I work at UH, so it's conveniently located and the positive Yelp feedback made me think it could be a good lunch option. The first time I went there, I ordered noodles with tofu and lemongrass spiked chicken broth. While it was tasty, it was a meal that I easily could have created at home for less than half of the price. I also didn't love that there wasn't enough broth to be much of a soup (maybe I misinterpreted what I was getting...).
Take 2, I tried Teahouse again for lunch today and ordered the veggie bowl with chicken and rica rica sauce. While the sauce was really good, the veggies and chicken were swimming in the sauce....there was at least an inch of sauce at the bottom of my takeout container. I found myself straining the veggies and "ringing them out" with my fork...not something you should need to do with a good meal. So much for a healthy lunch - I feel like I just ingested an unnecessary few hundred calories worth of sauce (I don't even want to think about the sodium).
I wish the food was better. There's a good chance I'm just not ordering the right thing, but I don't want to waste any more money or calories playing roulette trying to figure out the winning combinations.