Genevieve
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Wonderful - thank you again!! adding those to my list.
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Thank you so much, Jason!! I will be sure to have this list on hand. None of us are wine-drinkers or oyster-eaters, so we'll skip Cibo and I'll see what else is on Biff's menu (am guessing they will have other good seafood). How hard is it to get cabs? If there's somewhere wonderful worth cabbing to, and we could get a cab back to the hotel from the restaurant without too much difficulty, we'd do that one night.
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Oh, thank you so much, Jason! I can't say how much I appreciate it. It's my first time visiting Canada and I'm looking forward to it very much, but we only have a couple days in Toronto and I'd like them to be good. (Probably eating lunch at the ballpark one day, but the rest of the time would be eating in the neighborhood or a short cab ride away, depending on how easy/hard it is to get cabs.)
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Are there restaurants you'd recommend near the harbourfront / Rogers Centre area? We'll be there this summer and one of our party may not be up to walking far, so we might need to stick close, or go within a reasonable cab or transit ride - probably can't do subway, too much walking. I know traffic/parking is supposed to be very difficult in general so we probably will not drive places. My sense from reading a little about it is that the Harbourfront area may be primarily fast food / chains, and the same may be true right near the ballpark, but that the "Entertainment District" is nearby and may have good places. (I would've taken a streetcar to go somewhere, but the streetcar from Queen's Quay apparently has been replaced with bus service during construction until the end of the year - there's bus service instead but I haven't figured out yet how often that runs or if it goes close to where we'll be and where we'd want to go.) If there are only a few good places in the area, I'd love to know what they are. If there are lots of places, would love to hear the ones you think are best (which does not have to mean fanciest/most upscale). We like good food from super casual to somewhat fancy. Can't do MSG, but I don't know if that's a common ingredient in Chinese food in Canada as it is in much of the U.S. Thank you!
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Thanks, lperry - I'll look there! I'd never had it before I saw it at WF, and really loved it. I have failed at buying fresh persimmons that are non-puckery (when I've let them ripen, I've always eaten them either too soon or too late when they're all mush).
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I really miss Whole Foods' dried persimmon -- they still have other dried fruits, but never the persimmon.
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I had a bolognese recipe I liked (though didn't love), but it included pancetta and now I need to make a bolognese without pork. Does anyone have a bolognese slow-cooker recipe they like? We really liked this recipe for pernil-style pork from the Skinnytaste blog. Served it with a tomatillo sauce and it really enhanced it. Skinny Slow Cooked Pernil (Puerto Rican Pork) Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes Servings: 6 • Serving Size: 4 oz • Old Points: 4 pts • Points+: 4 pts Calories: 176 • Fat: 7.2 g • Protein: 24.4 g • Carb: 3.6 g • Fiber: 0.2 g Ingredients: 3 lb pork shoulder blade roast, lean, all fat removed 4-5 cloves garlic, crushed 1 tbsp coarse salt 1/2 tsp oregano 1/2 tbsp cumin 1/4 tsp crushed black pepper 3 oranges, juice of (1/2 cup) 2 limes, juice of Using a sharp knife, cut slits into the pork and stuff holes with half of the crushed garlic. Combine the remaining ingredients and pour over pork. Place in the ceramic part of the crock pot, cover andrefrigerate, turning pork occasionally so the marinade covers all of pork. The next day, remove the crock pot and cook on low, 8 hours. Make rice to serve it with. After 8 hours, remove pork and shred using two forks. Remove liquid from crock pot and add pork back to crock. Add about 1 cup of the liquid back and adjust salt, pepper and cumin (you will probably need to add more). Let it cook another 15-30 minutes.
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Huzzah! Thanks for posting that!
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Just saw that they opened a location in Court House in May. Will have to go try them! Glad to have a good salad place.
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I'm assuming that Max's falafel at Nats Park can't be as fresh as at the restaurant - is the schwarma a better choice at the stadium?
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Just had the Egyptian pizza (sans jalapeno). Mmmm. The fennel is wonderful, and the eggplant is stellar. I will probably go back to my Mediterranean chicken sandwich next time, just because there's too much pizza for me (even over two days) and my husband doesn't eat everything that's on the pizza. But it was really good. The Med chicken sandwich has lots of that delicious tzatiki.
