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Coincidentally, I got a flyer today advertising the grand opening of Oh Mama Grill on Rollins Ave. (Rockville). I think it is where there is or was a kosher market and the first version of Moti's (now al-Ha'esh). Looks like they have a similar menu to al-Ha'esh. -
Yes, thank you for the link. I too work nearby and will try it because of this article. I went several times under the old owner and found the food to be old school N. Indian- tasty, spicy, and very oily. It was hard to stay awake and to have a calm tummy in the afternoon (I had to drink a lot of ginger water). I will probably focus more on the grilled food (Pakistanis are known for that) and less on the curries.
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I thought this was an inspiring story about the owner and his vision for the restaurant.
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When I went in early summer (on a Thursday), one of the waiters told me that Thursdays and Sundays are their busiest days. The food is good and it is one of the few kosher restaurants in the area so I expect they are pretty busy during the week.
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The Rockville location (Pike & Rose) recently closed.
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This article by Tim Carman may help you.
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I was at Great Wall the other day and noticed that each of the 4-5 bottles I looked at had msg so that will amp up the flavor.
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I was at the Wheaton store last Saturday for the first time in several years. I was disappointed to see that they did not have the salsa bar. This was unfortunate because I recall that the salsas and jalapenos had been a nice addition to the meal. With my 2 pc dark meat order, they gave me a dinner roll rather than tortillas (I don't know if tortillas were an option). The roll was unappealing. The Campero beans were good as was the chicken.
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Food Trucks and Food Carts
SilverBullitt replied to DonRocks's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
The Indian government has outsourced its passport/visa services to a company located on 23rd St. between M & N. Turns out it is above the Mexican consulate. I had gotten some passport work done for my wife last week and my tummy was rumbling. I saw a food truck just outside advertising Mexican food. I had also seen a lady and her kids leave the consulate and order some food from the truck. She told me the owners were Mexican and the food was good. I ordered three tacos ($9)- carnitas, asada, and al pastor. The fillings were delicious (the tortillas tasted like the std. you get at the store). I preferred the carnitas. There were three sauces: red, green, and fresh. I liked the red sauce. It had a nice flavor and a slow burn. Whenever I've been to the passport office the truck has been there so I expect that is its usual location. -
Honey Pig has announced that it will be opening a branch in Rockville in Spring 2018. It doesn’t disclose the location but Bethesda Magazine reports that it will be at Montrose Crossing (Randolph and the Pike), in the former location of Tony Lin’s.
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After one of my many visits to the Limerick Pub (I don’t recall when-maybe last year), I noticed that Sol y Mar had changed its name to Sole e Mare (see Facebook account). They switched to an Italian menu that was too pricey for me so I never ate there. I remember thinking that it wasn’t a good sign. Speaking of curious switches, there was a very good Central American restaurant next to the county parking lot near Sol y Mar/Sole e Mare that was called “Pupuseria y Taqueria Rios”. Todd Kliman really liked it and we did too. It closed and now is called Suya Master”, offering African and Spanish cuisine. I’ve read that suya is a Nigerian kabob. From what I can tell, the Spanish dishes are primarily Central American (pupusas, etc.). There’s an Ethiopian restaurant a couple of doors up from there. Metropolitan Wheaton has changed a lot since I was growing up in Kemp Mill (Silver Spring, though serviced out of the Wheaton Post Office) in the 70s.
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Chettinadu is celebrating its 2-year anniversary by offering 20% of purchases of $20 or more on Saturday July 22nd. They are also offering "Chettinadu's Best Special Thali Ever". Unfortunately, they don't seem to have enough kitchen staff to handle the weekend rush. Last Friday, I waited over an hour (8-9:15) for our takeout order and I saw some people eating-in who had been waiting around that long. This was comparable to the amount of time I waited on a Saturday night. I suggest going earlier on weekends (before 7). The food was delicious. They do something with takeout orders that I haven't seen done elsewhere- they wrap the containers in plastic wrap to help keep the lids on and sauces from spilling into the bag.
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Vegetables as Main Courses; Meats as Side Dishes
SilverBullitt replied to DonRocks's topic in News and Media
This article from Serious Eats explains why vegetable dishes may be priced at a level similar to meat dishes. Ingredients may be expensive (e.g., heirlooms, "babies", "micro"), prepping vegetables can be more labor-intensive, and the restaurant spreads overhead among all the menu items in some manner. -
Thank you for the recommendations for Cuban Burger. On Sunday, I drove my son to the Goshen Boy Scout camp for 5 days of 10 mi. hikes and bad food. We stopped in Harrisonburg on the way to get him a last decent meal for a while. I had the Cuban sandwich (really delicious) and he had the vaca frita (fried steak with onions, Swiss cheese, and a lime/garlic mayo- he loved it). On the way back, I stopped at Kline's Dairy Bar downtown (E. Wolfe St.). I don't know if they still use the Electro-Freeze machine that Joe H. had noted above but the frozen custard I had (peach) was smooth and delicious.
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Judging from the menus of the S. Indian restaurants near or in Rockville(Chettinadu, Minerva, and Godavari), Chicken 65 is a standard item. There is also something called "Chicken 555". I think it's similar so is probably pretty good. I would avoid anything called "Chicken 666".
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Yamas Grill-beef and lamb (Bethesda) YiaYia's Kitchen-pork (Beltsville). YiaYia's also advertises a beef & lamb gyro but doesn't state that the cone consists of stacked slices of meat. Tortacos- pork al pastor (Gaithersburg).
