Houston

of the West would be complete without Houston. The largest city in Texas, H-Town (with an estimated population of 2.3 million, as of 2017) is also the country’s most diverse city. What’s more, city residents speak nearly 150 languages. This, we dare say, makes for to a steaming bowl of Vietnamese pho and an order of goi cuon at . The large Vietnamese diaspora population has led to myriad restaurants specializing in their native cuisines and intersections with American and Texas eats. Highlights include , where the signature Viet-Cajun crawfish is available at four heat levels.