I loko o Houston: Chef Brandi Key

Hoʻokumuʻia e Inside Atlanta, he papahana i hakuʻia e Atlanta Expert,ʻo Kate Parham Kordsmeier, makemake mākou e hoʻokomo i loko o Inside Houston. I kēlā me kēia mahina, e ninaninau mākou i nā mea nui o ka poʻe Houston eʻai, eʻike a hana i ka Bayou City. Ma mua, ua kamaʻilio mākou me Vanessa O'Donnell , ka mea nona ka'Ooh La La Dessert Boutique aʻo Houston Moms Blog a Kelly Davis.

I kēia mahina, noho mākou me Chef Brandi Key.

E like me Clark Clark Cooper Concepts Keena'Āinaʻo ia e hoʻokūkū i nā menus o kekahi o nā hale kūʻai maikaʻi loa o Houston, e like me Ibiza Food & Wine a me Brasserie 19. ʻO iaʻo ia ka Luna Hoʻoponopono no Coppa Osteria, Punk's Simple Southern Food, SaltAir Seafood Kitchen a me ka Dunlavy, kahi e mālama ai i ka hoʻomohalaʻana a me ka mālamaʻana i nā lumi kuke, nā menus a me nā hui ma kēlā me kēia wahi.

I loko o kāna mau hana a pau, ua hoʻonuiʻo Key i nā manawa ma ka hale nui a me ka hale liʻiliʻi, me kēlā me kēia mea e hana ana i ke poʻo i kēia lā. Ma mua o kona hana ma Houston, ua hanaʻo ia ma kahiʻoi aku i hala heʻumi makahiki me nā hui e like me Pappas Restaurants a me Tante Marie Cooking School, a me ke poʻokela Cindy Pawlcyn, e hoʻokipa i kona mau noʻonoʻo ma keʻano he poʻo a me ka mea hou.

Ua loaʻa iā ia kāna mau makana nui o ka hanohano ma ka hapanui o ka meaʻaiʻo Houston, me ka Hoʻokumu'Āla o ka makahikiʻo Houston Culinary Awards a me Houston Modern Luxury 5 mau wāhine eʻike ai i Houston.

Ke noho nei wau i ... " kahi kiʻekiʻe o Houston, aloha au i ke kaiapuni no ka manaʻo o ke kaiāulu a me keʻano o ke kaiāulu e hoʻolako nei. He meaʻoluʻolu nui ke nānāʻana i kēia loli o ke kaiāulu a ulu i nā makahiki i hala iho nei me nā mea akamai a pau nā mea hoʻomalu, nā kālepa, a me nā mea kālepa e hana ana i kahi no ko lākou home. "

Makemake wau i nā kānaka eʻike ... "ʻaʻole i kēlā me kēia lā he 100 mau'okelā me 100 pakeneka waiā. Loaʻa mākou i ka hāʻule nui a me nā mahina hoʻomaha i he hoʻopōmaikaʻi i nā mea a pau e noho nei maʻaneʻi."

Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa iaʻu "" i kekahi lā maʻamau, e hana wau i nā meaʻelua, ināʻaʻoleʻekolu, o nā haleʻaina. I kēlā me kēia kakahiaka, heluhelu au ma o kā mākou mau leka mai ka lā ma mua, e nānā i kaʻu papahana a me kāu papa inoa, a hoʻokumu i kahi hoʻolālā pāʻani no kēlā lā. Ua hoʻokomo wau iaʻu iho i loko o nā haleʻaina me ka mea nui loa i kēlā manawa, e hilinaʻi ana i nā hanana kūikawā, nā loli i nā limahana a me nā menus, aiʻole inā loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau'ōlelo no kaʻai ma laila. e pili ana i kā mākouʻai me kaʻu mau mele, keʻole wau e hoʻokomo i kā lākou haleʻaina i kekahi lā. "

He wāʻaina. Ke hele nei wau i ... "Lupe Tortilla. Ke aloha nei wau i ko lākou pipi pua, aʻo kā lākou mea kūʻai aku kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale."

ʻO ke kuhi maikaʻi loa o Houston ... "Bar Bar. He wahi kaiāulu aloha ma kahi Memorial Memorial e hana ana i nā meaʻona nui a loaʻa i kahi pō maikaʻi loa ma ke kūlanakauhale."

Ke makemake nei wau e hele i ... "ʻO ka Beer Can House,ʻo ka Hui Hōʻikeʻikeʻo Orange Rothko Chapel."ʻO Canino's on Airline, Himalaya, Kamaliʻi Goode. "ʻO Saint Arnold's Brewery ."

Ke makemake wau e hoʻopau, hele wau ... "Mercantile in Montrose. Hāʻawi lākou i ke kīʻaha punahele iaʻu ma ke kūlanakauhale."

ʻO koʻu wahi punahele e loaʻa ai ka makani ea ma ka wahi ... "ʻO ka lau ma The Menil Collection."

ʻO kaʻu mauʻoihana punaheleʻoi loa ma ke kalana o ka mokuʻo Houston ... " ʻO wau ke hana nui i nā hopena pule, akā inā wau i ka lā, pono e hoʻokomo i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma iPic Theatre.

Makemake au e hoʻolilo i ke kālā ma ... "ʻO Texas Art Supply, e nānā ana i nā pepa āpau a me nā peni a me nā penikala a me nā puke kākau puke hiki iaʻu ke hoʻolimalima i nā hola i laila. District no nā mea mea hana mea a pau a me ka nani. "

ʻO ka mea aʻu i aloha nui ai e pili ana i Houston,ʻo iaʻo ... "ʻo nā wahi a pau i moku i kahi kokoke i kekahi e hiki ai keʻano likeʻole a hana maoli iā Houston i ke kūlanakauhale nui i kēia lā."

ʻO kaʻu'ōlelo aʻo no nā huakaʻi hele e kipa i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo ia ... "e hoalohaloha me kekahi kanaka maʻaneʻi!ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hōʻehaʻeha ai i nā wahi mom-a-pope ka kamaʻilioʻana i nā kānaka e noho nei. , a ua pono loa lākou i ka huakaʻi! "