Houston Restaurant Weeks is a welcome time of yr for diners who love sampling the town’s stellar delicacies however are watching their wallets. From August 1 to September 1, collaborating eating places are providing specifically priced, prix fixe menus for brunch, lunch, or dinner ($25 for brunch and lunch, $39 or $55 for dinner) with a set quantity per meal ($1, $3, or $5) donated to the Cleverley Stone Basis, which makes a considerable donation to the Houston Meals Financial institution.
Whereas most eating places serve three-course menus, some go above and past by providing 4 — or, in a single case, 5 and a selection of tea. For these trying to maximize the bang for the bucks, take into account one among these 9 eating places.
Searching for much more decisions? Try CultureMap’s checklist of a number of the eating places collaborating within the occasion for the primary time.
Blue Tuba
Get to know this European consolation meals restaurant within the Heights via its four-course, $55 menu. Decisions embrace potato soup, French escargot, Belgian mussels, beef stroganoff, and what’s arguably one of the best schnitzel in Houston. Of the spectacular 5 dessert choices, take into account going for a conventional Czech kolache to check with the trendy variations served round city.
Dough Zone Dumpling Home
Not solely are all 4 areas of the Seattle-based dim sum restaurant serving a five-course menu — it is priced at $39. Decisions embrace sweet-and-sour cucumber salad, xiao-long bao, steamed vegetable dumplings, dan-dan noodles, chilly sesame noodles, pot stickers, and pan-fried chive dumplings. The meal additionally features a selection of scorching tea, fruit tea, or milk tea, making it one among HRW’s most spectacular values.
Hamsa
Make a journey to the Jap Mediterranean at Hamsa, the place the Rice Village restaurant has HRW menus for all three meals. Dinner options staples equivalent to hummus (plain or lamb), falafel, cauliflower couscous, and skewers of ribeye, oyster mushrooms, or rooster thigh. For dessert, take into account the petite beurre: a shortbread cookie with whipped cream and shaved darkish chocolate.
King Steak
It solely opened in late Might, however this Galleria steakhouse has already made waves. For HRW, diners will discover dishes like rock shrimp with spicy citrus, palomino beet salad with goat cheese and inexperienced apple, and mains equivalent to a 6-ounce filet, quick rib, rooster parmesan, or Ora King salmon. Finish on a candy notice along with your selection of a mini half-baked cookie, butter cake, or chocolate mousse.
Kokoro Handroll Bar
A part of Duckstache Hospitality’s lineup of HRW contributors, Kokoro Handroll Bar spotlights pristine fish and considerate method. Begin with both a crudo of bluefin tuna or king salmon, or a hijiki seaweed salad. For the second course, select between nigiri, sashimi, and a negitoro hand roll with fatty tuna and chives. Hand rolls star within the third course: spicy tuna, spicy scallop, or crab. Dessert affords a selection between mochi ice cream and a chocolate truffle cake.
Kuu
This Memorial Metropolis sushi staple is serving a four-course, $55 menu. Start with one among 4 sashimi choices adopted by one among 4 sushi rolls. Entree decisions embrace chili prawns and seared scallops, in addition to elective upgrades for miso sea ball and lamb chops with foie gras. End with one among three desserts.
MAD
This Spanish restaurant is the vibiest of vibe eating places with its eclectic inside and elaborate plating. MAD is a celebration vacation spot, the place patrons typically collect to mark birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations over tapas and cocktails. There’s no want to attend for a special occasion to go to the River Oaks institution with the HRW $55 dinner menu that includes croquetas, tuna tartare, filet mignon, paella, and gelatos.
Silk Street
The interior loop’s buzzy dim sum vacation spot is serving a four-course menu on the decrease $39 value. Everybody will get scorching and bitter soup to begin, adopted by a selection of a dumpling trio (omnivore or vegan), steamed stuffed tofu, or the signature crispy shrimp cheung enjoyable. Entree decisions embrace fried rice, stir-fried noodles, and pork ribs.
Succulent Superb Eating
The Napa Valley-inspired eatery took over Instagram when it opened in mid-Might, with its lush greenery and charming gazebos perched on the upstairs patio. Highlights from the dinner menu embrace featured bites like rooster liver mousse in pani puri, an XO deviled egg with caviar, and roasted beets with caramelized yogurt. Mains vary from carrot gnocchi with backyard herb pistou to prime beef tenderloin meatloaf with prosciutto jus. End with Texas peaches and cream, chocolate terrine, or a mango-streusel “Gold Finger.”
