Daido prepared foods

Went back to Daido for some grocery and stopped by the prepared food sections.

 Got their Chirashi bowl again, everything looked very fresh.  If rice is not your thing they do have sashimi packs, tamago (egg), and other selections. 

One of the other selections is chasui, which is pork that usually put in ramen.  But we added some cauliflower over rice.  They also have bento, tempura oyster, tempura chicken and little rice ball (onigri).  They even have rice bowls with beef, unagi, and curry.  You will never go hungry here because no only is the price is good, fish is fresh, lots to choose from - they are actually pretty tasty.  I highly recommend.

Daido Supermarket

11146 Westheimer Rd

Houston, TX 77042

https://www.facebook.com/daidomarkethouston/  

Chuy's pick up

I finally needed to stress eat after 2 months of no going out and no going to places.  Chuy's is my go-to for yummy stress eating.

Got my favorite Beef Enchilada with tomatillo sauce.

It comes out like this.  Compartment for rice, beans, and main compartment for the dish.  It is yummy and full of flavors as usual.  I'm not sure if anybody else does this or not. Since they have lettuce, salsa, and tomato in a separate box.  I would grab some of each and sprinkle it I the sauce and mix it with the rice and it really hits the spot.

Horrible picture, I know, but I want to show you that even though we ordered several entrees, they only gave us a small little sauce for creamy jalapeño.  Mind you, even then, I had ate the entire creamy jalapeño with chips in one sitting... told you I was having a stress day.

So, the order was done via online, you get an email with confirm and instructions.  You drive up to the side of the building.  They have allotted spots as pick up, look on the ground and random chairs as signs.  Pull into the 'lane' you're assigned to.  They would have a staff that comes up and get your info and put the car for you.  The whole process was easy and fast.   They have open limited dining, check their Facebook page for updates.

Chuy's

2706 Westheimer Rd

Houston, TX 77098

713-524-1700

https://www.chuys.com

Hong Kong's Cafe

This is my tried and true meal, I tell ya.  Every time I come here, I always get their breakfast set.  Not that their food isn't good in other meal times, they are equally as good and I've eaten here at other times than breakfast.  But their breakfast set is one of my top comfort meals.

Got a warm Honey Lemon drink to start.

For noodles, I got the shredded pork, mustard green noodles.  It's nice and smooth, definitely the 2 part comforting set.

Last but not least, my eggs sunny side up with spam and toast.  To be honest, I never finish the toast, it's already a lot of food.  And don't worry, I don't spam often.  I like to cut part of it to eat with the egg whites and the grease comes off together nicely.

For $7-ish (the set comes with 1 drink, one noodle and the main protein), it's a great deal all around.  I typically don't need to have lunch after having this.  Breakfast starts from 9-11:30a.  

Hong Kong's Cafe

9108A Bellaire Blvd

Houston, TX 77036

713-772-9633

HEB restaurant prepared meals

I love going to HEB and seeing all these restaurants' prepared meals.

While $12 is higher than the other prepared meals which HEB's own are usually from $5-7.  The quality of the ingredients truly makes a difference. The steak for instance, you can tell these are prime cut versus the other prepared meals aren't that generous with the portion and the quality are very different to taste and texture.  

So while shelling out extra money seems like a lot when you see their store prepared meals.  But the quality saids it all.  You can still get Coltivare, Hugo's/Backstreet, Cherry Block, Kiran's, and Underbelly's at selected HEB.

Candelari's Pizza Kit

There are several places that offer pizza kits out there...

 This is a kid's size one, $8 and comes with dough, cheese, tomato sauce and toppings in a box.

You do have to roll out your pizza dough, then put on the tomato sauce, the cheese, then you're ready to decorate.

 If you're thinking this looks awfully much like a smiley face, you're not wrong because it is and it is made by my son.

After it baked, however, it looks a tad bit toasty.  

The box with instructions are all ready to go.  For $8 it is very good kids activity that yields a very yummy result.  

Candelari's

2617 W. Holcomb Blvd

Houston, TX 77030

713-662-2825

https://candelaris.com/home

Snooze

Picked up breakfast from Snooze and it was so satisfying.

 You can place your order online and they will text you the status of your order without leaving your car.

Of course I got my pancake flight.  I got L to R: Pineapple upside down pancake, Chocolate Chip Pancake, and Blueberry Danish Pancake.  The Pineapple one as expected was delicious.  The Chocolate Chip one was dry for some reason.  The Blueberry one the sauce really does the trick and I literally have to wipe the sauce off of that to-go plate.

As I mentioned before, you can place the order online, and as you arrive, you will get a text message as it gets near your allotted time about the status of your order.  I kinda felt like as I pull up at the pre-determined pick up time that's when I got my text about my order.  Which then waited for another 10 mins before the staff walked the order over.  For someone who was hungry and needed coffee that 10 mins was a very long time.  But I'm glad that the whole process was painless and contactless, even did tip online.

Snooze - Montrose

3217 Montrose Blvd

Houston TX 77006

713-574-6655

https://www.snoozeeatery.com

Tom n Tom's Coffee

Finally got to go to Tom n' Tom's Coffee.

 They are relatively new at the Bellaire Food Street shopping center.

 Menu is packed full of drinks, variations, and food.  Yes they have the huge toast, and pizza and hot dog in their own spin.

I got the Tom's Mink Mocha.  What I didn't know was that the barista literally go and crush some fresh mint into the cup.  I was wondering why it took so long as everyone just adds a couple pumps of syrup, they are doing the fresh mint that crush when you order.  That's impressive.

The drink is fresh as fresh can be which explain the time they took to make it.  It was pretty good and definitely different.  As many types of drinks they sell her, they don't do boba, but no worries, there are only 20 boba tea shops in the 1 mile radius, you're not going to go without.

You can order for pickup or delivery on their site now.

Tom n Tom's Coffee

9393 Bellaire Blvd

#A5

Houston, TX 77036

https://www.tomntomsbellaire.com