Houston Restaurant Weeks: Masterchef alums make their top picks

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HOUSTON - Houston Restaurant Weeks starts Tuesday, August 1, 2023. With hundreds of restaurant options offering multiple course lunch and dinner deals at $25, $39 or $55, we asked the experts which restaurants they plan on trying first. 

Here are the top picks from two Houston Masterchef Legends alum. 

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Suu Khin was a finalist on MasterChef Legends Season 11. She was recently nominated "Best Pop-Up" for the 2023 Culturemap Tastemaker Awards. She's also runs a Burmese food blog called Burmalicious By Suu. 

Suu's HRW Picks: 

1. Amrina | 3 Waterway Square Pl #100, The Woodlands, TX 77380
2. Amerigos | 25250 Grogans Park Dr, The Woodlands, TX 77380
3. Phat Eatery | 23119 Colonial Pkwy suite b-2, Katy, TX 77449
4. Marmo | 888 Westheimer Rd Suite 109, Houston, TX 77006
5. Ostia | 2032 Dunlavy St, Houston, TX 77006
6. Pastore | 1180 Dunlavy St Suite 100, Houston, TX 77019
7. Hugo's | 1600 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77006
8. Masraff's | 9655 Katy Fwy Suite 190, Houston, TX 77024
9. Brennan's on the Bayou | 1 Birdsall St, Houston, TX 77007

Joseph Manglicmot was also a contestant on Masterchef Legends Season 11. Joseph was named a 2023 Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest Finalist alongside Pinkerton's BBQ. After Masterchef, Joseph and Suu launched a sauce company called Naga. Joseph also recently opened craft cocktail garden, The Ivy House, along Washington Ave.

Here are Joseph's HRW Picks: 

1. 93 Til | 1601 W Main St, Houston, TX 77006
2. Lulu's | 2518 Kirby Dr, Houston, TX 77019
3. Muse | 3210 W Dallas St, Houston, TX 77019
4. Phat Eatery | 23119 Colonial Pkwy Suite B-2, Katy, TX 77449
5. Graffiti Raw | 1001 California St Suite 101, Houston, TX 77006 

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