In Taylor, Texas, Samsung is building a $17 billion chip plant. Tesla's $1.1B Gigafactory hums in Austin. Oracle moved its HQ here. Samsung is moving its entire US headquarters to Plano.
Here's the part nobody talks about: the people who came with it — and what they eat.
Texas's Asian population surged 64% in a decade, passing New York for #2 in the nation. DFW added 269,000 Asian residents (+70%). Frisco went from 11% to 34% Asian. Around Houston, Fort Bend County is up 117%, Montgomery County 180%.
Every migration wave rewrites the local menu. Korean engineers want seolleongtang that tastes like home. Indian families need their dosa fix. The second generation is opening the boba shops and izakayas that mix it all together.
The result: 533 Asian restaurants, boba shops, and bakeries across Texas — and counting. This guide exists because the scene got too big for word of mouth.
The chips are made in Taylor. Dinner is everywhere.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; GoldSea (Apr 2025); Rice Kinder Institute (Jan 2026).
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