Restaurants in Hutchinson

Since 1930, the grill masters at NuWay Burgers have been crafting their unique crumbly burgers from the same recipe and patented cooking equipment, preserving the signature texture that has kept customers returning to their original Douglas Avenue location for more than 80 years. The crumbly burgers share a menu with chicken and pork sandwiches, handmade onion rings, and frozen treats, including floats made with homemade root beer.

In his hunt for the perfect breakfast, Guy Fieri, the host of Food Network's hit program Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, didn't have to look any further than Brint's piping hot platters of homemade hot cakes, egg dishes, and its specialty: biscuits and gravy. Had the charismatic host, whose surgically implanted sunglasses only reflected the glare of sizzling early morning skillets, stuck around, he would've also enjoyed a homemade dinner selection that includes a butterfly-cut chicken breast and fresh, hand-breaded country-fried steak. Molten mounds of chili tumble across heaps of tender noodles on the Cincinnati spaghetti dish, a regional specialty that elevates the traditional pasta dish with diced onions and shredded cheese.

Classic Chinese food favorites populate the menu at Chosen Wok, which takes pride in its practice of cooking each dish fresh to order. Chefs prepare entrees in open view, doing their work in front of their customers like actors in a play or lawyers reading 600 pages of case law in front of their eventually sleeping clients. They slice and heat savory morsels of kung pao shrimp, sesame chicken, szechuan beef, and hot braised pork in special brown sauce. Warm yellow hues pervade the dining room, which is home to egg rolls and cooling glasses of milk tea.

A wave of flavor washes over visitors to Tsunami Teriyaki, who can dig into charbroiled teriyaki, chicken wings, and Thai and Vietnamese dishes. Spring rolls stuffed with chicken and vegetables and garnished with a ginger-lime sauce can start off meals, or diners can sample salad rolls made with carrots, bean sprouts, and peanut sauce. The hearty selection of noodles ranges from pad thai, “Thailand’s official rice noodle,” to vermicelli, Vietnam’s “light and healthy rice noodle.” The luscious noodles arrive mixed with cilantro, toasted peanuts, lemongrass, bean sprouts, and proteins such as tofu, chicken, or steak. The house Tsunami Specials platters include chicken or tofu mixed with string beans, Thai herbs, or a crushed peppercorn sauce. Thai iced tea and Vietnamese iced coffee wash down spices, and boba drinks of avocado, mango, and sour-green-apple flavors provide refreshing sips that may come with pearls of tapioca freshly stolen from the elusive tapioca oyster.