As you may have guessed, my name isn't really HopSing. He was the cook on the old show Bonanza. As a Chinese-American, these stereotypes always amused/dismayed me.
Anyway, I read this forum almost every day. I was a lurker until Don Rockwell asked us to reveal ourselves, so I did.
Like some of the other introductions I read, I also hail from Brooklyn. My father had a laundry on Coney Island Avenue. My house was across the street from my favorite Italian restaurant, Vesuvius. When I went to the Amalfi Coast a couple of years back, the food reminded me of my beloved Vesuvius. My favorite food is pizza and I was in pizza heaven, with a great pizza parlor (we called them parlors in those days) on every other block--the best being on Avenue J near the Midwood Theater. My sister told me the Avenue J pizza place made Zagat's. So of course, next time I was home, we went there. Disappointment. Not the pizza I remembered from the old days. Pizza in DC isn't that good but has improved in the last decade. My ideal pizza would be the crust of Sbarro's with the toppings of the Italian Store.
I regret that Chinese food is not trendy. I hear good things about Hong Kong Palace and will be going there with my Chinese class next month. Aside from that, I go to Charlie Chiang's (snooze) and PF Chang's (my parents would be rolling over in their graves). Before Chinatown became MCI Center and knocked out most of the Chinese restaurants, I used to go to the Ruby Restaurant. The owners were from my parents' part of China, Taishan in Guangdong Province. It was comfort food for me--especially the roast pork with bean cake. Why doesn't anyone have that on their menu. Seems tofu is always relegated to the vegetarian section.
Eating out is one of my hobbies and where I spend most of my money (unfortunately). My husband and I cannot seem to make it out with a bill under $100 these days. I eat mostly in Clarendon which is close to where I live. The restaurants are good but pricey and hard to get entrees under $20. They knocked down one of our regular places, Aegean Taverna. The food was so-so, but the live Greek music on Saturday's was tops.
My biggest pet peeve is the markup on wines. They are outrageous, esp. at McCormick and Schmick. Lesser pet peeve is that Virginia doesn't allow you to bring your own bottle of wine.
I do enjoy this forum and look forward to reading future posts and learning about new restaurants for me to try.
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As you may have guessed, my name isn't really HopSing. He was the cook on the old show Bonanza. As a Chinese-American, these stereotypes always amused/dismayed me.
Anyway, I read this forum almost every day. I was a lurker until Don Rockwell asked us to reveal ourselves, so I did.
Like some of the other introductions I read, I also hail from Brooklyn. My father had a laundry on Coney Island Avenue. My house was across the street from my favorite Italian restaurant, Vesuvius. When I went to the Amalfi Coast a couple of years back, the food reminded me of my beloved Vesuvius. My favorite food is pizza and I was in pizza heaven, with a great pizza parlor (we called them parlors in those days) on every other block--the best being on Avenue J near the Midwood Theater. My sister told me the Avenue J pizza place made Zagat's. So of course, next time I was home, we went there. Disappointment. Not the pizza I remembered from the old days. Pizza in DC isn't that good but has improved in the last decade. My ideal pizza would be the crust of Sbarro's with the toppings of the Italian Store.
I regret that Chinese food is not trendy. I hear good things about Hong Kong Palace and will be going there with my Chinese class next month. Aside from that, I go to Charlie Chiang's (snooze) and PF Chang's (my parents would be rolling over in their graves). Before Chinatown became MCI Center and knocked out most of the Chinese restaurants, I used to go to the Ruby Restaurant. The owners were from my parents' part of China, Taishan in Guangdong Province. It was comfort food for me--especially the roast pork with bean cake. Why doesn't anyone have that on their menu. Seems tofu is always relegated to the vegetarian section.
Eating out is one of my hobbies and where I spend most of my money (unfortunately). My husband and I cannot seem to make it out with a bill under $100 these days. I eat mostly in Clarendon which is close to where I live. The restaurants are good but pricey and hard to get entrees under $20. They knocked down one of our regular places, Aegean Taverna. The food was so-so, but the live Greek music on Saturday's was tops.
My biggest pet peeve is the markup on wines. They are outrageous, esp. at McCormick and Schmick. Lesser pet peeve is that Virginia doesn't allow you to bring your own bottle of wine.
I do enjoy this forum and look forward to reading future posts and learning about new restaurants for me to try.