I had dinner at the new State Fair (formerly Pour Society) and the menu was fun and diverse.
I had the yellowfin tuna sandwich with pickle dip on the side. The carrot cake was from Petite Sweets and was anything but. It weighed about 2 lbs it seemed.
I also tried the new Ginger & Fork’s newer lunch menu. The food was quite good and the recommended spicy “Hot Child in the City” cocktail was also very good. The owners collaborated with a bartender at the infamous Dead Rabbit in lower Manhattan to create the craft cocktail menu. Super friendly owners and a great patio for when (if) the weather cools off.
With all due respect, the tuna fish sandwich looks like a tuna fish sandwich, but the photo of that carrot cake just added ten pounds and two inches to my waist.
I was always intrigued by the reviews of this place when it was over on Canal but never made it. I wasn’t clear if there was a dining room or it was only to go and that’s a bit far from my base.
With the departure of PJ and Apple Stoops, Foreign Correspondents closed its doors as of last night. Stoops has tweeted today that he and his wife don’t intend to abandon their dream and will be back.
Hmmmm. Maybe the Heights isn’t the center of the foodie universe after all??? Maybe they should relocate out in Chinatown (much closer to me!)
I tried this place out and was really impressed. I love the fusion of flavors - soul food with spices of Thailand and India. It is in the old TQLA space between Les Givral and Miyako with convenient parking garage in back.
The wing appetizer was delicious, big fat spicy wings with a fish sauce for dipping and a hunk of fried Thai basil sitting atop. The price seemed out of line with the other lunch pricing at $16 but I’d order it again!
I had the catfish tikka masala which was spicy fried catfish over basmati rice with spinach, grape tomatoes and thinly sliced fingerling potatoes in the middle. It was drizzled with a spicy tikka masala sauce rather than floating in it. It was delicious. They were out of the pork leg bolognese made with rice noodles, which I had my eye on.
My friend had the lamb shoulder tacos, which came with a giant bowl of black beans and rice.
All of it was outstanding and served hot and fresh from the kitchen. Will definitely be back.
I made it to King’s in Pearland only once. Getting to the Heights is no picnic for me but it’s less of a hassle than Pearville. I’ll wait until they’ve started lunch service and had a couple of weeks to iron out the kinks.
Lengthy thread here on HAIF; the poster Twitter1 is obviously an HEB insider. Lots of pictures of the remodeling and new features plus a few of the progress on the Bellaire store, which hopefully will continue to be reported on after the CM project is finished.
I know we don’t talk about CM much here so not sure if any one uses it regularly; I have avoided it because of the construction and don’t go often, anyway.