast that you would get in the Old Country on special occasions at home or down at the corner dhaba when the urge for puri, aaloo, chole and halva was just too great to pass up, look no further than a […]

McDonald’s USA Expands its Popular All Day Breakfast Menu This Fall

McDonald’s USA Expands its Popular All Day Breakfast Menu This Fall

The company will add more breakfast sandwich favorites – Biscuit Sandwiches, McMuffin Sandwiches and McGriddles – to its national All Day Breakfast Menu OAK BROOK: This September breakfast fans will fall in love all over again with McDonald’s All Day Breakfast with more choices being added to the national All Day Breakfast menu. To continue […]

New Monthly Tastings at Great W’Kana for those Delectable, Hard to Find Dishes

New Monthly Tastings at Great W’Kana for those Delectable, Hard to Find Dishes

By Jawahar Malhotra MEADOWS PLACE: So, when was the last time you got a chance to eat a dozen varieties of kebabs all at one sitting and for a great prix fixe? Some people would go crazy for it, especially if you have eaten at the establishments in India which do this regularly, like BarBQue […]

At Mumbai’s Salman-Themed Restaurant

At Mumbai’s Salman-Themed Restaurant

Movie stars being (literally) worshipped in India isn’t really news. But some people don’t just want to build temples. Some, like five die-hard Salman Khan fans from Mumbai, want to build a shrine that you can visit for dinner. Rahul Kanal, Tabrez Shaikh, Sohail Siddique, Kursheed Khan, and Zafar Sayed Yusuf are five friends. They have the […]

Gourmet India: Central and Genuine

Gourmet India: Central and Genuine

By Sarah Taqvi IAN Correspondent HOUSTON: It’s hard to come by Indian restaurants where all the dishes are authentic and more importantly, made from fresh ingredients. Gourmet India is one such restaurant that is centrally located along Westheimer. From chaats to tandoor grills, it is the perfect cure for the cravings of traditional North Indian […]

Wok the Talk

By Malay Vyas SUGAR LAND: The word Wok evokes more than just the image of a cooking vessel, suddenly there is aroma, sizzle, heat and taste at the same time. Add the word Masala and now there’s an immediate hunger pang for something spicy, wholesome and mouth-watering. And yet when you walk through the doors […]

Mayuri Turns Ten with a Lot of Love from Friends!

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It seems like just yesterday (how often do you hear that these days?) when Mayuri opened up its doors on Westheimer and Fountainview and everyone was raving about the space, the menu and “Oh, those lovely Indo-Chinese dishes”. Oh, how Time flies by and even though, as Bob Dylan sang “The […]

SongKran Kitchen in Uptown Park: Thai for Those Who Live to Eat

By Pramod Kulkarni HOUSTON: According to SongKran Thai Kitchen owner Jitten Karnani, the world is divided into two types of people: those who eat to live and those who live to eat. I had counted myself among those who eat to live, with daal and chawal as my favorite meal and Thai a little too […]

Masala Radio Gets Ruggles Green-Sugar Land to Spice up its Menu with Some Bollywood Flavor

Masala Radio Gets Ruggles Green-Sugar Land to Spice up its Menu with Some Bollywood Flavor

By Preanka Desai SUGAR LAND: Utter the magic words, “Buy-One-Get-One-Free,” people may notice. But hear Masala Radio’s lead RJ, Sunil T, say that on-air about a popular restaurant, like Ruggles Green, Sugar Land, it results in a long line, snaking down to the sidewalk! That’s what happened on May 31, when co-founders, Robert Guillerman and […]

The Pied Pipers of Desi Quick Snack Foods Out of a Truck

The Pied Pipers of Desi Quick Snack Foods Out of a Truck

By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It’s a phenomenon that has been five years in the making but you have to experience it first hand to believe it. And who would have thought years ago that desi snack food tricks would make their presence felt in the humid, hot spot that is Houston? And felt they did […]

Durrani’s: The Unity of Food and Music

Durrani’s: The Unity of Food and Music

By Malay Vyas HOUSTON: Driving down Highway 6 on a Monday mundane lunch hour, a familiar hunger pang brought us to a stop at Durrani’s Tandoor N Grill at the West Bellfort intersection. South Asian stomachs are tuned to send out a particular frequency of hunger waves when in need for a nice Desi buffet. […]

Tandoory Taco Takes On Tex-Mex with Food that Tickles Your Tastebuds

By Parth Dwivedi THE WOODLANDS: Texas has no shortage of restaurants, and while a large part of its identity lies in its vast culinary experience, a growing part of that experience lies in Indian food. Anyone who has been to Houston can attest to the good eats. Needless to say I was nothing short of […]

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