Makiin Thai

Went back to Makiin Thai.  

The Red Naga mocktail - it has hibiscus tea, cherry syrup, honey, lemon, and the foam is egg white.  It's actually pretty tasty and not too heavy or sugary. 

My friend got the Phuket Dream, which has pandan, pineapple, with coconut water.  As you know pandan and coconut is a great mix, so it came out very nice. 

For savory, this is the Penang Dumpling.  Definitely yummy to get. It has chicken as the filling and the cause is Penang Curry - one of my fav. 

This is lemongrass chicken, it's minced chicken spiced with lemongrass, turmeric, Thai chili, garlic, kefir lime leaves, all mixed and wrapped around sugar cane. It falls right off and you dip the sauce, it's perfection. 

Another favorite, Roti with 3 kinds of Curries. It has Penang Curry, Green Curry, and Massaman Curry.  It was so good that we ran out of roti, and you can ask the server for more.  Which, of course, it fills us up. 

Beef Drunken Noodles - flat noodles and sliced beef with carrots, onion, peppers.  It's really good, and as much as we want to eat it all, we have to save room for dessert. 

We got the Zesty Mango Sticky Rice - the rice at the bottom it is nice a warm cooked in coconut milk. diced mango with coconut ice cream with butterfly pea color.  It's all house-made.  Very delicious and we dip it with the fruit gels. 

For parking, you definitely can do valet.  But you can also find parking on the streets.  The streets on both sides have spots, also there's a few spots in the front of the building that you're welcome to park there.  The parking garage said they have retail parking but it's also valet and that valet works better for residents than for diners.  If you ended up doing valet, use the one at the front of the restaurant for convenience. 

Makiin Thai

2651 Kipling St

#101

Houston, TX 77098

832-695-9999

https://www.makiinthai.com/

 

Anonymous Cafe

After a doctor appointment, I can really use a good breakfast. 

Right at the bottom of my doctor's office is the Anonymous Cafe. 

Breakfast was perfect for this hot busy day.

I got the Watermelon Cucumber Mint - it's pretty light, not sugary at all.  Perfect for the hot day. 

I got the 3 egg omelet - it came with bacon, sausage,  tomato, bell pepper, onion, spinach, cheddar and feta cheese.  I mean, talk about a full meal.  I'm all for all the cheesy goodness.  Of course the meat and veggie just made it all well-rounded.  Definitely left the place belly full and happy.

They have covered parking right outside of the door of the cafe.  It's part of the building's parking.  Very easy to get in or out and free.  Definitely makes it easy. 

Anonymous Cafe

3701 Kirby Dr

#160

Houston, TX 77098

713-515-6551

https://www.anonymouseats.com/

 

Coffee Fellows

Was running errands in the area, decided to stop by Coffee Fellows.

Watch for the signs in the parking lot, while the front parking looked to be small, there are some more spaces on the inner side of the building and street parking. 

Came in for a quick breakfast.

The latte was great the espresso is tasty and mixed with the oat milk, it all works.  

You can really bring a book or work here, and enjoy a coffee and sip the afternoon away.  A word on the muffin though, maybe the day I got it they were off, but it doesn't felt like it's cooked thru, a little too mushy.   So maybe come for coffee and not muffins? 

Anyway, pay attention to the signs so other tenants in the center has a chance to visit the other stores.  

Coffee Fellows

4900 Bellaire Blvd

Bellaire, TX 77401

713-677-0418

https://www.coffeefellows.com/bellaire

Somi Somi

Finally got to try Somi Somi over on Westheimer.

They really are so busy that there's a stream of steady customers coming in on a weekend day.

They're known for soft serve and.....

This is a soft serve of pistachio with Oreo crumbs on top.  You look at this and thinking it's small but when in fact, it's actually alot. 

...the other thing they're known for, is the Taiyaki. The Japanese waffles in fish shape.

They have 7 flavors.  I got Black Sesame and Red Bean.  It's actually pretty delicious, but as far as dessert goes, that's alot for one sitting.  So I ended up taking these home.  

Yes, they do serve fish shaped waffles to hold soft serve, but I really want the waffle with different flavors, so I went for the 2 pc.  But they have a 5 pc special too.  They have 7 flavors, you can mix and match. 

Somi Somi

12230 Westheimer Rd

Houston, Tx 77077

https://somisomi.com/ 

 

Beard Papa

It's been a while since I've been back to Beard Papa's.

I think in Houston, there's only Katy location & supposedly one in Sugarland, but will have to go look for it. 

Look at those beautiful puffs. 

I got the Mango Black Tea.  It's not common to have black tea base, but pretty refreshing for summer time. 

I got the green tea shell, with vanilla cream center.  You can choose different cream filling too.

I also got the Vietnamese Coffee shell and this one even though they do have a Vietnamese Coffee filling, I chose Vanilla to balance out the flavors.  

They do have space for sitting down and enjoy the goodies.  But it can be easy to grab and go too. 

Beard Papa - Katy

23119 Katy Pkwy

Katy, TX 77449

https://www.beardpapas.com/

 

Milk & Sugar

After dinner, it's convenient that there's an ice cream shop nearby. 

And Milk & Sugar is just the ticket. 

They rotate the seasonal flavors on top of some unique flavors. 

I got the Ube Flavor, it is based off purple yams mostly popular in Southeast Asia.  The flavor palette is nutty, pistachio, coconutty.   It's pretty tasty, and yes nutty flavor.  

I will say this is pretty close to the one that is done Trader Joe's, that one was closest to my childhood memory growing up in Asia.  Highly recommend. 

Milk & Sugar

5172 Buffalo Speedway

Houston, Tx 77005

832-877-1006

https://www.milkandsugarcreamery.com/

 

Los Tios

Hooray for TexMex Dinner.

Went to Los Tios.  Luckily, walk-in for a table is pretty easy. 

Of course, we have to get the queso.  I liked the texture of the dish came with the queso more than the house-made chips. It's the chili con queso it has guacamole in the bowl. 

Of course, fajita was just calling my name.  So we got half beef fajitas, and they were nice enough to do flour and corn tortillas for us.  So by the time I assembled my bite, I lay down some queso, rice, pico, and beef.  It was so yummy.

The location on Buffalo Speedway is pretty big, so it's easy to accommodate last minute walk-ins.  The service is great, the staff were attentive and the food came out quickly.  

Los Tios

5192 Buffalo Speedway

Houston, TX 77005

https://www.lostiosrestaurant.com/