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BY ASIA ARMOUR
Bamboo Spice serves Asian cuisine in a small, intimate eatery located o of Hwy. 6.
Szechuan noodles ($13.95) have been cultivated from Bamboo Spice’s chef’s recipes.
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Bamboo Spice gained loyalty through challenges
Owner Jennie Chang took over the restaurant’s operations full time in March 2019.
helped start their own Houston-area businesses. Chef Reynold Darthard, known as Chef Rey, has served as executive chef for Houston’s professional sports teams. Chang said he told her the best adver- tisement for any restaurant is the quality of its food. “Chef Rey teaches us we need to provide good food, because word of mouth is more important than any advertising,” Chang said. Why it matters Chang, who opened Bamboo Spice at 70 years old, said it was never about money for her. What matters most to her, she said, is staying dedicated to her employees and the customers who call Bamboo Spice “the hidden jewel of Missouri City.”
Bamboo Spice owner Jennie Chang said she persevered through unprecedented challenges by remaining dedicated to quality of service. Chang packaged to-go meals herself when the COVID-19 pandemic required social distancing and limited sta ng at her Missouri City restaurant. She said her commitment earned her the loyalty of both her sta and customers. The background Chang became the owner of the restaurant in March 2019, after its previous shareholder backed out. She changed the name to Bamboo Spice and the menu to Chinese fare. As a banking retiree, Chang said she learned how to run a restaurant from the many young people she
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8817 Hwy. 6, Missouri City www.bamboospicemissouricity.com
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