ShareTea Sugar Land

Cristóbal’s Rating: BETTER THAN NOTHING Dark interiors – often noisy Outmoded chain brand from Taiwan – closing stores in Taiwan & expanding overseas Better alternative than the same store in Chinatown ShareTea has generally acceptable standards for its tea, despite being an overpriced brand that has largely fallen out of favor in Taiwan itself. For…

MTea & Coffee Sugar Land

Cristóbal’s Rating: PASS “Average” prices, nice interior with pillows (good!) and free wifi. In a nondescript and otherwise unnoticeable strip mall in Sugar Land Plus points for offering FREE printing for customers via a wireless Brother printer I remember when this venue opened, it was packed with students so I never bothered to attempt to…

Cooking Girl 小厨娘, SL

Cristóbal’s Rating: PASS  Warning:  Spicy Sichuan Food Secret private room available in the back for large private parties Strange decor, compensated by edible food Cooking Girl enjoys surprising popularity for an authentic Chinese restaurant, in what is often the most unlikely of locations. This particular branch is off the side of Highway 6 in Sugar…

Bonchon Chicken Sugar Land

Cristóbal’s Rating: BOYCOTT  “Famous” fried chicken was the biggest disappointment Overpriced (everything costs extra), overhyped “Fusion” food and sleek interior attracts a yuppie crowd in Sugar Land What’s worse than an overpriced menu is an eatery that bombs its own claim-to-fame: Korean fried chicken.  Soggy and chewy, the pitiful wings and drumsticks were marketed with…