Tag Archives: Austin Restaurant

BBQ Around Central TX

Here’s a short list of Texas BBQ places that I have already experienced or plan to soon ;~)

I’m also working on my list of Tex-Mex / Mexican Places Around Central TX.

– manzoor

Maggiano’s Little Italy

  • Location – North
  • Cuisine – Italian
  • Cost – $$
  • Hours – 7am – 11pm (everyday)
  • Rate – 7

 

Fried Calamari Shrimp & Crab Pasta Salmon

Went to Maggiano’s for the first time on Mother’s Day ’10. We saw the place open up a few weeks ago and had meant to come by sometime soon. But this was not a planned visit. We were at the Domain for some Frozen Yogurt @ Yogurt Planet around 5:30 and then decided to find out if they’d be able to take us in (considering that it was Mother’s Day and there were a small line, I expected that most people had reservations). There was about a 2 hour wait – luckily we didn’t want to start before 7:30 anyway ;~)

Putting our name down we went out again and walked around a bit. Came back just before 7:20 and they were able to sit us down.

It’s a realy nice place – with a very New York feel to it.

– manzoor

Gumbo’s (Westlake)

  • Location – West
  • Cuisine – Cajun / Lousian
Crawfish Etouffee Stuffed Rainbow Trout Chilean Bass Louisiana Bread Pudding

We went to Gumbo’s of Westlake for New Years Eve dinner – unfortunately, but not surprisingly, they were all booked for the evening :o( They did however have a few tables in the bar and were serving the full menu there.

We started with a bowl of Crawfish Etouffee. Then for dinner my wife chose the stuffed Rainbow Trout and I had the Chilean Bass. The girls shared some pasta and fried shrimp from the kids menu.

Both dishes were very good and surprisingly, we both liked our own dishes better.

Finally we had some bread pudding w/vanilla ice cream (most awesome).

– manzoor

Pho Saigon

  • Location – North
  • Cuisine – Vietnamese
  • Cost / Price – $
  • Rate – 7

 

Pho Sai Gon

A relatively new addition to the collection of Austin Vietnamese Restaurant choice – but being in the China Market it’s made decent following already.

Pho Hoang is still my favorite, but Pho Saigon has something that Pho Hoang does not – # 72.

– manzoor