"3. As you know, Yao?s family is opening up a new restaurant here in town soon, so be honest - how is Yao?s mom?s cooking? Colin: Yao?s mom?s cooking is awesome! I lived with Yao and his parents their first year here in Houston, so I ate her cooking all the time and she?s a great cook. Although I don?t think she?s actually going to be the chef at the restaurant, though, Database Guy." From a colin pine interview. I guess Yao plans to stay in Houston for a longer while.
I still need to try Drexler's BBQ. Then I'll check out the new Ming restaurant. I love me some Chinese food!
Turns out my mom had known about this for about three weeks now. According to what she read on Chinese websites, the restaurant cost Yao $1.5 million. The dishes there probably are not very affordable if you want to eat there everyday during your lunch break lol.
I wonder if the restaurant opening will kill any of the trade/free-agency rumors. I personally don't think Yao's going anywhere.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AznxBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">$1.5 Million! Thats some fancy dining Yao's got there in Houston...</div> i was about to say the same, 1.5 million is alot for open one restaurant, it's getta be Yao's chain or something But i believe Yao ming is staying with Houston, and with TMac, i see a ring in 3 years.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Sniper:</div><div class="quote_post">I still need to try Drexler's BBQ. Then I'll check out the new Ming restaurant. I love me some Chinese food!</div> Whoa...drexler has BBQ? where's this at? I need to go check it out. As for Yaos place, if its expensive ill only go once.
I think in September they put up their Website.. www.yaorestaurant.com Looks like a great place to eat, and it seems they have plasma tv's everywhere..
Drexler's BBQ is downtown, right next to 59, about 6 blocks from Toyota Center. Not sure of the exact address, but I'm sure you can google it. I knew exactly where Yao's restaurant is going to be without even looking at the address. The diagram showed a Benihana, a Luther's BBQ and a Blockbuster and I already knew. It's going to be literally like 100 feet from the parking lot where I used to take my 300ZX Twin Turbo for car meets on Saturdays, right off of Westheimer, about 3 minutes from the Beltway. That's too cool. I wish it would have been there back when I hung out there, I'm sure we would have eaten there all the time. I hope it's not too expensive.
If I lived in Houston I would be all over it, outside of my house I havent had any good shanghainese food in ages.
It sounds like it will probably be a hella expensive place to eat, if Yao's parents are going to be greeting you at the restaurant.
The pictures of the restaurant from the website are awesome, great ambience. Should be a success if the food tastes just as good as the place looks.
The place looks awesome. Nice feel to it. 1.5 mil is alot to put into a resteraunt. If only I lived in Houston, I'd really like to check the place out.
Those pictures, by the way, are an artist's rendition of what it will look like. They aren't real photos.
Here's another article about the restaurant. Apparently, it will open on Monday. And yes, Yao's parents will greet you at the door when you go in, and there will be 70-inch Plasmas for game viewing. I'm gonna have to check it out if I ever go to Houston. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/sports/3043849
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting clutchcity04:</div><div class="quote_post">i think i may apply to work there.</div> Lucky, you probably get to meet Yao yourself. lol
Hey guys! Me, my love one and a friend of ours went to dine in at Yao's Restaurant today(monday) which is their first opening day. Although we didn't manage to see Yao Ming, we got a glimpse of his father. I think they opened about 11 am, closes between 2-4 pm and then opens again at 4pm. We went there about 3:30 pm and the receptionist told us that they were close as they prepare for the dinner menus which will begin at 4 pm. So we went back probably about 5 pm to be sure. On the entrance you will see the dining room on the left which seats 400 people and the the Sports Bar on the right. Ambience is decent and neat. Receptionists, GROs and waiters/waitresses were courteous. They composed of different nationalities. Being an asian myself and my company we grew up eating oriental/asian food. So we have high expectations. Well it seems that there are couples of GRO greeting us. It's funny that it's been more than 3 times they asked for our primary order which are the drinks, appetizers and soups. All by different personnel including the GROs and the waiters. I noticed that they are not yet coordinated when taking orders. The menus were attractive and moderately prized. These are also the same menus found in many Chinese restaurants. So we ordered vietnamese eggrolls, pork dumplings, citrus chicken, szechuan hot and sour soup and shredded pork with tofu with a lite soy sauce. To our surprise most of the food that we ordered except for the citrus chicken and hot and sour soup tasted bland and below our expectations. The brown rice that came with main course felt hard and raw. It's like eating a leftover rice out of the fridge. Fried rice would be suitable. After paying the bill, usually most Chinese Restaurants gives you fortune cookies. Well the waiter never gave us anything except for the receipt. There's no give aways either for a first day opening. The restaurant looks like it's been opened for a long time already by the way it looks. You cannot even feel that it's the first day of operation. There were only a moderate number of people who came to dine in. So after that we took some pictures of ourselves and then left. Conclusion: Well it's understandable that they are new to the business and are trying their best to serve customers but sometimes you just can't discount the saying that "first impressions lasts". I give it a rating of 3 and a half stars out of the possible five. I wish the Yao family success and prosperity in their newfound business. I do not encourage everyone to believe me. It's just my opinion and two cents. It's worth a try to see it for yourselves.
Hmm, I guess it's because the restaurant hasn't really gelled yet? Or another reason might be because it is targeted towards American folk, who would basically consider all Chinese food delicious. To Asians who've grown up with rice and all other dishes in their stomach, that type of food wouldn't impress. I'd thought Yao's restaurant cater to Asians, though.
