![]() This was my third or fourth visit to Okome Don, a courageous little cafe holding its own among noodle houses and big buffets. just east of the Beltway in a strip center. And my favorite is Okome Don, at 9938 Bellaire Blvd. My current favorite for a light meal: Okome Don PokeĪlong with being less expensive than sushi, poke feeds the need for slightly different. Check out Houston’s Eaters top ten Chinatown restaurants for some direction. If you don’t know what these last menu items are, that’s a good reason to try them. Or try Vietnamese dishes like bahn mi and bun rieu, fusion noodles and crawfish, or ramen. Get traditional Chinese food, dim sum or sushi. Houston’s Chinatown is filled with restaurants, bakeries, and tea houses. Maybe some highlights from my last few excursions will motivate you. If you live in Houston and haven’t visited this treasure, get to it. If you haven’t visited Houston and spent a day in Chinatown, book a trip right now. 3 Reasons to Visit Houston’s Chinatown – Plus My Favorite Haunts The Chinese name for Bellaire translates to “Hundreds of Profits,” while the Vietnamese have renamed the same street Saigon Boulevard. “Street signs along Bellaire Boulevard from South Gessner to roughly Beltway 8 are posted in Mandarin characters as well as English script but go further west and they change to Vietnamese.” – CNN Travel Like the Mexicans, Central and South Americans have weaned us off ketchup and onto salsa – both the condiment and the dance. While recent arrivals are adapting to our ways, they are also changing us. But that’s the beauty of the United States. By Hequals2henry [ CC BY-SA 3.0) or GFDL from Wikimedia Commons Asian immigrants influence Houston Like Houston, their homelands were humid, lush and green. Some were fisherman and farmers and shrimpers. Many originally immigrated from coastal areas. Houston still has a huge Asian community – over half a million. A friend who slices and dices census info professionally and keeps me honest sent me data that Houston is actually the seventh largest Asian population. Since 1970, Houston’s Chinatown population also includes Vietnamese, Thai, Filipinos, Malaysians, Koreans and other Asians.Īccording to a CNN article, Houston now has the second largest Asian population in the US (behind Los Angeles). Chinese flooded to the US from 1849-1882 because of the gold rush and transcontinental railroad construction. Houston’s Chinatown seems out of date as a nickname. ![]() To keep from going crazy, I decided to be a tourist in my own town and kick up some exotic adventure. I haven’t been able to get out on the road like I’ve wanted to. Houston’s Chinatown, along with the Bellaire corridor, has been calling me. How hurricane hijacked Caribbean sailing vacation in BVI.Frontier faith in far West Texas – Bloys Cowboy Campmeeting.5 Reasons to visit Big Bend National Park. ![]()
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