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"Alex Ovechkin Celebrated His Birthday with Balloons, a Fruit Tart, and Peking Duck" by Scott Allen on washingtonpost.com
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Went for lunch today...small place, seats probably 25-30- Cash only. Pictured- #6 YiBin Noodles and Spicy wontons. Noodles were great- perfect bite/texture. Topped with a dry ground pork mix, some pickled veggies. and ground peanuts. Spicy, both red pepper and sichuan peppers- so traditionally spicy and numbing spicy. Lots of garlic! The wontons had a similar taste and mouth feel with respect to spices, soft wrappers, almost transparent. Couldn't tell what was inside. Would definitely go back to explore the menu- would not order both of these dishes, since they were similar. Most other customers were eating larger soup like dishes.
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Dining in Gaithersburg
mdjordy replied to bookluvingbabe's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
Yu Zhou.... great Sat/Sun small dishes served from the lunch steam table counters. Lots of choices, many times lots of pointing. I love the long beans with ground pork, vinegar peanuts, plate of rice-with fried pork/hard boiled egg/pickled greens and gravy (sounds strange...try it), etc. Be prepared for the owner to be working the register, which slows things down greatly. He is NOT a multi-tacker and forgets about ringing people up when the phone rings..... -
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Opened in Rockville a few months ago. Very unique menu/style of Asian restaurant. Main part of menu are skewers-lamb, chicken, squid, mushroom, tofu skin, corn, escargot, etc... All about $2.00 per single skewer. Heavily seasoned with cumin, lots of cumin and a sweetish ketchupy sauce over top of each skewer. We tried- chicken, eggplant (the best one), squid (chewy and bland), Mushroom, and tofu skin. Would need a bunch to fill up, very small. I don't think I would make these a part of my next trip here. We had "spicy and sour Mungbean noodles"...really good. A bowl of noodles and Chinese Broccoli swimming in a fiery- oily- peppercorn- vinegar sauce. We loved this dish. We also had Singapore Seafood Rice- also quite good. Rice was very light and fluffy, not much sauce/oil. Good amount of squid and shrimp and looked like roasted pork cubes. Had some heat with red pepper flakes. Came out formed like a pyramid with some shredded fake crab...don't judge- it was good. Small restaurant with maybe 20 seats. Very friendly waiters, helpful with menu choices. They were doing a brisk carryout business- one guy was getting large trays of skewers. Interesting place...would definitely go back on focus on menu beyond skewers.
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Wong Gee, Chinese-Chinese on Georgia Avenue and University Blvd. E. by the Former Owners of Eat First - Wheaton
mdjordy replied to deangold's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
First glance...old School Chinese restaurant. Funky strange light fixtures, banquet style tables and chairs, old carpet, hand written signs, etc. Second glance...large menu full of "non American" Chinese food. 3 entrees and a large bowl of soup special-$21.95, tons of choices. Full Dim Sum menu. As a fan of authentic dishes...my all time comfort food is their house special fried rice at lunch. $6.50, huge plate of comfort. Feeling down..go get some. -
Nice lunch today at http://pokepapa.com Much better than the Annandale version of Poke. Similar to the California places I wrote about...choice of rice (brown, while or black) and/or salad, plus scoops of fish (tofu and chicken also) and toppings. Big difference they had 3-4 varieties of salmon and Ahi already tossed with dressing. A Korean spiced version, basic sweet with green onions, and a siracha mayo mix...plus plain Ahi and Salmon, cooked scallops, some ceviche, etc. I had 3 scoops trying the Korean, basic, and siracha. This saves the step of tossing the fish with your choice of sauce...but having 3 different flavors confuses things inside the bowl. Lots of choices of toppings, including fake crab salad, seaweed, ginger, etc. The crunchy toppings are self service, after you pay. Overall, very good. Would be a great place to have your first Poke! I left very satisfied.
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Need to get the "best" cheesecake possible in DC...for a birthday and end of diet celebration. Trying to look beyond the factory of cheesecakes. Could also have it shipped.... any ideas?
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Was in Orange County last month for 4 days...became obsessed with Poke. There are a bunch of quick service- Chipotle style service POKE places. Poke-Ria was my favorite, I think I had Poke 5 or 6 times on that trip. All places were pretty similar in service style- start of with rice (white/brown) or salad- then choose some base veggies and how many scoops of fish (determines price), along with a sauce. This gets tossed in another bowl and placed onto of the base rice/salad. Then you can add toppings, including avocado, red sushi eggs, fake crab salad (much better than it sounds), seaweed salad, etc. You can have all, without any extra charge. Then some crunchy toppings- like fried onions, crispy seaweed, etc. It was like eating a bowl of springtime weather. So fresh. I tried the place in Annandale--- doesn't even compare to the taste/quality/variety of the California chains. Looking forward to trying the ones above.
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The amount of money recently lost by restaurants in this mall is incredible... Naples, Met, Blaze, Lobster Place, Jamaican Place, Dumpling Place, and I'm sure there are many more. Crazy rent- too much food in mall- bad concepts -or a combination?
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Pi Pizzeria (Formerly District of Pi), Saint Louis-Based Deep Dish Pizza Chain in Penn Quarter - Bethesda Location is Closed
mdjordy replied to ol_ironstomach's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
Went Friday evening... Kind of a shame to see a huge coal or wood fired oven sitting unused----with conveyor ovens cooking the pizza. Yes a chain, but.... Pizza- was what I would expect from a conveyor belt, nothing memorable in anyway, -
Bob's Bakery, Taiwanese Bakery on N. Washington Street in Downtown Rockville - Closed
mdjordy replied to porcupine's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
Yes, they do take credit cards. Quick report on dinner tonight, think they are still trying to figure out what they're all about- bakery, cafe, diner, restaurant? Pretty quiet Sunday at 6PM. We were seated at a table, they almost seemed surprised that we wanted to eat there. Wish the menu had descriptions...or they had images on the walls, signs or something to help us out. Nightmarket steak and noodles- Thinly sliced short ribs on top of yellow (very very soft/overcooked) noodles with a few snow peas and a fried egg. All floating in a extremely peppery black pepper sauce. Very spicy, but not in the usual red pepper way. Will I remember this dish a week from now- probably not. Served on a sizzling platter- that wasn't sizzling. Brisket soup- Large portion of tender brisket pieces in a rich beef broths with white (rice?) noodles. Similar flavors to Pho, but stock was much deeper. Some pickled cabbage on top. Fried rice balls- ? No idea of what we were getting. 2 softball sized rice balls fried and sitting on top of a very light yellow curry sauce. Perfectly crispy and fried- no oil. Break into these balls and---------ham and american cheese. Huh? What? with curry? But as odd as it sounds, pretty good. The crispy rice...the curry...the ham...the cheese??? -
Great Wall, a NY Chinese-Asian Supermarket Chain - Steam-Table food in Several Area Locations
mdjordy replied to Ilaine's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
I love getting lunch here... Sometimes language leads to pointing and guessing, but its an adventure. Incredible amount of food for 4.99$ The Germantown location is 5.99, I think their selection/quality is better...soups are also a bit more exciting.
