Exploring Ethnic Cuisine in DFW

Month: July 2018

Sri Lankan: “Our curry is better than your curry”

My uber driver was an engineer from Sri Lanka.  After warming up to me, he told me to eat at SpicyZest, the only Sri Lankan restaurant in DFW, and perhaps Texas.  here is a good review from the Observer, and a general one on Sri […]

MarRosso Café – the best Eritrean cuisine (and perhaps East African) in Dallas

All I knew about Eritrea was that it was the home of the world record holder in the half marathon, Zersenay Tadese.   Now I know quite a bit more, including that we have some terrific Eritrean food in Dallas. MarRosso (Red Sea in Italian, per […]

La Me. Sure, it is easy to make jokes about the “lame” name, but then go eat there

Vietnamese food, along with Thai, Mexican, Chinese (American Chinese) and Italian suffer from a big case of “sameness”, as in the same old menu, same old ambiance, same old mainly white patrons, and we eat there to consume and not to savor or to explore.  La Me breaks this mold, although it has a variation (usually better) of the traditional fare.  Go for the soups (trust me, even if you aren’t a “soup person”), the egg rolls (trust me again) and the beef.  Expect to be among a vast majority of Asians.  As usual, my experience in engaging the wait staff paid off.  After an inquiry, the best way to eat the egg rolls was explained lovingly (and I think it was by a person on staff, but it could have been a random nice guy as I think about it), and it enhanced the whole experience.

My new favorite Vietnamese.  The soup My Quang (on the specialties page) is up for best Vietnamese dish in town.

Yenat Guada – Recommended, but I have a marketing idea

I like Ethiopian food and happen to work quite close to several very good Ethiopian restaurants.  The ingredients are always fresh and the people couldn’t be nicer.  But, my challenge remains eating with the injera.  I’m just not very good at it.  And, even though this may […]

Laili is worth a try for Afghan, especially for the Chapli Kabob

When we walked up to Laili in the Farmers Market, one of my group mentioned that she thought that all of our middle eastern restaurants were tasting the same, regardless of which country the owners purported to be from.  This could be an ordering error, […]

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