The restaurants listed are noteworthy and randomly selected from our rotating master list.
The restaurants listed are noteworthy and randomly selected from our rotating master list.
Kim Thao interior | Photo by Nikki Buchanan Kim Thao is not one person but two: Kim Tran and Thao Nguyen, who met in a doctor’s office, became friends and decided to launch a Vietnamese bakery, market and take-out operation together. Kim is the cook; Thao runs the front of the house, and from the looks of things, they’ve already been embraced by the community since their mid-October opening. It’s easy to see why....
Food ReviewsThe Hidden House
Nikki BuchananNovember 21, 2019
With its greatest-hits-style modern menu, this cozy, crowd-pleasing gastropub is another welcome addition to the rising Chandler dining scene.
Desert DigestOpenings/ClosingsLas Palmas Cantina Transforms into Chandler Yacht Club This Fall
Madison RutherfordJuly 24, 2019
Las Palmas Cantina will be getting a tropical makeover this fall when the Chandler restaurant closes and reopens as Chandler Yacht Club.
Executive Chef Jose Paul Farias of Vintage 95 in Downtown Chandler likes this recipe for creamy Portobello pasta because it doesn’t dirty a lot of dishes. And that’s a plus whether you’re cooking at a restaurant or at home. “It’s essentially one pan and then a pot of boiling water,” he says.
The recipe listed below is fairly straightforward, Farias says, but there are two important variables to consider: When you cook the pasta, be sure to rinse thoroughly to stop the cooking process as well as to remove excess starch; and when adding goat cheese to the sauce, let it melt rather than cook it into high heat or you’ll get a grainy texture and the cheese will separate.