From hot pot, to dim sum, and from cafeteria style dining, to places with live music, Houston food writers discuss their favorite unique restaurant experiences around town in this month's installment of The Full Menu.

We hear from Eric Sandler of CultureMap Houston, Felice Sloan of the Swanky Maven lifestyle blog, and freelance food writer and editor David Leftwich.

Establishments Mentioned in this Edition:

Taste of Texas
Cleburne's Cafeteria
Bori
Korea House
Korea Garden
Seoul Garden
Gen Korean BBQ House
Hongdae 33 Korean BBQ
Haidilao
Shabu Zone
Kiran's
The Marigold Club
Emma Jane
Saigon Pagolac
Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse
The Dinner Detective
Ishtia
Fung's Kitchen
Ocean Palace
Toca Madera
Brennan's of Houston
McGonigel's Mucky Duck
Credence

Eight Houston-area restaurants made the latest Texas Monthly list of the state's top 50 barbecue spots with one cracking the top ten. Houston’s Truth Barbeque was ranked ninth in the state.

With that list in mind, local food writers hone in on Houston as they discuss some of their favorite barbecue places in the city in this month's installment of The Full Menu,

In the audio above, we hear from Eric Sandler of CultureMap Houston, Felice Sloan of the Swanky Maven lifestyle blog, and freelance food writer and editor David Leftwich.

Establishments Mentioned in this Edition:

Killen's BBQ
Feges BBQ
Blood Bros. BBQ
Brett's BBQ Shop
Truth Barbeque
Pinkerton's Barbecue
CorkScrew BBQ
Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q
Bar-A-BBQ
Jennings and Company BBQ
Brisket & Rice
Redbird BBQ
The Pit Room
Burnt Bean Co. Barbecue (in Seguin, TX)
Gatlin's BBQ
Khoi Barbecue
Henderson & Kane
Ray's BBQ Shack

While Houston is perhaps best known for dishes that include (or center around) meat or seafood -- like barbecue, fajitas, or Viet-Cajun crawfish -- meat doesn't have to steal show, especially if you don't eat it.

In this month's installment of The Full Menu, food writers discuss some of their favorite restaurants to get vegetarian and vegan food around the city, and the options are many -- when that wasn't the case just a decade or two ago.

In the audio above, we hear from Eric Sandler of CultureMap Houston, Felice Sloan of the Swanky Maven lifestyle blog, and freelance food writer and editor David Leftwich.

Establishments Mentioned in this Edition:

Pondicheri
Shri Balaji Bhavan
Mo' Brunch and Brews
Ema
green seed vegan
Lua Viet Kitchen
Traveler's Cart
Local Foods
Cochinita and Co.
Maximo
Lindiana's Southern Vegan Kitchen
Craft Pita
Hamsa
Just Falafel Vegan Cafe
Kriti Kitchen
bellagreen
Truth Barbeque
mantra
Camaraderie
Govinda's Vegetarian Cuisine
Kiran's