Chinese food in the West Valley peaks with Great Wall Cuisine, a spacious dim sum hall where small tins of food trundle around on carts and every meal feels like an event. In the classic dim sum tradition, the food is Cantonese. Diners point to carts for Cantonese staples like barbequed duck with crisp, lacquered […]
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This friendly neighborhood ramen shop offers four basic bowls – tonkotsu, shoyu, miso, and a house bowl called the Hachi Special – along with delicious sides like homemade karaage chicken, which is beautifully battered, juicy, and tender. Hachi Ramen also delivers a highly flavorful miso broth, which beautifully complements the kitchen’s wonderfully melty slices of […]
Haiku Tokyo is a trendy, fast-casual restaurant specializing in poké bowls and Japanese ramen.
This busy family-owned operation north of Seventh and Missouri avenues is overseen by co-owners Lynn Becker and chef Lori Hashimoto, a true treasure of the Phoenix chef scene. The place is known for well-crafted sushi and sashimi – yellowtail, tuna, salmon, crab, albacore and whitefish. We like the squid maruyaki, scallop edamame kasane age, Hana […]
Restaurants come and go from the food court inside Mekong Plaza in Mesa. But Happy Baos, a little eatery with its own space just off the main dining area, is a mainstay. This spot, as the name suggests, specializes in bao and dumplings. We’re partial to the satisfyingly chewy handmade dumplings, and you can try […]
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Korean food in Phoenix has gone on a helluva run over the past decade. We’ve watched a smattering of barbecue and soondubu joints explode into a variety of culinary subgenres. But through it all (plus a change of ownership), jack-of-all-trades Hodori continues to stand tall as the grand dame of our Korean restaurant scene. It’s […]
A meal at Hong Kong Asian Diner in Tempe can feel like eating at your favorite aunt’s house. That is, if your aunt owned a Chinese restaurant that served expertly executed Cantonese cuisine. This dated but welcoming Tempe restaurant owned by Choi and Bai Kuang offers a wide selection of harder-to-find Chinese dishes including rich […]
At many a food festival, the Hot Bamboo booth has served dumplings, rice bowls, and bao looking like cute characters. Now, the family-run food stand, owned by Jakarta, Indonesia-born Anna Heinbach, has opened a brick-and-mortar setup in Chandler. However, Hot Bamboo still plans to be a heavy hitter in the food festival world.
Focusing on the distinctive food of Hue (pronounced “hweh”), located in the center of Vietnam and the country’s one-time imperial capital, this counter-service stand in the food court of Mekong Plaza, the Asian-themed mall in Mesa, is a rare treat for lovers of Vietnamese food and a one-of-a-kind experience for everyone else. Highly flavorful, ridiculously […]
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Don’t confuse this small, local restaurant with one of the many similarly named Japanese restaurants spread throughout the country. This central Phoenix spot has been open for years, mostly catering to the busy working lunch crowd in the area. Diners can score a great deal on a buffet-style sushi and seafood fest, or pick from […]
We’ve eaten our weight in cucumber sald, but none so fresh or tasty as the ones at Kabuki. We follow our salad with a feast on equally fresh sushi: an order of Ikura, a lotus roll, a sunset roll, and a spicy tuna roll. House specialties also get our attention every time, like the crunchy […]
Service is super-friendly in this Scottsdale eatery, where locals and others gather on a wide outdoor patio to enjoy restaurateur German Osio (of Local Bistro and Central Bistro fame – he’s also the guy behind Sumo Maya). Casual is the name of this eating game, with a focus on healthy, mostly vegetarian fare. Lots of […]
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Brand-spanking-new Korean BBQ joint with gracious service and fairly good Korean vittles. Suck down a bottle of soju with an OB beer chaser while firing up bulgogi (marinated sirloin), galbi (BBQ ribs), or dwaeji bulgogi (pork marinated in red pepper paste) on a gas grill built into your table. Try a kimchi casserole, fried dumplings, […]