Hoang My Restaurant

This is a little hidden gem of a Vietnamese/Chinese restaurant in South Houston if you're not familiar with the area. The dishes come out in fairly generous portions, always hot, and very tasty! They definitely don't cheap out on the proteins either. Our favorites are the salt and pepper squids, combination fried noodles, shaken beef, and the seafood "salad". The salt and pepper squids are very crunchy (as they should be), fried perfectly and sits on top of a bed of lettuce and sauteed onions. Honestly we would be happy with this dish and a bowl of rice! Delish. :) The combination noodle is great too, and you can taste the *wok hei*...the extra aromatic note you can only get when the stir fry is cooked and tossed in a very hot wok. The noodles are chewy and loaded with various proteins. The shaken beef is also very good. Note though they do traditionally cook the beef on the rare side, as they are literally just seared briefly and then plated. Maybe you can ask them to cook the beef a little bit longer if you don't prefer rare beef. Now into the seafood salad. It's loaded with shrimp and squid, tossed together with various pickles veggies and jellyfish. It's a traditional Vietnamese dish served in many occasions, and this place makes a damn good one. Try it. You won't disappointed. The acidity of the dish helps balance out the meat from the other dishes. In all, a great family owned restaurant pumping out delicious food, tucked away in south Houston. Give this place a try!

The first impression for me was how clean the restaurant was as I entered the place. Charming and friendly young waiter who had good communication skills. I told her it was my first time and that i would like to stick to shrimps or fish meal. She recommended the fantastic Rice vermicelli with charcoal shrimps and vegetable with sweet and sour sauce. An excellent recommendation indeed. The restroom was spotlessly clean and had everything one needs in there. I would certainly drop by again when I am in the area for a decent and tasty meal which is freshly prepared.

I went to get my nails done near by years ago and found this little place and we've been going back (often) ever since. We absolutely love the food there. I have to admit we pretty much get the same thing every time but it's just that good. The filet mignon plate or shredded chicken sandwich are my favorite. The staff has gotten better recently, there was a short girl with short hair that was there for years and she wasn't the most friendliest.