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WHAT THEY’RE
EATING IN HOUSTON
Geographically, the
sprawling Texan city sits
alongside some seriously
strong culinary contenders.
But while sometimes
overlooked, Houston is
carving out a food scene
worth paying attention to.
Words: Sarah Barrell
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Houston is a city that confounds
expectations at every turn. In recent years,
the fast-expanding Texan city has, several
times, eclipsed New York and Los Angeles
as the most ethnically diverse in the US. In
much of the state, fusion food is a byword
for Tex-Mex, but in Houston you’ll struggle
to ind a burrito-eating blue-collar worker,
and the 10-gallon cowboy hats are in scant
supply. Instead you’ll ind a young, arty
demographic hanging out at Ethiopian
restaurants, vegan cafes, Middle Easterndelis, cold-press cofeeshops, and ‘new
American’ comfort food joints. GQ magazine
recently dubbed Houston ‘the capital of
Southern cool’, while celebrity restaurateur
David Chang reckons it’s America’s most
exciting food city. He’s been wowed by the
local-born trend for Viet-Cajun that sees
the region’s sizeable Vietnamese population
conjure spicy magic from the classic
Louisiana-Texan crawish broil.
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