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Houston Chef's Table: Chip Hight adores Queen Vic, but he's still a Le Peep kindof guy
No one knows Houston restaurants better than the people who run them, own them, and work in the kitchens. In this continuing series, CultureMap is asking our favorite foodie personalities around town where they go for great eats when they're not working.
At the tender age of 25, Houston-native Chip Hight has been an executive chef (earning praise for his straightforward, farm-to-table cuisine at *17) and has helped open and manage the Viking Cooking School inside The Woodlands' Hubbell & Hudson.
Now he's the culinary force behind Blue Apron Caters, serving up bites at some the the city's chic-est parties in conjunction with Sudhoff Properties. He tells CultureMap how he likes he bon-bons, where he eats at least once a week and reveals the spot where he finds irresistable petit fours.
Restaurant to take out-of-towners to: I would take them to Catalan. I definitely recommend the foie gras bon-bons.
Restaurant for a special occasion: I would probably have to go with Masraff's or Mark's. Mark's has really good desserts, Masraff's has just a really nice atmosphere inside.
Favorite meal: Queen Vic — I eat there at least once a week and I have yet to find a flaw with their food. My favorite is the Scotch egg and the queen's curry — it's the best thing I've eaten in a long time.
I'm also back on Branch Water Tavern, I had a really good meal there recently at like 11:30 p.m., we had the fried oysters, pate, the mini reubens were really good, and the charcuterie is still the best in town. It's really solid.
Breakfast/Brunch favorite: I still go to Le Peep for brunch, I'm a big Le Peep guy. If I didn't have to stand in line I'd probably go to Zelko Bistro, they have good brunch.
Dessert: Moeller's Bakery in Bellaire — if I was going to get a cake right now that's where I'd go. I could eat their petit fours by the handful.
I also had a snickerdoodle from Michael's Cookie Jar and it was really good. I like pie too, I go to My Dee Dee's Pie Shoppe — it's in the ghetto but they make great pie.
Other articles in the Houston Chef's Table series:
Sugar hooker Rebecca Masson can't get enough of Catalan's Cake
Beachy L.J. Wiley digs the special occasion simple flavors at Dos Brisas
David Grossman goes for Vic & Anthony's crab cake, Yelapa late nights & some Bootsie
Jeramie Robison appreciates Kata Robata's sushi, Beaver's bangin' meatloaf & foodie chicks
Tony Mandola finds breakfast magic at Sunrise Taquitos
Philippe Schmit craves a Picnic romance & Stella Sola's French toast
Benjy Levit is torn between Indika's salads and Hank's Ice Cream
Flora & Muse's David Luna likes to hang with his fishing buddy and hit the Blue Nile
Asian Bistro's Gigi Huang seeks out spicy fried chicken at a Dive
Hugo Ortega believes in a Goode tradition
Soma Sushi's Jason Hauck is anti-brunch, pro-Feast
Jenni Tran-Weaver can't get enough hot pot
Bistro Alex's Juan Carlos Gonzalez finds a great $1.50 meal & giant key lime pie
Mockingbird Bistro's John Sheely treasures homemade Mexican & cool Connie's Seafood
Elizabeth Abraham dishes on her secret Royal Restaurant
Fleming's Jason Cole finds Texas' best barbecue, surf secrets
Kraftsmen Cafe's Scott Tycer hungers for the Taco Nazi's tortillas
Robert Del Grande reveals his IHOP regular past & his Baskin beginning
