OK, I realize I have written a lot of articles about food recently and, I promise I'm not getting THAT fat from it, but I'm just trying to attract more people to this great culinary city.

I've told you guys about how Houston is now one of the top 10 best food cities in the country but have I told you that some of our favorite chains from New York are making their way to Space City? Brace yourself, Houston, because not only is Shake Shack on it's way south but you've just been hit with the Halal Guys.

In 1990, New York City was gifted one of God's greatest pleasures in street cart form: Halal food, specifically, Halal food from the Halal Guys. Their first cart was in midtown (W. 53rd Street and 6th Avenue). At first, this food cart was frequented most by cab drivers, but after people started catching on to the famous white sauce and chicken-over-rice dish, the demand for Halal food grew exponentially. I know I bring her up a lot but my mother in all of her green juice-drinking ways will even patiently stand in line for some gyro meat or falafel.

Over the past 25 years, the Halal Guys has reached fame status in the Middle Eastern food world, and has since decided to open over 200 brick-and-mortar restaurants all over the world. Which leads me to this article.

Not only did they open in Houston, but the Halal Guys is very close to Rice University, my apartment, and just steps away from my boyfriend's apartment. So, you know what that means: The first time I went, I went twice in one day. (If you didn't know that that's what that meant, well, now you do — I have a little bit of an obsessive personality.)

Let me walk you through the religious experience I had. Know that you will stand in line, but it will be worth it. Also, go with some more people so you can get a number of things or just go hungry like I did.

Your options are simple: chicken/falafel/gyro over rice or a sandwich with the same options. You can also get sides of fries and falafel among other things and they even have individually wrapped baklava for dessert. I suggest ordering one plate, one sandwich, and the baklava and, when they tell you to say "when" for the sauce, don't ever say when. Let them drown it and add just a little bit of the spicy sauce just to mix things up. I don't even want to know what my caloric intake was.

The chicken is super juicy and tender while the gyro meat is super flavorful, just as juicy, and deliciously greasy. The falafel is perfectly crisp on the outside and pairs well with any of the meats if you're feeling like you want to do a combo platter, which you should.

Once you've been hastily pushed through the assembly line, pay for your food and go outside where the restaurant has a covered patio with seating. If you are with someone, that conversation will quickly go mute as you shovel rice and chicken in your mouth.

So, if you find yourself in one of the big cities in America (Philadelphia, D.C., Houston, Austin, Chicago, Las Vegas, Atlanta), California, New Jersey, Connecticut, or even New York, get yourself to the closest Halal Guys because you won't be disappointed.

I guess the spring break diet starts now.