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The following restaurants and restaurant chains are located in Houston, Texas This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This is a list of Korean desserts. Korean cuisine known today has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient agricultural and nomadic traditions in southern Manchuria and the Korean peninsula , Korean cuisine has evolved through a complex interaction of the natural environment and different cultural trends.
Hangwa (Korean: 한과; Hanja: 韓菓) is a general term for traditional Korean confections. [1] With tteok (rice cakes), hangwa forms the sweet food category in Korean cuisine . [ 2 ] Common ingredients of hangwa include grain flour , fruits and roots , sweet ingredients such as honey and yeot , and spices such as cinnamon and ginger .
Yakgwa is a food with a long history. It was made for Buddhist rites during the Later Silla era (668–935). [10] It was popular during the Goryeo Dynasty and was enjoyed by royal families, aristocrats, temples, and private houses. [11]
Service was discontinued in December 2014, when Jae Kim started looking for a restaurant space. [7] On January 19, 2015, an Austin storefront restaurant was opened. [1] [2] As of 2023, Chi'Lantro owns and operates over ten locations throughout Austin, Texas and one location in the Heights neighborhood in Houston, TX. [8]
As of the 2010 U.S. Census there were 11,813 ethnic Koreans in Harris County, Texas, in the Houston area, making up 4.2% of the county's Asian population. [1] In 2015 Haejin E. Koh, author of "Korean Americans in Houston: Building Bridges across Cultures and Generations," wrote in regards to the census figure that "community leaders believe the number is twice as large."
Some Japanese restaurants in Houston are owned by persons of Japanese backgrounds, although the majority are not. There was a restaurant named Tokyo Gardens which stopped operations in 1998; Erica Cheng of the Houston Chronicle wrote that during the period it was active, it "was Houston’s premier Japanese restaurant". [24]
Jeonggwa (Korean: 정과; Hanja: 正果) is a crispy, chewy hangwa (traditional Korean confection) with vivid colors and a translucent look. [1] [2] It can be made by boiling sliced fruits, roots, or seeds in honey, mullyeot (rice syrup), or sugar water, then drying the slices, and optionally shaping them into flowers or other decorative forms.