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I remember having plenty of food. It's been a year or so since we've been there, though. I know I ordered an extra arepa b/c people had said there was so much filling it was a good idea, and I was glad I did. My husband had the Pabellon Criollo and shared some with me, so I don't think it was a tiny portion.
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Don, I know you had a really bad experience service-wise with them in April (post above where they got your order 100% wrong), but did that happen a couple times? I just ask because our experience with them last year was so good service-wise, both the first time we went and when we went back.
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We ate here a couple weeks ago and were very happy with it. It's a very casual place (order at the counter), so not similar to Bamiyan etc. in atmosphere. Loved the kadu chow (pumpkin and butternut squash entree), the chickpea side dish, and the crisp/tender naan bread. My husband loved his lamb stew (daily special). My son didn't want yogurt sauce on his chicken kabob sandwich, so we got it on the side and dipped the naan in it. Very happy to have this place around - we'll be back.
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If you're a soft-shell crab eater rather than a hard-shell person, is Cantler's worth going to? What about for fish, or fried clams? We'll be in Annapolis soon and are wondering where to eat in the area. I love soft-shells and crab cakes, but don't generally do hard-shells (not a fan of Old Bay and not great at getting the meat out). Others in my family will want rockfish or other fish, or clams or scallops.
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I am very fond of Momoyama, and while it's crowded at lunch (it's a tiny place), it's not crowded at dinner. So if you're in the neighborhood at dinnertime, looking for a good out-of-the-way place, this is it. They're good at frying -- nice tempura, generally light and not greasy - and I like their steamed shrimp shu mai. The boxes and daily specials are excellent deals, with lots of food for the price. Ordering a la carte will add up more quickly, though I am a big fan of the shrimp hand roll, which is a nori cone filled with big fresh cooked shrimp, some rice, some avocado, and some spicy sauce. Love the freshness of their shrimp. I'm not a raw sushi eater so can't speak to that.
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Lyon Park counts as Clarendon. It doesn't have to be right on Clarendon Blvd. or Wilson Blvd. (Hey, Don, Astor isn't in the dining guide? at least, I couldn't find it just now.) Edit: it's that Multiple Locations thing. Trips me up every.single.time. If there were one change I could make to your fabulous guide, it would be to do away with that category and put things where they really are (i.e. Astor in both the Clarendon part of the VA guide and the Columbia Heights part of the DC guide). This is how I miss places when I'm using your guide to search by location, which is by far how I use it the most, and how I recommend it to other people.
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We had quite a nice dinner at Fuego Cocina on Saturday. They weren't on OpenTable but do online reservations on their website and we got one on short notice. Had an excellent waitress (Jordan), and started with guacamole and empanadas de vegetales. The guac was good and was fresh (it says "smashed to order", though not outstanding, and the chips were okay but not flavorful and could have used more salt. We did like both the salsas at the table (neither was spicy, but they had a good flavor - a roasted tomato looking one and a green one that had tomatillos and something else with a rich flavor). The winner of the evening was definitely the order of empanadas. They had non-greasy shells that were flaky pastry, not heavy, and were filled with roasted squash, huitlacoche (Mexican corn truffle, which I am very fond of), corn, goat cheese, and epazote, and were served with avocado salsa. We got four in an order and next time might get two orders, as we both loved them -- so flavorful and unusual, with tastes that all complemented each other so well. The dipping sauce was good -- creamy (rather than a pico style salsa with diced avocado) and zippy. Then I had gazpacho amarillo, with yellow tomato, crab, and cucumber salsa. Delicious! Tangy, with pumpkin seeds and cucumbers for crunch, and the crab was a good foil to the tomato (though the crab had the slightest less-than-fresh taste -- it wasn't off or spoiled at all, but it wasn't the beautifully fresh never-frozen flavor I like best in crab -- but it still was a good flavor and good contrast to the soup and I would get the soup again). I didn't get an entree because I wasn't that hungry and we'd split two appetizers. Husband got the mahi-mahi a la plancha (grilled) with mango salsa and chipotle lime butter, and he was very happy with it, especially with the mango salsa (big chunks of mango) and didn't leave any for me to try. For dessert, we shared a special of chocolate and hazelnut torta with dulce de leche ganache (and something else I can't remember). It was good and we left none of it, but next time I would want to try the lime and coconut tart (with toasted fresh coconut, and I'd want that to see how good the fresh coconut was, it's one of the things I love in the tropics), or the tres leches cake with cream cheese icing and guava sauce. Our waitress recommended the torejas, described as "Latin-style pressed french toast" with cajeta and vanilla ice cream, and the Mexican chocolate flan, and the churros, and I'd be happy to try any of those another time rather than the chocolate hazelnut torta. Edit: they had excellent nonalcoholic drinks, which made me happy as that's not always true, especially in a place that specializes in alcoholic drinks. I had Fruits of Passion, guava/cranberry/orange juice with pineapple ice cubes, and my husband had cucumber lime Agua Fresca (three flavors available). Will definitely try the other drinks though the one I had could end up being my favorite.
