This Week in Gluttony

Scardello's best cheese class ever and more top food events in Dallas this week

Just because the weather is heating up does not mean the food events are slowing down. Cheese enthusiasts get especially lucky this week, and a big food event debuts at Fair Park during Taste of Dallas.

Tuesday, June 9

Summer Top 10 Wine Dinner at Whole Foods Lakewood
Chef Thomas prepares six courses paired with Whole Foods’ top wine picks for summer. Menu items include prosciutto and plum bruschetta, shaved summer squash with asparagus ribbons and heirloom tomatoes, chilled avocado soup, grilled chicken, fiery flank steak, and Key lime panna cotta. Tickets are $30, and dinner starts at 6 pm.

Young Culinary Masters Baking Class at Pirch
The Pirch culinary team teaches young bakers how to create delicious favorites. It’s the perfect opportunity to learn basic baking skills and develop an early love for the culinary arts. Tickets are $30, and the class starts at 5:30 pm.

Wednesday, June 10

Vision Cellars Wine Dinner at Jasper's Plano
Mac McDonald of Vision Cellars is one of the few African-American winemakers in California. He grew up in Texas, where his father was a moonshiner. McDonald entertains guests throughout the dinner with stories spanning his childhood to tasting his first sip of Burgundy. Courses include sherry chicken liver mousse, boat scallops, Red Wattle pork belly, aged New York strip loin and black cherry-chocolate fudge with strawberry mousse. Tickets are $95, and the dinner begins at 7 pm. For reservations, contact Shannon Tinsley at shannont@kentrathbun.com or 972-673-0823.

Friday, June 12

Out of This World Cheese Pairings at Scardello
Scardello claims this is one of the best classes it’s ever done. Experience cheese paired with both classic accompaniments and more unexpected foods. If you want to sit with other attendees, simply put their names in the special instructions section during checkout. If it's sold out, you can call 214-219-1300 to get on the waiting list. Tickets are $40, and class begins at 8 pm.

Taste the Difference: Culinary with a Cause at Fair Park
During this intimate, high-end tasting experience sponsored by CultureMap, chef such as Brian Zenner, Kirstyn Brewer, Omar Flores and Anthony Van Camp cook in open kitchens. Attendees can also taste samples from 20 North Texas restaurants, as well as wine, spirits and more than 150 craft beers. Each of the four tasting experiences (Friday through Sunday) lasts four hours. Tickets are $125 per session, and that includes admission to Taste of Dallas.

Saturday, June 13

The Life of Cheese at Urban Acres Farmstead
This is an introduction to all things cheese, including how it’s made, constructing a cheese plate, cooking with cheese, and pairing cheese with wine and beer. Cordon Bleu Paris-trained chef and cheesemaker Claudine Martyn teaches attendees to make soft, fresh goat cheese; roasted cauliflower feta spread; bacon-cheddar-chive muffins; and more. Tickets are $75, and the class starts at 4 pm.

Sunday, June 14

Taste of Dallas at Fair Park
This is the final day for this event, which starts Friday at 5 pm. It features food from more than 70 local restaurants, cooking competitions for top prizes, a culinary and exhibitor marketplace, Taste the Difference VIP tasting experience, the sweet factory, and more. Tastings cost $1 to $4 each.

Monday, June 15

Guest Chef Dinner Series at FT33
The guest chef dinner series continues with Kim Floresca and Daniel Ryan from One Restaurant in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Enjoy eight courses inspired by the visiting restaurant’s innovative New American cuisine. Cost is $105 per person plus $55 for wine pairings. Call 214-741-2629 for reservations.

Whole Foods Lakewood hosts a Top 10 Summer Wine Dinner on June 9.

Photo courtesy of Whole Foods

Whole Foods Lakewood hosts a Top 10 Summer Wine Dinner on June 9.

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Chinese noodle spot Yo! Bowl expands to Plano with full-service restaurant

Photo courtesy of Yo! Bowl

Yo! Bowl revolves around a springy, chewy rice noodle from Taiwan called mifen.

A family-owned restaurant that introduced an under-the-radar Chinese noodle dish to North Texas is expanding to Plano: Yo! Bowl, known for its customizable rice noodle bowls and Southwest Chinese flavors, will open a second location at 4701 W. Park Blvd. #105 in mid-July, according to a release.

The noodle shop debuted in Carrollton in 2024 and built a following for its mifen, a springy, chewy rice noodle from Taiwan, also sometimes called mei fun. These noodles, still quite unfamiliar to American diners, can be found on some menus in Dallas, but Yo! Bowl is the rare all-mifen concept.

In China, mifen noodles are typically offered in self-serve bars, where customers choose their ingredients. In a nod to those origins, Yo! Bowl in Carrollton offers a build-it-yourself bowl but the ingredients are mixed behind the counter. They're available in a soup form, as well as a non-soup dry option, similar to a stir fry, in choice of spicy or non-spicy.

The noodles are cooked in 20 seconds, making this true fast food, given the speed in which customers get their orders. Bowls range from $11 to $13, depending on protein.

The new Plano restaurant will differ slightly from the original. While the Carrollton location relies primarily on self-order kiosks, the Plano outpost will offer full table service.

Owner Xinran Xu founded Yo! Bowl with the goal of introducing mifen to a broader audience. Born in China and raised in Japan, Xu drew on influences from both cultures when developing the restaurant.

"When we first opened, many customers had never heard of mifen before," Xu says in the release. "I wanted to introduce a dish that I grew up with and make it approachable for everyone. Whether someone likes spicy food, mild flavors, soup, or dry noodles, they can create a bowl that fits their own taste."

Crispy chicken at Yo! Bowl.Photo courtesy of Yo! Bowl

While mifen is the centerpiece, the menu also includes Japanese-inspired items reflecting Xu's background, including chicken katsu. Another customer favorite is the restaurant's homemade yogurt, she says, prepared from a family recipe passed down through generations.

Xu says the idea for expansion came from seeing how many customers were driving from Collin County to visit the Carrollton restaurant.

"We realized many of our regular customers were driving from Plano, Frisco, and other parts of Collin County," Xu said. "When the opportunity came to open a second location, Plano felt like the natural next step."

Xu says she hopes mifen can eventually achieve the same level of recognition in the U.S. as other Asian noodle dishes.

"Japanese ramen and Vietnamese pho have become part of mainstream American food culture," Xu says. "If one day Americans recognize mifen the same way they recognize ramen or pho, I would consider that a success."

To celebrate the opening, Yo! Bowl plans to offer a limited-time promotion with select noodle bowls priced at $9.95, according to the release. A soft opening will take place in mid-July, they say.

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Luciana Gomez contributed to this story.

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