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This place opened a few months ago and I've become a big fan. There's a sushi bar (sushi is decent but not the real star)and other Japanese dishes. There's chawanmushi (an egg custard soup) that's very tasty, as well as delicious onigiri ($2), Japanese rice balls filled with either dried plum, seaweed, or grilled, salted salmon. There's a separate room with 6 tables with grills built in for Japanese barbecue, Yakiniku. There's a choice of several types of meat (short rib, skirt, tongue, etc.) and I've tried most of them and was really impressed. Please let me know who else has been there and what you thought. Website is at: www.satsuma-jp.com -
I'm being taken to dinner tonight at Houston's in Bethesda... I looked online and all I could find was that they are a chain, which doesn't endear them to me to begin with. Has anyone been? Are there any redeeming qualities? Anything I should avoid? -
Kusshi Sushi, from owner Wesley Yao (Hanaro Sushi, Poke Dojo), has expanded to Downtown Silver Spring and Pentagon City: https://www.sourceofthespring.com/silver-spring-news/2798687/kusshi-sushi-now-open-in-downtown-silver-spring-soft-opening-specials-extended/ https://www.arlnow.com/2022/07/06/sushi-spot-kusshi-now-open-in-pentagon-city/ -
Finally, a good cup of coffee in Bethesda. Also they sell Vigilante beans, of which they get a shipment every Thursday evening. -
Tonight, we headed to Stella Barra to try something different. My wife and I used to secret dine for Lettuce Entertain You, and they hit on a lot of what we used to look for. Greeted quickly, clean restaurant, glasses are clean, no smudges on salt and pepper shakers, waitress greets quickly, checkback after 2 minutes, bathrooms clean, etc. Service is attentive but not pushy or overbearing. Their restaurants are across the board professionally managed. Their philosophy is that this might be the only meal of the year that the customer has out and we want to make it a great experience. This is to the point where the almost care more about giving the customer a top notch customer service the experience over the quality of the food, which is almost secondary. The food is always solid though. Sorry for the digression. They share a space with Santa Monica Summer House which is on the left. Stella Barra to the right. The space is somewhat dark and lit by edison light bulbs. The walls are brick and their is popular music (not pop) playing at a relatively high volume. It is an overall hip dynamic. Lettuce always has an expansive kids menu which has the basics, but are generally made more healthy, and it also has some more choices headed towards the adult side. Grilled cheese is made on whole grain bread for example. Fish sticks have salmon for the fish and are made in house (kids meals are also displayed in a fun ceramic cafeteria tray). The adult menu is all about sharing. There are apps, salads and pizzas. The server said that food comes out when ready. We had the buratta to start which came out with four pieces of crusty toasted bread, and a bunch of smoky "roasted" grapes dressed with a bit of fig vinegar. The grapes were a great complement to the silky and gooey buratta. Pizzas have a choice of traditional crust, or thing "roman" style. We shared two pies, one with spinach, kale, pecorino, roasted garlic, and parsley. We ordered this one with a traditional crust, as recommended by our waitress. All in all it was a solid pie. The crust had a good bite and flavor to it and the toppings played out well. The second pie was a shaved mushroom pie, which we ordered Roman thin style. The pie was almost paper/cracker thin, covered to the edges with shaved mushrooms, guyere, melted onion, truffle and herbs. All the flavors came together and it was very enjoyable. We did not order desert, but went next door to Summer House, which has a coffee bar in front with a huge selection of daily made cookies. We got a s'mores bar which was some sort of base, with a layer of ooey gooey chocolate and charred marshmallows on top. We got a chocolate chip crunch cookie (chocolate chip with rice crispie treat bits sprinkled on-top. The s'mores bar was so rich we couldn't eat the cookie and took it home. As a side note, the dishes next door at Summer House looked really good and want to hit it up.- 7 replies
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Does anyone have recommendations for restaurants near Strathmore Hall in North Bethesda? Addie's, Oakville, Black Market Bistro, others?
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We would like to welcome you to Central Farm Markets! I have seen some posts about our markets so I thought I would take this opportunity to give you a place to chat and give us feedback. We have four markets, Bethesda Central Sundays, 9-1pm, Pike Central, Thursdays 11-3 pm and Saturdays 9-2pm and Northwest Central, Fridays from 2-6pm. We have over 54 wonderful vendors, including the best fish monger in town and artisan food producers. We are community oriented, love dogs and children and have many activities and special events, such as our 3rd Annual "Bake Bethesda a Pie Contest" Sunday, September 2nd. For lots more information please visit us at www.centralfarmmarkets.com. Let's get the conversation going and welcome to the Markets. Debra Moser, Marketing & Special Events
