Fast casual restaurant in the Crescent Shopping Center provides a “101” introduction to a variety of Asian cuisines, including twice-fried, sweet-hot wings from Korea and a classic curried chicken on rice dish representing Japan. Pastry options include a variety of tea-infused desserts.
This Taiwanese coffee shop and bakery is part of an international chain famous for its signature sea salt coffee.
A unique blend between Pan-Asian and European baking styles. Offers buns, danishes, cakes, cookies, rolls and a variety of teas.
You’ll find traditional dishes seldom seen elsewhere, as well as Asian fusion creations with Thai and Chinese influences. Delicious and inexpensive.
Asian-inspired morsels and a strong cocktail program meet in a sumptuous space inspired by Victorian-era East London opium den.
Local fast casual mini-chain specializes in steamed buns stuffed with savory or sweet fillings.
As the name suggests, the emphasis here is on the bar – cocktails like the Thai basil and habanero-infused Margarita de Peached, local draft beers and ciders, sake – but you won't go hungry. The eclectic menu of "snacky plates," "salad-y" greens, and tacos shares some of the same DNA as sister restaurant the Peached Tortilla.
Austin-born, Filipino-inspired, mains and bowls and boxes to assuage your island-yearning cravings.
Korean barbecue offered in four kinds of protein, spicy noodle bowls, chicken wings glazed with sweet and spicy Gangnam sauce, and those addictive kimchi fries are some of the menu's highlights.
Pearl drinks, coffee, fruit slushies, Taiwanese food, and more.
Pearl drinks, coffee, fruit slushies, Taiwanese food, and more.
Everything from Chef Jesse Griffiths' unassuming hotspot is local, even the tea. Expect the choicest cuts of meat, just out of the water seafood, and barely harvested vegetables. The service is as adept as the kitchen.
Roving food trucks specialize in Southeast Asian street food.
This location does a good job of reinforcing the established ESK brand, from the friendly counter service with wine and beer on tap, to the gonzo artwork by punk rock painter Peelander Yellow. The menu boasts ESK "classics," the dishes that made the original trailer famous: Poor Qui's pork belly buns, beet home fries, chicken karaage, and brussels sprouts salad.
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