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Valentino's Pizzeria & Restaurant
bimbap replied to deangold's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
People I know from New Jersey rave about this place as the closest they've gotten to the pies they have at home. I used to work a couple of miles from Valentino's and always had a nice slice. They also do some really good garlic knots. -
I've been meaning to try this place and having two Chinese exchange students desperate for some taste of home gave me the perfect excuse. We all ordered the hand-pulled noodles in the soup and everyone was happy with their meals. I had the beef tendon version and it was delicious (noodles were obviously great, but I'll give an extra star for the depth of flavor in the broth). We also had the pan-fried pork buns which were nicely chewy with a golden crust on the bottom. I'll definitely be making a return visit to try the knife-cut noodles.
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According to the Washingtonian - BonChon Chicken Is Headed to Arlington
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Deli City - Reuben
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Joel's coffee is what we drink at home. Thankfully, we can buy Qualia beans from the Brookland Farmers Market. As someone who is not a born coffee drinker (but has been driven to it from having two young kids), I appreciate the complex flavor and it is basically the only coffee I can drink black.
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We got Spanish pine nuts at the Whole Foods in Rockville this weekend for $25.99/lb.
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Is it sick or twisted that I watched every single episode of this on Netflix in about two weeks when I was home on maternity leave earlier this year? I really enjoyed it, not so much for the eating challenges, but for the coverage of the local specialties in the various cities. Adam is a good host, but I inevitably skipped to the next episode before the challenge.
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Any sightings of Seville oranges locally now? My husband has recipe that calls for them.
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Marja Vongerichten is Korean. If you heard my name before you met me, you might also assume that I'm not Korean as well. I am so looking forward to this series.
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One of the key reasons Cooks Illustrated gave for precooking the apples was to prevent the top crust from setting on apples that will cook down and leave a large gap between crust and filling when cut. I've tried this method and quite like it myself.
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I did a direct comparison of Pinkberry and Red Mango the last time I was in NYC. I found the taste similar, but Red Mango had a more luscious mouthfeel compared to Pinkberry's more icy texture. I'll jet over to Clarendon sometime this week to see if RM is as creamy here.
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Having needed to trek out to Behnke's to get some plants, the family decided to get lunch at Da Rae Won. We got an order of yakimandu and the inevitable bowls of jajang myun. The mandu were excellent and put me right back to my childhood when my mother would spend a day making her mandu from scratch (yes, they were that good). Also, I don't know that I've enjoyed an order of jajang myun as much as I did this time and I've eaten at Da Rae Won before. The sauce seemed more flavorful this time around (perhaps more porky?) and the noodles never fail to impress with their texture (the benefit of handmade noodles on-site).
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The Cake Wrecks book tour is coming to the Bethesda Barnes & Noble on Nov. 5th at 7:00.
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Yett Gol, Georgia Ave. and Randolph Rd.
bimbap replied to deangold's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
This past Saturday, I had the kimchi jigae and my husband had the dol sot bibimbap. We also ordered the haemul pajun and the jap chae which was a hit with my son. The food was uniformly excellent and the panchan were good except for the kimchi being a little too fresh (but that's my personal taste). My soup had a really good depth of flavor and tasted almost as good as my mother's! As Angelo noted above, the bibimbap pot was very hot and crisped the rice very well. The only blip was that the service seemed really slow for us. The other patrons were getting their food much more quickly. -
The Brookland Yes! just started selling Trickling Springs milk and cream. As we had been going over to the Glut co-op in Mt. Rainier to get it, I am very excited to have it available in our neighborhood. This is seriously good dairy.
