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6816 Ranchester Houston, TX 77036

713-771-1268

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Houston Press
Recommended
Best Late-Night Restaurant
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Chinese, Vietnamese

Hours: Sun-Thu 10am-2am, Fri-Sat 10am-3am

Price: $, $$, $$$
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Attire: Casual

Features: Takeout, Family Style
Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

There are more than 400 items on the oversize menu here, including some 87 soups. But oddly, Tan Tan, a restaurant known primarily for its noodles and soups, doesn't serve pho, the Vietnamese noodle soup that is most familiar to the American audience. Instead, Tan Tan specializes in some of Vietnam's other famous noodle dishes, which include bun (vermicelli), hu tieu (rice noodles) and mi (egg noodles).

2011 | Best Late-Night Restaurant

Open until 3 a.m. on Saturdays, 2 a.m. Fridays and midnight the rest of the week, Tan Tan is a favorite among the late-night crowd for consistently serving up an extensive menu of Chinese-Vietnamese food ranging from rice plates and pan-fried noodles, to wonton soup and Vietnamese hot pot, to their most popular dish, the banh bot chien, or fried rice patty cakes with eggs. Tan Tan's food is particularly good as a hangover-helper, drawing in the after-clubbing and after-bar crowd. This is a... More »

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Tunnel Sushi. Just the sound of it makes me shudder a little bit. Even more so than tunnel filet, this just sounds like a recipe for disaster. When I first learned about How Do You Roll?, I was less t... More »
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By Katharine Shilcutt | Wed, June 8, 2011

It's safe to say this week's cafe review of Tan Tan's second location on Westheimer is a tough one. It's not all bad...but it's mostly bad. The original Tan Tan on Bellaire Boulevard isn't a gleaming... More »
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By William Michael Smith | Mon, October 11, 2010

I lived in Singapore four-and-a-half years and transited through there off and on for another two while I was living in New Delhi, but I have to confess: I never ran into anything called Singapore Noo... More »
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By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, July 23, 2010

One can be forgiven for missing an entire section on the enormous menu at Tan Tan. After all, there are 265 different dishes (yes, 265; yes, I counted) to choose from at the Chinese restaurant, which ... More »
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Main Menu

Appetizers

House Special Rice Cake
a great way to start the meal. sliced rice cakes are pan fried with eggs and topped with dried turnip, green onions, and crispy onion. served with a special house sauce.

Fried Wontons
golden fried handmade pork and shrimp wontons.

Fried Squid Balls
deep fried squid balls served with cucumber, pickled carrots, pickled daikon radish, and a zesty chili sauce for dipping.

Fried Egg Rolls
traditional vietnamese style egg rolls with pork filling. served with lettuce, cucumber, mints, and a spicy fish sauce.

Shrimp & Pork Spring Rolls
shrimp, pork, lettuce, bean sprouts, and vermicelli hand rolled in a rice paper wrap. comes with peanut dipping sauce.

Fried Intestines
crispy fried pork intestines sliced and served on a bed of shredded lettuce and pickled vegetables.

Noodle Soups

Wonton Noodle Soup
hand made pork and shrimp wontons in soup with sliced bbq pork, chinese vegetable, and green onions. your choice of egg noodle or wide rice noodle.

Phuc Kien Noodle Soup
yellow noodle and vermicelli topped with chicken, ground pork, sliced pork in a clear soup. comes with a crispy shrimp cake.

Beef Brisket Noodle Soup
tender beef and beef tendons with carrots in a rich beef stew. your choice of egg noodle or wide rice noodle.

Tender Pig's Feet Noodle Soup
sliced pig's feet with shrimp in a clear soup. comes with traditional round vietnamese noodle.

Duck Noodle Soup
slow-cooked duck leg quarter in a hearty duck broth with mushrooms, chinese vegetable, and egg noodle.

Subgum Noodle Soup
combination of pork intestine, kidney, liver, shrimp, fish ball, pork ball, and sliced pork in a clear soup. your choice of egg noodle or wide rice noodle.

Fried Rice Platters

House Special Fried Rice
fried rice with shrimp, diced roast pork, chinese sausage, and chicken.

Shrimp & Chinese Broccoli Fried Rice
fried rice with shrimp and chinese broccoli.

Chinese Sausage With Preserved Fish Fried Rice
fried rice with sliced chinese sausage, minced salted preserved fish, and shredded lettuce.

French Style Fried Rice
tomato sauce flavored fried rice with shrimp and sliced beef.

French Style Diced Beef Fried Rice
tomato sauce flavored fried rice with tender beef steak cubes

Mixed Vegetable Fried Rice
fried rice with tofu and assorted vegetables.

Beef Platters

Bell Pepper Steak
sliced beef stir-fried with red bell peppers, green bell peppers, and onions. served with steamed white rice.

Chinese Broccoli Beef
sliced beef stir-fried with chinese broccoli and topped with house brown sauce. served with steamed white rice.

Mongolian Beef
sliced beef stir-fried with green onions and hot dried peppers. served with steamed white rice.

Diced Beef With Scallions
tender beef steak cubes stir-fried with sliced onions. served with steamed white rice.

Curry Beef
sliced beef with bell peppers and onions in a spicy curry sauce. served with steamed white rice.

Hot Pots

Shrimp & Beef Hot Pot
uncooked shrimp and beef slices with a variety of sides: egg noodles, bean thread noodles, tofu, assorted vegetables, and two flavors of simmering broth.

Combination Hot Pot
assortment of uncooked seafood, chicken, and beef with a variety of sides: egg noodles, bean thread noodles, tofu, assorted vegetables, and two flavors of simmering broth.

Seafood Hot Pot
assortment of uncooked seafood with a variety of sides: egg noodles, bean thread noodles, tofu, assorted vegetables, and two flavors of simmering broth.

Lamb Hot Pot
cooked lamb in a flavorful broth. comes with egg noodles, mushrooms, chinese celery, taro roots, and a variety of fresh vegetables.

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Tan Tan

6816 Ranchester Houston, TX 77036

713-771-1268

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2011 | Best Late-Night Restaurant

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, October 28, 2011

By Nicholas L. Hall | Thu, August 11, 2011

By Katharine Shilcutt | Wed, June 8, 2011

By William Michael Smith | Mon, October 11, 2010

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, July 23, 2010