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What if I told you that there was a fantastic restaurant lurking in the suburban hellscape that is Haymarket? What if I told you that the restaurant had “Corduroy vibes”, from the old Four Points days? I’m willing to bet you’d be as surprised as I was to hear and interested in checking out the Red House Tavern – Joel Valente’s new restaurant. Joel comes to Red House from the Inn at Little Washington. Good friends told us about the Red House on Saturday night, and we headed in after a hockey game in Haymarket on Sunday. The space is beautiful – easily the nicest build out of a Hilton Garden Inn I have ever seen, and a real surprise. I don’t think anyone would have described the Four Points build out as “beautiful”, but the great food in an offbeat location had me drawing the Corduroy comparison, which is high praise. The wine list skews industrial, but the restaurant just opened so here’s hoping that improvements will be made. We had a bottle of Primitivo, which was tasty enough and reasonably priced. The menu is divided into small plates (to share) and larger fare (to share) – though we approached the menu more traditionally with each of us having an appetizer small plate and some larger fare. Small Plates were Roasted Bone Marrow, served in the traditional St. John style with Parsley Salad – some citrus added acid and grated horseradish provided a nice bite. Charred Octopus was presented similarly to many charred Octopus dishes I have had before, with roasted potato, celery and lemon zest but was punched up by the addition of a peanut romesco sauce and giundilla peppers, which I had to look up. Mussels were also traditionally done with leek, garlic, shallot, and parsley with a slight departure in the cider making up the broth base. All were very well executed and plated with care. Large plates included the Tavern Burger, made with beef from our neighbors at Ovoka Farm. The burger was large, well-seasoned and cooked to the specified medium rare. The burger does not come with fries, but rather a salad. Just an FYI as our hockey player wanted to add fries after the fact. Scallops came with a bacon broth, mushrooms and beans. Well seared, perfectly cooked. Pork Cheek included a sunchoke and cider puree. Carried out a pappardelle ragu – all the pastas are made in house. We are in Haymarket quite a bit for hockey – very glad to add Red House to our rotation. I’d say similar to Corduroy in that it’s excellent food in an unexpected location (on two counts in this case), dissimilar in the wine list and cuisine (Corduroy was/ is more refined). -
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Lady KN and I were attending the Virginia State High School Rugby Championship game in Nokesville (in which KN junior was on the winning team), after which hunger overcame us and we we found Asian Garden in a little strip mall in nearby Bristow. It apparently has a sister restaurant in Haymarket, so consigning it to the Multiple Locations category will cause no grief, because it is not really noteworthy. Pan-Asian concepts frighten me from the outset, because no one cuisine on the menu will be nailed to perfection. Such is the case here, where highly Americanized Chinese menu items like Egg Foo Young clash with pick-your-protein Thai dishes that run up against a reasonably extensive Japanese menu. Lady KN and I went mostly Japanese this evening....she had a salad and I had miso soup, both accompanied by a bowl of Edamame for nibbles, and then followed by Sashimi Deluxe. My miso soup was warm, not hot, and the miso-based glop on her salad was unappealing, but we both enjoyed the freshness and ample quantity of the Sashimi Deluxe. I counted about 16 pieces of tuna, salmon, yellowtail -- mostly choice fish, without tossing in any "filler" like octopus or mackerel. About a third full on a Saturday with a brisk carry-out business going on in the front lobby, this place may be the only option for Asian food in the general Nokesville-Bristow area. Not worth a detour by any means, but if you're in the area and you have a hankering for Chow Mein, this is your place. -
Old Dominion Appliance Repair was recommended to me by a fellow Don Rockwell member. Our Maytag refrigerator stopped working on Sunday night. I spoke with Old Dominion Appliance Repair on Monday at 9:30AM. The owner, Alan Gaitley, was at my house by 12:30PM and had my refrigerator up and running by 1:30PM. Alan is extremely knowledgable, friendly, and passionate about what he does. He quickly diagnosed the problem, and I was fortunate that he had the part I needed on his truck. Alan took extra care to avoid damaging our hardwood floors around the refrigerator and thoroughly cleaned up after he was finished. He even gave me great advice about the other appliances in our house. His rates seemed very reasonable to me. Alan will be the first call in the future for any appliance repair needs. Old Dominion Appliance Repair Alan Gaitley 703-754-8500 Website Peter Sherman-
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