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They make a really delicious NY-style pie. I bought a 14-in. cheese pizza intending to share it with my son, but I stayed in the parking lot and ate the whole thing in my car. Glad to hear the hours are expanding soon.
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Thanks for the recommendation! We'll give it a try at Bombay Bistro. I can't believe it's been almost 20 years since we've been there so this is a good reminder.
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I read this article on NPR’s website and was interested in tasting the syrup. We live close to Dana Bazaar on Nebel St. (Rockville), which stocks Sri Lankan products and a few prepared snacks. I bought a bottle and it was quite good. It looks like maple syrup but the flavor is, of course, different. The article mentions woody and smoky flavors. It tasted musty to me but not in an unpleasant way. It’s typically served with yogurt, which is a good match. I’ve also enjoyed it on pancakes and French toast. I was talking to the Sri Lankan father of a kid on my son’s soccer team and he recommended Spice Lanka, a Sri Lankan grocery store near Rockville (17517 Redland Rd. Derwood) for groceries and prepared foods. I stopped by to look around. I picked up a bottle of lighter-colored kithul (milder flavor as you would expect). I don’t know that the selection of groceries was better than Dana Bazaar but there was a very large array of prepared foods. I got some “short eats” (snacks). There was a fried fish roll (crispy and tasty), an egg cutlet (something like a Scotch egg), a vegetable and a meat roti (mini burritos with spicy fillings). I enjoyed them. They also had a several curries and other main dishes that looked good. While I was there, a few people stopped by to pick up their orders of string hoppers. These are steamed rice noodles that are eaten with curries or coconut milk sauce. I learned from the very friendly owner and customers that Sri Lankan cuisine has been influenced by the presence of British, Portuguese, Dutch, Arab, and Indian traders/invaders. I look forward to trying more items.
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Our family is from Maharastra (west-central India) so I didn’t grow up with the north Indian/Pakistani food common in this area. We’ve been trying different south Indian restaurants because the flavors are closer to what I’m used to. I learned of this restaurant from Tyler Cowen’s website. We’ve gotten carryout several times now (they give a 10% discount if you do carryout and pay with cash). The Chettinad region is known for its cuisine so I was eager to try the food. I highly recommend this restaurant; the food has been consistently delicious. The menu has some North Indian standards but we’ve stuck with the southern dishes. Among our favorites are kozhi varuval (boneless chicken in dark spices), ennai kathirikai kuzhambu (small eggplants in an oniony tomato sauce), dal tadka (remarkably tasty rendition of this humble dish presumably owing to the generous amount of ghee), and Chettinadu kothamalli chicken curry. We always ask for "spicy". In the south, people use a lot of hot peppers. To my taste, Chettinadu’s spicy is just right- a lot of heat but it doesn’t prevent my enjoyment of the other flavors. Recently, we dined in because we wanted to try the dosas. We had three: chilly/onion; paneer; and masala. They were served with three sauces: tomato; coconut; and mint as well as sambhar. The dosas were good, though I prefer the “paper” style. The sauces were fine but the sambhar was outstanding. I’m glad we went. Besides getting to try the dosas, we got to see an Indian “aunty” in action. Indian aunties don’t have filters and cause embarrassment and amusement around them. This one explained in detail to the young waiter how one is supposed to make dosas (use more ghee among other things) and she offered to go to the kitchen to show the cook what to do. When that didn’t work, she asked the waiter to have the cook come out “just for a minute” so she could tell him. Unfortunately, the chef was busy filling orders for the now-full dining room. Her embarrassed son paid the check and gently tried to lead her out of the restaurant. On her way out, she stopped at a table to give the diners a critique of her meal.
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I agree. I've been there several times and feel they do a good job with the Chicago dog. I thought the half-smoke was good too. Many of the combinations are named after areas in the DMV. Having grown up in Kemp Mill, I tried the namesake dog (the neighborhood has always had a large Jewish population so the Kemp Mill dog consists of fried Hebrew National salami, kraut, onion, sweet horseradish pickles and spicy brown mustard). It was fine. I tried the Italian beef and felt it was too salty.
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My son is in middle school. He recently discovered that the most effective way to avoid being bullied is for him to punch the bully in the face. This lead to his desire to learn boxing. I found a gym in Derwood, Donte’s Boxing Gym. Donte is a terrific young man with a real gift for teaching kids proper technique and self-control as well as for motivating them to work hard. Happily, just a few minutes north of the gym is Big Wang’s. My son and I have gone there twice so far, me to get the pig’s feet with hot peppers and Szechuan peppercorns. I really love that dish. It’s remarkably conceived- the very crispy skin is followed by a collagen-sticky, fatty layer, then fairly juicy meat. Sometimes I eat all three layers together; other times, I eat them separately. The peppers don’t stick to the pig’s feet so I dig around the bottom of the bowl to retrieve a few peppers to eat along with them. The rice that accompanies the dish adds a useful contrast to the tastes and textures of the dish.
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There are plenty of bottles available at the Montgomery County liquor stores (http://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/dlcsearch/default.aspx). It's selling for $27 so I expect it's the 100 proof B in B. The White Oak store has 36 bottles and Burtonsville has 13. Silver Spring, curiously, has over 100 bottles.
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It's probably Pacific Dover Sole, not the very expensive European D.S. I think they are a different species.
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You could make a Thai condiment that will last a long time in the refrigerator. Slice the serranos and steep them in a mix of white vinegar and fish sauce. Besides Thai food, I've used this condiment with Indian, Italian (pizza, spaghetti), and Mexican food. I think it's pretty versatile.
