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Mom's Hand Restaurant
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Published: August 2, 2007The crunchy fried pot stickers called yakimando were also a big hit. I am guessing they are filled with a pork and turnip green mixture, but it was the dumpling skin that was remarkable. It has little blisters on it like the McDonald's fried apple pies used to get, back when Mickey D's fried pies. (I think they are baked now.) The skin is very crisp on the outside and tender and chewy where it touches the filling.
The tempura plates from Japanese Kitchen and Noodle Deli come in $5 and $7 sizes. You can get all shrimp, all vegetables or shrimp and vegetables mixed. We got the $7 mixed tempura, and it was sensational. After burning our fingers trying to eat the shrimp before it cooled, we finally got a bite and burned our mouths instead. The batter on each piece was exceedingly crunchy, and the shrimp inside was succulent. The crispy onion rings were greaseless and heavenly. The tempura green beans were batter-crunchy on the outside and bean-crunchy on the inside.
Some of the best food I have ever eaten in Asia was supplied by street vendors. The street vendors are called pojangmacha in Korea, and they are very popular. The rice dishes, tempura, fried dumplings and noodles sold by the four little independent restaurants in the Komart store are very close to the fare offered by the street vendors of suburban Seoul.
There are lots of great Korean restaurants in Houston where you can cook your own bulgogi at a barbecue table or sit in a private dining area. The Korean restaurants also offer a much wider variety of dishes. But the stalls at the Komart are a Houston version of Asian street vendors. And that's why I love to eat there.
