You Do Yubu

Dallas shop brings Korean stuffed tofu to first Austin location

These stuffed bites are great for sampling different flavors.

Neko Yubu, a Dallas-based Korean restaurant, has launched its soft opening phase and is on the way to showing Austin the wonders of yubu, or yubuchobap, like sushi that's stuffed into pockets of fried tofu skin. Neko Yubu is now open at 1910 Guadalupe St., near the University of Texas campus.

Every day until August 7, the shop will give away a yubu box of four to each of the first 30 customers. Online orders are not active during the soft opening, but they will be when the shop is fully open.

The new location transforms the former home of Taiwanese restaurant CoCo's Cafe, which operated out of the space for 25 years and closed in April 2026. The chaotic, but fun yellow-and-pink exterior has been painted over with a calmer red-and-white color scheme, but the newcomer has its own flourishing sense of whimsy in the interior and visual branding.

Neko Yubu sells neat to-go boxes stuffed with yubus in a variety of flavor combinations. According to an online menu, guests can order sets of four, five, six, or eight. Each is stuffed with season rice and topped with ingredients like torched butter crab, grilled beef bulgogi, crumbled tofu, egg salad, and more.

The restaurant also serves sides and snacks, including yubu soup (just the tofu pocket, sliced), miso soup, tteokbokki (chewy rice cakes), and some imported Korean chips and crackers. A long drink list wraps the menu up, from matchas with ube or other teas, to specialty sodas and imports.

Neko Yubu is still a new restaurant concept, having first launched in Dallas in May of 2025. The same owners, Connor Park and Dean Kim, also opened a dessert spot called IYKYK Mochi Churro at the end of 2025. IYKYK sells colorful churros and soft serve ice cream. The two concepts have collaborated in the past, but there's no guarantee Austintes will get to try the desserts without a quick trip to Dallas.

According to the restaurant's local Google Maps page and main Instagram page, operating hours are 3-8 pm Mondays through Fridays and 11 am to 8 pm Saturdays.

Mam Mam's Big Move

Vietnamese-Thai pop-up moving to Pflugerville for first brick-and-mortar

Photo courtesy of Mam Mam

Mam Mam is moving from a rental space to its own kitchen and expanding its menu. (Pictured: Thom yum spaghetti)

A Vietnamese and Thai pop-up is upgrading to brick-and-mortar this fall. Mam Mam, a concept by Kris Hoang, will be located in Pflugerville at 1900 E. Howard Ln., Unit G-1.

Mam Mam started in March 2024 at Springdale General, using kitchen rental space Wingman Kitchens. There, the kitchen could only accommodate six to eight dishes at a time, a press release explains. When Mam Mam is open in Pflugerville, it will use the larger space to serve an expanded menu. A full bar will also allow for an Asian-inspired cocktail menu.

Hoang's unique cuisine at Mam Mam combines a Vietnamese-American upbringing and professional experience in Thai cooking. Austinites may have already tried his cooking at Thai Kun, which is now closed, and the Italian restaurant Red Ash.

Hoang has also earned recognition in California's Bay Area, where he helped open the Thai fine dining restaurant Nari and co-founded the Vietnamese pop-up Claws of Mantis. He co-owns Mam Mam with his wife, Diana Pham, who takes care of operations while Hoang leads the kitchen.

Chef Kris Hoang Mam Mam Kris Hoang's personal and culinary backgrounds converge for this fusion cuisine.Photo courtesy of Mam Mam

Guests can expect to see their existing favorites: the release lists Vietnamese chicken and rice, a fried pork belly vermicelli bowl, fish sauce chicken wings, and xoi man porchetta. So far, new dishes are still under wraps. The cocktails will feature seasonal ingredients, and a beer and wine list will include domestic choices and Asian imports.

The new location is part of Howard Post, a largely industrial development anchored by Old Gregg Brewing Company, which opened in November 2024.

"Opening this restaurant is a full-circle moment for us. Howard Post is being developed by the same team behind Springdale General, where Mam Mam first got its start in a shared kitchen,” said Hoang in the release. “My wife and I also live in Pflugerville and have always wanted to create something special for the community we call home, where places like this don’t currently exist, to fill in the gap for those who live in the neighborhood.”

Mam Mam will stay open at Wingman Kitchens until the new Pflugerville restaurant opens. Current hours are 11 am to 2 pm Thursdays, 11 am to 4 pm Fridays, 11 am to 4:30 pm Saturdays, and 11 am to 2 pm Sundays. Guests can order in person or online

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