You can order a bowl of ramen in Dallas or Fort Worth from a star of Netflix show ‘Chef’s Table’
Ivan Ramen has three ghost kitchens in North Texas.
Ivan Orkin, who started cult-followed ramen shop Ivan Ramen, hasn t moved to Texas. But his food is now available in Dallas and Fort Worth, thanks to a partnership with Blue Sushi Sake Grill, which is serving as Ivan Ramen s ghost kitchen.(Daniel Krieger Photography)
If you’ve been watching
Chef’s Table on Netflix, pretending to enjoy some of the world’s most beautiful restaurants from the comfort of your couch, you can now order food from New York City’s Ivan Ramen in Dallas and Fort Worth. Restaurateur Ivan Orkin is selling bowls of tonkotsu and shoyu ramen for delivery and pickup near Uptown Dallas, Preston Hollow in Dallas, and in parts of Fort Worth.
Houston chef couple s new canteen pours into The Heights
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Courtesy of Da Gama One of this year s most eagerly anticipated restaurants has opened in The Heights.
Da Gama Canteen has begun a quiet soft opening ahead of an official opening on Saturday, May 15. Named for Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama, the restaurant takes inspiration rom the Portuguese-Indian territories of Goa, East Africa, and Portugal. The latest project from chefs Shiva and Rick Di Virgilio, the couple behind popular Midtown restaurant Oporto, Da Gama represents an evolution of The Queen Vic, their Anglo-Indian restaurant that closed in 2018.
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Simi Estiatorio, the seafood-centric Greek restaurant long planned to open in the Littlefield Building downtown, will officially open on May 7.
The restaurant from George Theodosiou, a 25-year service industry veteran with experience in both Greece and New York City, and executive chef Diego Sanchez will feature grilled octopus, skewered scallops, grilled sardines, marinated swordfish, seafood orzo, lamb chops and more at 601 Congress Ave. for dinner daily.
Customers can also order Greek salads and shrimp, lobster and oysters from the raw bar, and some of the dishes nod to Sanchez s Peruvian roots. The restaurant, named for an island in eastern Greece, was originally announced in late 2019, with the opening delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rockin LA-based ramen restaurant heats up Heights development
Rockin LA-based ramen restaurant heats up Heights development The broth may be vegan, but meaty toppings are available.
Courtesy of Rakkan Ramen A LA-based ramen shop will begin ladling its vegan broths next week.
Rakkan Ramen will open on May 3 in the M-K-T Heights mixed-use development (600 N Shepherd Dr.). To celebrate its Texas debut, the restaurant will give away 100 ramen meals on a first-come-first-served basis: 50 at 11 am and 50 more at 6 pm. Diners may also enter drawings on Instagram and Facebook for $25 gift cards and an iPad; register between April 28 and May 2. Traditionally, ramen restaurants make a pork-based tonkotsu broth, but Rakken Ramen s vegetable broth gets its umami punch from a combination of kombu (edible algae), mushrooms, carrots, onion, ginger, and garlic. Diners may satisfy their carnivorous cravings by adding pork chasu or chicken to their noodles. The menu also includes an
A selection of dishes from Mongers Market + Kitchen (Photo by John Anderson)
It s the calm before the storm – that is, the uncharacteristic period of quiet between lunch and dinner – and a fishmonger is prepping for service behind the polished white tile counter at Mongers Market + Kitchen. He turns away from fileting to greet a regular by name and launches into an explanation of a few market offerings: glistening filets of black sea bass from Virginia, beautiful Barnegat scallops, plump head-on white Gulf shrimp.
This past summer, Mongers relocated to the Hyde Park space formerly occupied by Vino Vino, allowing them to double their retail offerings. Now, true to its name, the space is just as much market as it is kitchen. The selection is still modest compared to the seafood department of any grocery store – and chef/owner Shane Stark plans to keep it that way.