The Woodlands Lands Two New Restaurants With Smashed Donuts and Dumplings Power — Cooking Girl and Yontuz Donuts Embrace Grogan’s Mill

The Woodlands’ Grogan’s Mill Village Center is upping its restaurant game with two new restaurants moving into the village. Sichuan restaurant Cooking Girl and Yontuz Donuts are both now open.

Let’s take a closer look at what they are bringing to the table.

Cooking Girl

The Woodlands’ new Cooking Girl marks the 10th restaurant location overall for this Sichuan spot. Sisters Lily Luo and Yunan Yang opened the first Cooking Girl in Montrose in 2015, and have now hit double digits in locations, with all of them in the greater Houston area.

At The Woodlands’ new Cooking Girl, a bright interior welcomes diners, with soft greens and natural wood. Outdoor patio seating is available, as is bar seating.

The extensive menu includes dim sum, dumplings and dishes with chicken, beef, lamb, pork and duck. Signature favorites include dry-fried green beans, spicy yu xiang eggplant, dan dan noodles, Sichuan beef, orange chicken and Mongolian beef. 

Cooking Girl is open daily from 11 am to 9:30 pm.

Yonutz Donuts

Yonutz Donuts is continuing its Texas expansion with a new Woodlands donut shop. The first Yontuz opened in Sunrise, Florida in 2018. Owner Tony Bahu partnered with a Shark Tank investor to scale the shop into a national franchise, with stores in several states. Yonutz’s signature smashed donut dessert won Netflix’s Dessert Wars two years in a row.

At Yonutz, there’s no need to choose between a donut or ice cream. You can have both, in two different way. Pick your donut, choose an ice cream, topping or sauces and then watch as it get smashed into a warm, gooey dessert sandwich. Voila. A smashed donut.

Or how about a milkshake donut? Yes, almost any dessert combination goes here.

The Woodlands’ new Yonutz is open from 8 am to 9 pm Sundays through Thursdays, and 8 am to 10 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.

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