This is my dining and restaurant recap for the year! I was BLESSED with so many great meals, and this post celebrates my favorite dishes, restaurants, food trucks, desserts, and bars.
I ate at 197 restaurants, bakeries, breweries, food trucks, etc in 2024, and all but one dish was enjoyed in Austin, Texas. I also didn’t include anything from my NYC trip because so much was great! You can see those things in this post.
Best Dishes and Drinks of 2024 – 23 Spots
Pan Fried Soup Bao at Si Jie Special Noodle
Lychee and Strawberry Souffle Cake from Interrupted Baker
Lamb Rib at KG BBQ
Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake at The Guest House
Sourdough Focaccia with Housemade Ricotta, Honey, Thyme at Intero
Brown Butter Cake, Cinnamon Gelato, Pecans at Intero
Killed Lettuces & Onions at Audrey (Nashville)
Swedish Tosca Almond Cake at My Sweetish Friend
Hokkaido Scallop at Tare
Masa Twinkie at Mercado Sin Nombre
Unagi at Toshokan
Dinner at Birdie’s
Cacio e Pepe Slice from All Day Pizza
Cocktail at Oko
Halo Halo at Oko
Dinner at Craft Omakase
Steak Super Burrito at Asado’s Taqueria
Soft Serve at Bambino
Pozole Verde Tonkotsu at Ramen del Barrio
Pepper with Eggplant and Preserved Egg at Hunan Bistro
Pandan Cupcake from Hhomdee
Crab Benedict at Serenade
Pecan Souffle at Garrison
Among the 197 places I dined at in 2024, here are some more notable mentions.
Favorite Restaurants: (I had only tried 3 of these before and many of them opened this year)
- Si Jie Special Noodle
- The Guest House
- Intero
- Tare
- An Nyeong K Tofu & BBQ
- Bambino
- Taqueria 10 de 10
- Birdie’s
- Nixta Taqueria
- Craft Omakase
- Garrison
- Oko
Food Trucks:
- Asado’s Taqueria
- KG BBQ
- All Day Pizza
- T-Loc’s Sonora
Desserts and Pastries:
- Golden Eye Chocolates
- Interrupted Baker
- My Sweetish Friend
- Good Things
- Mercado Sin Nombre
Bars:
- Mama Dearest
- Equipment Room
- Flo’s Wine Bar
- Trona
- Milonga Room
Where I’m Looking Forward to Eating in 2025
I’m sure you can guess that I always have a “to-eat” list. Here are some places I’m planning to cross off my list next year.
- Custard Prison – paczki (filled donut) pop-up
- Dang Hot 89 – fried chicken
- Feral Pizza – pizza
- Kalimotxo – I want to try their new location
- Knuckle Sandwich – sandwiches
- Loudmouth – pizza and more
- Paper Boy – the go-to brunch, haven’t been since it was a food truck
- P Thai’s Khao Man Gai – I do love Haianese chicken rice
- Rockman Bakery – newest bakery, had some things delivered by a friend but want to dine in and try more
- The Flower Shop – 70s diner meets dive bar
Here’s to more great eats in 2025!
What was your favorite thing eaten this year?
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