Noodle x Culture
Kuen Noodle and D-Square are being featured in Asia Society's 2021 Lunar New Year Program. Noodle is an important staple food, yet interestingly have different meanings across Asia. In Chinese, "La-Mein" means pulling noodles, is a verb. In Japanese, "Ramen" means noodles is a noun. Noodle is also THE dish that is eaten for birthdays, new years [...]
Little Library. Big Dreams.
HPD's Asiatown Storefront is now offering a "Little Free Library". In a "take a book, share a book" spirit, community can read a collection of books for free; as well as can help pass good books in the community. The collection at HPD Asiatown Storefront focuses on children books and literature in Chinese. This program indicates HPD's [...]
Arctic Freeze. Hot Food Delivery to Families in the Cold
Arctic Freeze Wrecks Havoc in Houston February 2021 is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most Texans -- Arctic-Freeze. Snow in Houston. Rolling Blackout. Power Outage. Water Outage. Losses of lives and properties. Days after are tough as well. With millions of homes with frozen and busted pipes, hardware stores ran out of [...]
Get $10 on us for sharing insta-love.
Get $10 Gift Card for Sharing Insta-Love How? Simple! 1. Take a picture of your favorite dish, place, companions, or a landscape @ D-Square Shopping Center. 2. Share on Instagram; Tag and follow @dihosquare 3. If we like and/or repost your post, you will get a $10 gift card. Kindly note: * This Lunar new year gift card [...]
Eater Houston: Cult Hotpot Chain Simmers in Asiatown
Cult Hotpot Chain - MaLuBianBian - features in Eater Houston. "Malubianbian, which means “side of the road,” was founded in 2016 and has already expanded to more than 1,000 locations worldwide. According to Eater LA, the name is a reference to the mom-and-pop stalls that permeated Chengdu streets in the 1980s and ‘90s, known for selling chuan chuan huo, [...]
Eater Houston: Feast on Premium Meats
Honey Pig Korean BBQ features in Eater Houston. "The restaurant is known for its large spreads of premium but affordable meats, like beef rib kalbi, cooked on the tabletop alongside kimchi, seafood, savory pajeon pancakes and other sides." -- Brittanie Shey, Eater Houston. Click here for the full article by Brittanie Shey on Eater's website. [...]
Skew You, Skew Me. Trendy skewer hotpot opens in Houston
Now in Houston: The popular skewer hotpot franchise, Ma-Lu-Bian-Bian, will soft opening tomorrow (Sat Jan 16th). Its New York store draws lines of food lovers. Why the raves? Great food, value for money pricing, lively vibes, modernized operations, attentive services. We have a taste of its food and vibes yesterday... and were carried away the moment we [...]
The Honey Pig Rave Continues
When quality and value are present, the rave will continue. A month after opening, Honey Pig is receiving increasing coverage from social media and traditional media. We thank World Journal's report Oliver Feng for a colorful background. Indeed, the owners have decades of experiences with restaurants and customer needs, which attributes to the success factor of Honey Pig [...]