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Had my first ever non-college-packaged ramen here. Absolu-freaking-lutely delicious. I had the miso and added the egg, and had the gyoza on the side. Way too much food for one person (well, for me), but I did want to try the gyoza too, and I'm glad they did, as they were much richer (darker? earthier? smokier?) flavored than any dumplings I've had. Perfect sear on one side of each, a little translucent on the other side, great tasting pork filling. The ramen was fabulous. I had the muri-miso, which was deep and rich tasting, not too salty, and very complex. Thanks for the tip to eat the noodles first. They were springy and flavorful and I loved the texture. Also thanks for the tip to let the egg heat up -- I forgot to do that for the first half-egg, which I ate when it was cool (still delicious but slightly disconcerting), but let the other half soak in the broth until I was almost done, and then it was warm and even better. I ate with my jacket on, zipped up to protect my clothes from splashing broth as I ate the noodles with chopsticks -- all well and good but I was sitting at the counter right by the vat of cooking soup, and it was like being in a steam bath wearing fleece. Very cool to sit there and watch the chefs, who were intent and worked smoothly as a team and once gave each other high-fives and grinned. Edit: forgot to say that service was GREAT. Informative and warm/friendly and efficient.
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I didn't have any Ethiopian suggestions, but wanted to respond to your statement that you hoped you weren't taking advantage of our hospitality my asking for additional suggestions: never! Food-lovers always welcome. I'll probably show up on LTH before our trip to Chicago this summer, asking for recs . . .
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That was it, SeanMike. It said it was produced somewhere in Canada, I think, and mentioned the original company in England somewhere on the label. As a non-drinker, I am always pleased when a restaurant has good and/or interesting options.
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We were out in Fairfax City with a relative Sunday morning, and found ourselves with time for brunch. Checked the guide and found Maple Avenue Restaurant - thanks, Don, and the Rockwellians! It's a tiny place and the empty tables were reserved, but there was room at a table in the even tinier back room, sitting on barstools. We had a really delicious brunch with creative ingredients -- husband had eggs with kimchi and Chinese sausage (which I tried and it was wonderful, with a tender texture and unexpected flavor), son had blueberry pancakes (and I had his homefries and applewood bacon -- textbook perfect homefries, nicely browned and no grease, crisp outside and soft inside, and bacon as browned as I've never had it - maybe it was caramelized - I loved every crisp bite). I went for the lunch section of the menu and had scallops over coconut risotto with basil ice cream - the ice cream melted away into the risotto and made it even creamier (they must have had it at a not over-frozen temperature, it was cool but not icy), coconut flavor was nicely evident, and the scallops were gorgeously browned and not at all rubbery. They had drinks from a British company whose name I have forgotten - I had ginger beer that had other herbal ingredients too, and I'm curious about the dandelion burdock drink.
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You might check with Bayou first and see if they're lunch-only specials or if they have them all day. I think I've seen the pastelitos (which have a little creamy cheese inside too, and a good strong guava flavor, and lovely crisp pastry) at other times, but they're not there every day.
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Has anyone eaten here yet?
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Sounds fantastic - when we're in the neighborhood, we'll have to go. If you're in Arlington on Wednesdays, Bayou Bakery has a Cubano and guava pastelitos (Guas's father is from Cuba and they went back together recently). I haven't had the Cubano, but the pastelitos are delicious.
