Description: James Beard Best Chef nominee Alex Au-Yeung’s Malaysian street food emporium in Katy’s Asian Town is now bigger and better than ever — expanded into what was Au-Yeung’s counter-service Yelo next door. Go for the unbelievably tender beef rendang and stay for the shareable and succulent Hainanese chicken and rice.
Description: Consider this the beer garden raised to another level — a sprawling indoor-outdoor tribute to the brewer’s art, surrounded by towering oak trees, next door to the historic Cardiff Rice Dryer, with about 100 beers (and 20 wines) on tap. To eat? Nothing fancy, just oversized Bavarian pretzels with two kinds of mustard — aka, perfect beer food.