Waygu House

From the same people of Mikiya Waygu Shabu House, they have a Waygu House. 

And it's in the Galleria. 

It is tucked in a corner between Cheesecake Factory & Del Frisco facing Westheimer. 

Here's a display of ALL the meat. 

They have a soda machine, and soft serve machine. 

They also have fruit slushy & milk tea. 

This is a fun machine, it serves rice.  It has small, medium, large size, you just push the button and it'll dispense. 

The rice obviously can go with the Beef Curry and Miso Beef Stew, of course the meat is of Waygu quality. 

You get fruit, veggie, and sauce too.  

Mix and match till your heart content.  They have some suggestions for you too. 

Veggies to balance you out. 

Besides that, there's Wagyu Burger, Cheese Tart, Egg Tart.  The lower tray has cheese corn and cheese sweet potato. 

For dessert, they have sweet rolls, and slices of cheesecake too. 

Finally get to sit down.

You can place your order at the screen at your table. 

And yes, you get to cook at your table.  Luckily, the server does majority of the job, which makes it nice and enjoyable.  No need to worry that you over-cooked something. 

Here's the curry over rice... pretty hardy.

The big pan is cheese corn, and the smaller one is sweet potato with cheese.

Then comes trays upon trays of meat.  There's brisket, short rib, lean meat, chuck eye...

tongue & cubes...

Waygu Caviar sushi

Hooray for our server cooking all that for us. 

Uni hand roll.

Special add-on Uni Caviar.

So how they work is that you tell your server which tier you want, and the higher the tier the more perks you get.  But once you order whatever, you can add more of whatever within your tier.  To be honest, by the time we try one of everything, we were pretty filled up.  And not to mention, they have sushi, hot pot, dumplings and salad - they are alloy can eat.  So yeah it is totally worth the money.

If you want to go on Yelp to make a reservation.  For weekend, that is highly recommended.  In terms of parking, I would suggest you park underneath Cheesecake Factory (entry from Westheimer in the Blue Garage).  Or you can go underground parking via McCue from Westheimer.  There is no entry from inside the mall.  So wherever you park, you still need to walk out to get to the restaurant. 

Waygu House

5085 Westheimer Rd

Ste 2515

Houston, TX 77056

https://wagyuhouse.group/project/wagyu-house-houston/

 

Ting Tea

Saw this IG trend, decided to check it out. 

Yes, it's another milk tea store, but with a gimmick.  

You pay $3 extra and they let you pick a mini teapot.  They added a little dry ice and water and viola!

That little thing does go on for a while.  Pretty cute.  And it is for you to keep.

It's pretty cute.  I will say, the staff there are not quite sure about their own menu.  I had ordered and paid for an Apple Jasmine tea, but they said it's not good iced.  Ok, so I switched to Peach Oolong, but they only have large not medium.  Basically they are paralyzed, they can charge me for it, but cannot figure it out.  I finally just gave in, I just wanted a dang tea and that little tea pot.  

The tea, as expected is powder plus the base tea.  It doesn't taste powdery but also doesn't taste like as it should when you truly brew it that way.  So this is truly for the gram. 

Ting Tea

9188 Bellaire Blvd

Ste B

Houston, TX 77036

346-571-6513

https://www.tingteahouston.com/  

 

Mia's Table

Went back to Mia's Table for lunch. 

Got the Steak Salad - I got the steak cooked medium, it has spinach with goat cheese, onion, cranberries, and candied pecans.  This is a great combo, no complaints here.  So good that I actually ate majority of it.  

Mia's Table, is open seating.  And at the end, you can get a free soft serve. 

Mia's Table

1035 Gessner Rd

Ste B

Houston, TX 77055

  281-857-6939

https://www.miastable.com/memorial-city

 

House of Bowls

Went back to House of Bowls for lunch.

Kinda grateful to lunch with new friends, because that leads to new dishes. 

Stir Fry garlic with ong choi - water spinach.

Stir fry flat noodle with beef, one of my fav. 

White Cut Chicken with garlic sauce.  This is one of my fav new dishes.  Kinda like the Oil Chicken or the Hainanese Chicken, but it is poached.  Very nicely done.

There's also a noodle dish, no pic. But it's egg noodle that is crispy at the bottom, with chicken and mushroom inside the mix with a white sauce. Must find the name and order that again too.

House of Bowls

6650 Corporate Dr

Houston, TX 77036

713-776-2288

 

Machi Sushi

There's a new All You Can Eat Sushi's place.

I know what you're thinking...

All You Can Eat Sushi??? Very Questionable.

No no, this is not buffet style, no sushi has been sitting here for hours waiting for someone to pick it up.  They are all made to order. 

The top was Pepper Tuna Tataki and the bottom one is Beef Tataki.  Pretty fresh and tasty.

Baked Mussels - that's actually pretty good. 

The top is Takoyaki and the bottom is Fried Tofu (agedashi) with Ponzi sauce. 

Left to Right: Eel, Spicy Salmon, and Tuna.

I saw this and cannot help myself, this is a grilled octopus.  This is yakitori, where they grill it and sauced.

We got Yellowtail, White Tuna, and Salmon sashimi.

Spicy Tuna Roll

Giant Vegetable Tempura

The Top was Tempura Vanilla Ice Cream, the bottom is Tempura Banana. 

The staff were friendly here, they do come back to check back a little too often though.  And it is all you can order.  Also grateful the orders are on the smaller side because it lets you order a variety of food.  The only thing are the rolls, they are the full regular size, cut to 8 pieces.

The dinner pricing is free for kids age 1-3, $17.98 for kids 4-7, and $24.95 for kids 8-11, and $35.95 for 12 -adults.   I think lunch has different pricing.  There's also drink specials for Happy Hour too. 

There's plenty of parking but since it's on Washington, it does get busy in the area. 

Machi Sushi

5820 Washington Ave

Ste 200

Houston, TX 77007

346-320-3936

https://www.machisushihouston.com/

 

Whisk Matcha Bar

There's a new Matcha Bar opened and had to go check it out. 

The parking lot is not big, so do take care. 

The place is very clean lines and fully of Japanese aesthetics. 

We havne't figured out how they make those things float, but it's cute.

Sitting at the bar, you can watch the staff prepare your drinks. 

One of the staff member was just telling us that if you want heavier flavor node ask them to brew the matcha in warm water.  Conversely, if you want lighter node, ask the to use cold water to brew the matcha.   And you can tell by how dark the matcha is, the warm water brew darker colored matcha. 

I ordered the Sparkling Matcha, which is Matcha, sparkling soda with either lemon or strawberry syrup.  I go the lemon one since it's so hot out. 

But they have other syrups too, like orange, earl grey, black sesame on top of lemon and strawberry.

Of course, I mixed it all up.  It's nice, that way the drink it's not super matcha concentrated. 

Thing is, the pricing is pretty high, and when you sit down you realized why.  As all drinks goes, they are made to order, but unlike coffee, where you can press a button to brew the espresso, each staffer has to whisk your matcha from tea powder to a shot in order to add to your drink.  So you're really paying for that labor.  This is not Starbucks, so there's no mobile order, and if you want quick in and out grab your order type service, this is not it.  Though it doesn't take long, depending on how busy they are, since they are whisking your matcha shot when you order, it does take time.

So far, since their grand opening, they've added hojicha, which is roasted green tea leaves.  It's kinda cooked it before brewing it, the flavor is more nutty but lesser caffeine in comparison to green matcha leaves.  I foresee them adding more menu items as they grow. 

Whisk Matcha Bar

4001G Bellaire Blvd

Houston, TX 77025

https://www.instagram.com/whisk.matcha.bar/