Somewhere in Austin, Texas, tucked into a strip mall between other businesses that aren’t trying very hard either, is a restaurant that quietly serves some of the most remarkable food in the entire state.
Asia Cafe doesn’t announce itself with fanfare, and it certainly doesn’t look like the kind of place that’s going to change your relationship with food, but that’s exactly what it does.
The outside gives you almost nothing to work with.
Gray brick walls, a flat storefront, and a yellow sign with pink letters spelling out “Asia Cafe” in a font that suggests the sign maker was going for cheerful rather than sophisticated…