Author: Habibi-san
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Totally Legal Lunchtime Gambling
Sichuanese Cuisine2001 Coit Rd, Plano, TX 75075Google Rating: 4.3 Stars (560 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: I learned a lot about (~mostly disreputable~) street food stalls in 2025 through short form media. Who knew that you could make an omelet in Mumbai with skittles and Fanta? I can tell you that videos from Vietnam, Cambodia, Nepal, and…
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Seoul’s Wing Stop is Better
bb.q Chicken2625 Old Denton Rd Ste 582 Carrollton, TX 75007Google Rating: 4.4 Stars (1,023 reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: As of this publication, Texas A&M football is undefeated. It is a blessing and a privilege to watch college football in September with even a modicum of hope, and I will not take it for granted. Depending on…
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Culinary Fusion is Pretentious
Ramen Del Barrio1700 W Parmer Ln Suite 100, Austin, TX 78727Google: 4.5 Stars (477 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: Fusion food is supposed to mix cultures, so why does it all taste the same? If you are addicted to short-form video content, you know that newly opened fusion restaurants get the most clicks. Most of the time,…
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When is it Time for Tteokbokki?
Cafe HwaSan2001 Coit Rd #300A, Plano, TX 75075Google: 4.4 Stars (303 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: I used to count down the days until Easter Sunday brunch. Smoked salmon and eggs benedict drenched in molten hollandaise sauce danced in my mind during the priest’s homily like sugar plums on Christmas Eve. After mass, my father would lead us on…
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Existentialism and Gyudon
Totto Yama100 Legacy Dr #110-107, Plano, TX 75023Google: 3.7 Stars (68 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: I have gotten embarrassingly good at Excel. Thanks primarily to a few offshore YouTubers, I have become proficient in making reliable and consistent Excel models, akin to serving lightly seasoned entrées at Ruth’s Chris. Out of every Excel user in the…
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Ramen for the (Modal) Soul
Ramen Kousagi Otsuka Ten (らーめん子うさぎ)Japan, 〒170-0004 Tokyo, Toshima City, Kitaotsuka, 2 Chome−14−2 鈴矢ビル １０２Tabelog: 3.62 Stars (445 Reviews)Google: 4.3 Stars (425 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: Japan was exactly as advertised: efficient, ultramodern, and culturally homogenous. There are very few additional tidbits you learn “on the job” as a tourist, except maybe learning how to avoid another…
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The City of Dallas v. Harrison
Tatsu Dallas3309 Elm St, Ste. 120, Dallas, TX 75226Google: 4.7 Stars (121 reviews) Habibi-San’s Rating: In 1978, Saddam Hussein’s favorite television show was the soap opera, “Dallas.” I am certain he could relate mightily to the Texan oil wars, but less so to the capitalistic motives of the Ewing family. Because of Saddam’s “Kim Jung…
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Izakaya Battle
Mr. Max Izakaya3028 N Belt Line Rd, Irving, TX 75062Google: 4.8 Stars (1,344 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: Dua Lipa was at the Broken Spoke in Austin the day before me. My retirement home cohort of twenty somethings, already ten years above the average age of ACL attendees, was devastated to miss our Albanian queen. It’s not…
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Xièxie(谢谢)giving
ChongQing House2901 N Central Expy #109, Plano, TX 75075Google: 4.5 Stars (235 Reviews) Habibi-san’s Rating: There is no right way to prepare a Thanksgiving meal. More than likely, my family cooks traditional Thanksgiving food worse than yours. For nearly a decade, we have disrespected the most time honored entrée by outsourcing the turkey prep to…
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Food Courts Don’t Have to Suck
Real 真饌 Taiwanese Cuisine9292 Warren Pkwy ste 200, Frisco, TX 75035Google: 4.9 Stars (38 Reviews) Habibi-san’s rating: My flight home was delayed six hours the Sunday after my Bachelor Party weekend. Perhaps the universe required a karmic correction to balance out one of the best weekends of my life by marooning me in the Chicago…
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