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Thank you! Also thank you for the reminder of vace ravioli..I used to buy those when I lived in bethesda.. maybe it is worth a drive down again

Thank you all!

great idea, thank you!!

Hi All, We are looking at a busy fall so I am looking to cook ahead. We were also gifted a freezer. I have some green chili/chicken chili and corn soup in there already (and shakshuka base) but I would love some new ideas, especially since the produce is so good right now. No pork or shellfish and I will make dishes that have dairy and meat in them one or the other- but I can usually do that (unfortunately for me, we are kosher style at home.) Other than that, we are pretty open. Thank you all for any help- I am definitely in a rut!

In addition, you can order most of their dim sum at any time. I was in wheaton a few weeks ago and since I am rarely there- picked up 3 dim sum items for dinner (har gow, chicken and ginger dumplings, and shrimp stuffed eggplant.) a nice thing, when I used to limit my visits to only weekends. EDIT- I scrolled up and saw I posted virtually the same thing in 2021. But it holds!

Thanks!

Update: I picked up dinner from Bob's Shanghai. We had the spicy chicken wontons, beef with long peppers, chicken with rice cakes, cucumber salad, and a stuffed sticky rice that we enjoyed minus the very dry sweet potato. The spice level was definitely serious on the beef and wontons, as advertised. Thanks @Ericandblueboy. I'll have to get someone else to share the XLB with me in the future. @zgast, thanks for the rec! We will definitely try that one too.

Thank you so much! I haven't lived in MoCo in a while.

I live in Howard County now, and we do not have strong Chinese food options. I will be in Rockville briefly this evening, where should I pick up dinner? We are open to any region of China. The only limit is that my husband does not eat pork or shellfish. Is Joe's still good? Is it worth it to pick up Peter Chang's?

My information is from 2018, but the resumption of this thread reminded me to post about 2 amazing experiences we had in Oaxaca. We took a fabulous cooking class with https://www.quericoesoaxaca.com.mx/. I booked us first, so we chose the menu for the group (important because my now husband does not eat pork or shellfish.) Amazing food, great experience and lots of hand on cooking. We also did a 3 day/2 night hike with https://sierranorte.org.mx/#/. It was my ideal hiking experience in that you hike between villages in the Sierra Norte, and have a cabin with bathroom in each location- so you only need to carry toiletries and clothes. All meals were included. It is a community owned tourism initiative. I also asked to stop at the Tlacolula market on the way to our first village. It was an amazing experience and I would recommend it to anyone who likes the outdoors. You can customize the hiking to what suits you, and we had added English speaking guides as my spanish would not have been enough to truly learn about the area. We added a termezcal (basically a sweat lodge and massage) to the last night. I should have tapped out sooner and I got a bit ill from dehydration, but that is on me, other hikers we met loved it.

Agreed on all counts. Also, I just went back and have been watching some early seasons in the background of other things. The caliber of the chefs and cooking now is incomparable to the first few seasons. Also the challenges a lot more serious.

Po Boy Jim just opened up a location in Columbia. Has anyone been to the one in DC? If so, recommend or no?

That place is my dad's favorite. He still treks in from Olney once in a while now that he is retired. I wish it were closer to from Columbia!

Agreed! i wonder if it is because his cooking is so specific (more conceptual) and they didn't think they could blend into his style. But agreed, that was a mistake of a late pic.

I have never had it salted, but egg coffee in Vietnam is one of the most delicious things I have ever consumed in my life. (it is basically egg yolk and sweetened condensed milk whipped and poured on top of strong coffee, hot or ice.) If anyone started selling it near me, I would be in big trouble!