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SF city limits are tiny, Houston is huge, so if that is what we are counting, then Houston. If it is Houston vs the Bay Area, then the Bay Area wins everything except BBQ, Creole and Cajun.
Did some research, and there are apparently only a little more than twice the number of restaurants in Houston's 640 square miles than in S.F.s' 46 square miles-so even on a city vs. city per capita basis, its still a contest.
If you distill it down to Asian restaurants, it looks like they may be close to even on a city vs city scale.
Did some research, and there are apparently only a little more than twice the number of restaurants in Houston's 640 square miles than in S.F.s' 46 square miles-so even on a city vs. city per capita basis, its still a contest.
If you distill it down to Asian restaurants, it looks like they may be close to even on a city vs city scale.
The Bay Area has great Asian restaurants but so does Houston. What can you get in the Bay Area that you can’t get in Houston, and vice versa. That’s how I would be looking at this.
$30 for a Banh Mi?! That’s outrageous, I don’t think I’ve ever paid more than $15.
I haven’t dined in either city, though Houston seems more my speed.
That part was just a joke lol. I haven't gotten Vietnamese in SF proper yet, I think the only place I've been to in the metro was in Pacifica (which was pretty reasonable, $10 pho. Didn't check if they had banh mi)
The Bay Area has great Asian restaurants but so does Houston. What can you get in the Bay Area that you can’t get in Houston, and vice versa. That’s how I would be looking at this.
Beautiful weather and scenic views don’t count!
I think that's a fair way to put it. Houston is the "hot" food city, while SF has long been known as a foodie capital of America.
An important food group for myself is Italian and I have a feeling you can get better BBQ/Mexican/Viet food in SF than you can get good quality abundant Italian food in Houston. A lot of the south gets real confused on what is and isn't good Italian food.
The Bay Area has great Asian restaurants but so does Houston. What can you get in the Bay Area that you can’t get in Houston, and vice versa. That’s how I would be looking at this.
Beautiful weather and scenic views don’t count!
Well, off the top of my head, farm-to-table is a bit more visible in the Bay Area than in Houston. You might want to try some of those places next time youre here.
The Bay Area has great Asian restaurants but so does Houston. What can you get in the Bay Area that you can’t get in Houston, and vice versa. That’s how I would be looking at this.
Beautiful weather and scenic views don’t count!
There are much fewer Cantonese and traditional Chinatown type places in Houston. I'm talking about bakeries that serve egg tarts and places that hang ducks on windows. The Dim Sum scene is Houston is also much weaker. You also cannot get Taiwanese street food and Burmese Tea Salad in Houston.
Both authentic Cantonese and Taiwanese cuisine are hanging by a thread in Houston and might disappear altogether in a few years. They are still going strong in the Bay Area and will likely continue to do so.
Houston's Filipino food scene used to be extremely poor but might've improve somewhat, however there's no way it's close to what's available in the Bay Area.
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