Finally, Zimmern joins Chris Shepherd again to learn about Texas Kobe beef and enjoy a bowl of Korean mul naengmyun. Zimmern also visits Crawfish and Noodles, the Viet-cajun standby which proves very popular with other shows that will later visit Houston. Zimmern visits San Leon's oyster joint, Gilhooley's, before touring an oyster processing company to learn about the variety of Gulf oysters. He later makes a trip to the Mahatma Gandhi District, where he meets Sharan Gahunia, the daughter of the owners of Raja Sweets, Houston's first Indian bakery.
After, they prepare roasted redfish and duck dirty rice at camp.
Zimmern goes hunting and fishing in the Intercostal Waterway and off of High Island with Reef's Bryan Caswell. There they enjoy barbecued buffalo, pork leg, machito and barbacoa. In this episode of "Bizarre Foods America," Zimmern attends a Texans tailgate at NRG stadium with Underbelly's founder and Houston's unofficial food ambassador Chris Shepherd. Chef and "Bizarre Foods" host Andrew Zimmern was one of the first to document Houston's overwhelming culinary diversity when he visited in 2013. The awards and acknowledgment by the national food press soon followed. Gilhooley’s may not look like much, but it serves what are arguably the best roasted oysters in Texas.Īround 2012, Houston saw an influx of new high-end restaurants like Underbelly and Oxheart, which celebrated the city's diversity and abundance of interesting ingredients. (Originally aired on Food Network stream on Discovery+) "Bizarre Foods America" (Season 2 Episode 20) "Houston" In the crawfish segment, Flay makes passing mention of Pincher's Boil'n Pot in El Campo, The Ragin' Cajun and one of Houston's original Viet-cajun restaurants, Crawfish & Beignets. Cordúa treats Flay to a soft-shell crawfish taco and a quail Wellington.įlay attends a crawfish boil at the home of food blogger Jay Francis and appears to be surprised to learn that Houston has much in common with Louisiana.
Flay visits with two of the city's biggest chefs at the time: Chef Robert Del Grande of Cafe Annie who prepares a Southwestern steak in a red chile sauce and Chef Michael Cordúa, the founder of Churrascos, Americas, Artista and Amazon Grill. This 2007 episode of New York chef Bobby Flay's travel show is one of the earliest episodes of television devoted to Houston's culinary scene. He was featured in the "Houston, Texas" episode of "FoodNation with Bobby Flay." Gary Fountain/Contributor James Beard Award-winning chef Robert Del Grande of Cafe Annie at Taste Of The Texans. "FoodNation with Bobby Flay" (Season 4 Episode 7) "Houston, Texas" But as the Houston food scene matured into one that celebrated its vast diversity, the shows followed suit, presenting Houston more as a global cuisine destination.īelow is just a sampling of some of the many shows which have dedicated entire episodes to exploring Houston's culinary offerings. Originally, the shows highlighted our staples: barbecue, burgers, Cajun, Tex-Mex and haute Southwestern cuisine. But Houston has been the subject of many other food shows over the years.
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