jm chen Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 Anyone know a good restaurant in Washington,DC or Virginia to find crab rangoons? I order 'em from City Lights. They are the classic Westerner crab rangoon, with the cream cheese and flecks of pink. I can't tell you how disappointed I was when ordering crab rangoon in Chinatown and getting some that were actually filled with crab. No cheese at all! How dare you authenticize my guilty indulgence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 I get them from City Lights too... Indulged just last night... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I had a meeting at La Madeline today (suprisingly tasty caesar salad) and took advantage of being in Bethesda to get carry out from City Lights. Between screams of BLBaby, I enjoyed my steamed meat dumplings. In the fridge is another order for breakfast, tinkling bells pork, scallion beef and steamed veggie dumplings. I know it is Americanized Chinese food but we really like it and we haven't found anything out her in Gaithersburg that we likely nearly as much. Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezepowder Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 The noodles section of the Dupont Circle location's web menu says they have "Home Made Fresh Noodles (Prepare fresh daily)." Does anyone know if that menu is still current, and has anyone tried the fresh noodles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterriffs Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I had a meeting at La Madeline today (suprisingly tasty caesar salad) and took advantage of being in Bethesda to get carry out from City Lights. Between screams of BLBaby, I enjoyed my steamed meat dumplings. In the fridge is another order for breakfast, tinkling bells pork, scallion beef and steamed veggie dumplings.I know it is Americanized Chinese food but we really like it and we haven't found anything out her in Gaithersburg that we likely nearly as much. Jennifer City Lights is pretty much my go-to carryout place. I would hesitate to say that the quality is superb, because it's usually overly greasy and makes you feel like you ate a sack of bricks afterwards, but I can't think of a place that hits the spot better for Bethesda chinese carryout, especially given the precipitous decline of Foong Lin in the past few years. Moo shoo pork is a safe bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aero Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 When my office orders in, we usually get takeout from the dupont location. Kind of expensive for what it is, but the Crispy Beef is totally my guilty pleasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banco Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 When my office orders in, we usually get takeout from the dupont location. Kind of expensive for what it is, but the Crispy Beef is totally my guilty pleasure The Szechuan Beef at Dupont has always been one of my favorites. I've never found another place that comes close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLK Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 How are the pork dumplings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waitman Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 I think the Dupont branch peaked sometime about 1997 and has been on a slow decline into relaxed mediocrity ever since. Not that I never go there (it's across the street from my office) but that I never go out of my way to go there any more. Dumplings are generic. Crispy beef, though, remains pretty tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidgey Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 The City Lights advantage for us is that the Dupont location delivers out to Upper Northwest. I like the moo shu chicken, and the pork dumplings. I definitely do feel that the quality has gone done hill over the last couple of years, but its way better than most other Chinese delivery places in DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 crap-o-la. especially when ordered in mass for an office luncheon. blek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Bethesda location seems to have closed--windows are papered over and there is a for rent sign in the window. We've been going every few months with the boy to recreate "The Cricket in Times Square" Chinese dinner. Damn...It wasn't perfect but it was SO much better than what you can get out hear in Gaithersburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtureck Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 It's being turned into a Shophouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Charming. Because that's what we need more of in Bethesda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtureck Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Charming. Because that's what we need more of in Bethesda. Better than another burger place. I'd love to start a new thread on what Bethesda needs and what it has in over-abundance, and force all restauranteurs in shouting distance to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Better than another burger place. I'd love to start a new thread on what Bethesda needs and what it has in over-abundance, and force all restauranteurs in shouting distance to read it. Do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDiPesto Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I didn't even know there was one in Bethesda, and I work there! Oh well. I have a friend who books acts for the major music venues in the area, and he has a great story about having a late night dinner at the DuPont circle location in the window with David Bowie et. al. The reaction from passers-by, he says, was priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockcreek Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Well, what we need is a better Chinese place. I was never a particularly big fan of City Lights: heavy, greasy, salty. My hope is that Stanley at Far East rediscovers their mojo and starts cooking the way that grew them from an endcap strip mall carryout to the warehouse they became. But let's see: maybe Shophouse will add something to the fast-casual scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpamlin Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 City Lights location in Bethesda was a poor imitation of the DuPont location. In any event, am I alone in being excited for Shophouse? Never been to the DuPont one, I am kinda stoked about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Some of these threads depress the hell out of me. I must have eaten at City Lights/Dupont and Foong Lin/Bethesda hundreds of times (eat in and take out) due to both perceived quality and proximity and ease) hundreds of times aggregate in at least the late 80's, and the 90's. The fact that they deteriorated and closed just makes me sad. Even as I visited more authentic Chinese restaurants in both Rockville and 7 Corners during those periods Foong Lin and City Lights were clearly my go to places. How sad....tant pis. Deterioration over the decades. ....and just think...McDonald's and Burger King have maintained precisely the same standards over so many decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpamlin Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 To be honest, the loss of Jade Billows was a much bigger blow than City Lights or Foong Lin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltman Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 City Lights Bethesda was at its best two steps down from the Dupont Circle sibling, which itself is no longer what it once was. In Bethesda we like Shanghai Village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Good news (for those of us who liked it): City Lights of Bethesda relocated a while back farther down Bethesda Avenue, near that fancy new french bakery. We've gone several times and it has always been empty but with a steady carry out/delivery business and the food was just as I remembered it after one misstep with a wrong sauce on the tinkling bells pork. And now the bad news: A kitchen fire has shut them down again. "Bethesda Restaurant Closed Indefinitely After Late-Night Kitchen Fire" by Aaron Kraut on wtop.com We eaten dinner in Bethesda between activities once a week during the school year and this is a blow. Sigh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandres374 Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Wow - we just got delivery from them Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Bethesda location update--their website had been reporting a reopening date of mid-Feb and there was clearly activity inside. Earlier in the week the website was updated for a reopening of yesterday. Planning to call and confirm that but, fingers crossed, we are heading there for dinner tonight as a surprise for BL-2nd grader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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