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    Asked for the uni pasta and was denied tonight (you can't always get what you want), and unfortunately, the pasta dish in its place wasn't very good - a doughy chewy gummy pasta served with a lamb ragout (ah the vagaries of homemade pasta!). However, I did finally get to try the sucking pig and it was as good as the goat (we had both tonight but not the fish), and you get these pieces of crispy skin (there goes my cholesterol count). Steve (Sthitch) picked the wines for us tonight, a bottle of sparkling wine, a white, and a red all from Greece and all relatively inexpensive but very good wines. What's new or different from our visit last year? super crispy calamaris, saganaki cube instead of the Caesar salad cube, the quarter smoke mentioned above, frozen baklava (it's mostly cinnamon ice cream). Despite the pasta debacle, our dinner reaffirmed that Komi is still my favorite restaurant in the metropolitan area. I'd go once year for no special reason other than to have some food that is familiar and some that's new.
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    Went with a Korean friend for lunch. I don't read Korean but even so, I can see the menu is very limited. We had some kind of set meal, consisting of the fermented fish, bloodsauage platter with liver and intestines, and a soup with liver and intestines. We ordered the dumplings but was told much later that they ran out. In addition to what we ordered, I believe they have the steamed duck, for $45?! According to my friend, that's pretty much all they had to offer. The bloodsausage was indeed delicious. I had a bite of the liver and the intestine, I would eat more except I'm in the process of lowering my cholesterol. The soup wasn't anything exciting. The fish wasn't fishy, which was good. We got there around noon. We did see one table with the dumplings. Why is it they don't prepare the dumplings in sufficient quantity in advance?
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    I think the rant is hilarious, but there are some not so funny replies. Not funny at all and an incomprehensible response from Tom. Use of derogatory terms passes for passion these day? I'm pretty sure most restaurants thank their patrons regardless of the occasion. I'm not sure a restaurant should go out of its way to thank patrons who are celebrating a special occasion. What's to stop someone from saying it's a special occasion every time he/she goes out, if he/she can get something for free? Calling someone a "jackass" is apparently not jackasserly. The OP's point is don't ask for complicated stuff when it's really busy - if everyone does, then it'll just create a backup. Not everyone in this town is insane!
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    The chicken tacos were horrible today (dry and bland) - served with a single corn tortilla per taco. The guac wasn't much better - the avocado itself was flavorless. Trivia - The avocado gets its name from ahuacatl, a Nahuatl word for "testicle."
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    Dude, there are no eggs in alfredo sauce. Maybe you were thinking of carbonara?
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    Rehoboth Had a very nice dinner at Lupo di Mare. BTW, what does Lupo di Mare mean? Wolf of the sea or catfish? I was a tad disappointed that they didn't have razor clams or lobster bruschetta. Instead, we had some excellent grilled artichoke and some interesting shaved Brussels sprouts drizzled with truffle oil. My spaghetti with clam sauce was pretty good as was my wife's sausage and red pepper linguine. The side of boccoli rabe; however, was a mess of overcooked greens without much other flavors.
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    Spending 3 nights in Tampa, from Thanksgiving Thursday to Saturday. We're staying near the Tampa airport and we'll be there after taking a cruise to the Cayman Islands and Cozumel. The reason we're staying is to hang out with my father in law who lives in Clearwater. Need good food in Tampa or Clearwater but I don't want to dress up. Looked at Bern's but ultimately decided that's not where I really want to go. Any other recs for restaurants or dishes to try?
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    Go to G'town and check out Anne Sacks for design ideas. They have a great collection and a nice display. While there, you can check out Waterworks.
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    Brix (in Great Falls) $40 cert for $20. I've never heard of this joint. According to their website, the owner is the former chef of the Riverbend Country Club. The menu doesn't seem very exciting to me. Hopefully someone has the courage and motivation to try this place out.
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    Really? Good luck. I hope you make a lot of dough.
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    Is this conjecture or instructions provided by the chef? I've always wondered how they made the goat. And what was the pasta you wanted to try? I really wanted to try their uni pasta but I've been denied twice. Next time I'll just have to ask for it.
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    Day 3 - I had an early dinner at La Mar - a Gaston Acurio restaurant in El Cangrejo - after watching football and guzzling beer at a sportsbook. I ordered a pasta called Caseras, green noodles with sea bass milanese and chili, basically pasta with pesto sauce topped with a piece of friend fish (not particularly exciting). I also had some tiradito classico and a seafood stew with beer and cilantro called Aguadito. La Mar is best known for ceviche and tiradito and the raw fish was definitely the best dish. Actual Sunday hours posted at the restaurant is noon to 9. Day 4 - I went to La Mar for lunch because I'm a sucker for Gaston Acurio. This time I ordered pasta with clam sauce and Limena tacu tacus. The pasta was very heavy with butter and I just don't like tacu tacu (originally, tacu-tacu was prepared with leftover seasoned beans and rice, today it's usually prepared on-the-moment, and served in many different ways), in this case made with lots of shellfish that I rather just not eat (shrimp, octopus, squid). I finished with a tasting of sorbets. Food's cheap, hotels are relatively cheap, taxis are cheap, casinos are cheap ($3 BJ tables and they let you surrender, double down after you've already drawn a card (e.g., you're dealt 3 and 4, and you hit a 4, you're allowed to double down at that point)), has sportsbooks, national park within city limit where you can spot tamarins and agoutis (I didn't see any toucans). Too bad the food's not great, it's generally hot and humid, you could get malaria or dengue fever outside of the city and canal zone and the traffic's terrible in the city. Oh, they're still building a sewer system.
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    Day 2 dinner was at the highly recommended Manolo Caracol in Casco Viejo. The current pricing is $30 for 10+ courses. That's right, you heard me. This isn't Komi quality food but it's not Komi prices either. This place is very English friendly and certainly deserve a visit. The courses were (i) ceviche with pineapple and guava, (ii) wahoo carpaccio with olive oil and salt, (iii) fried goat cheese with honey sauce, (iv) seafood soup (overcooked seafood), (v) salad with grapefruit, (vi) grilled octopus (very tender and probably the best grilled octopus I've ever had) and grilled shrimp, (vii), shredded chicken filled fried wonton, (viii) burger and spanish tortilla with zucchini and eggplant?, (ix) fish and bok choy with fried rice, (x) grilled pork with squash, and finally dessert. They asked if I wanted seconds of any of those dishes!
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    Day 1. I was wondering around looking for a restaurant when it started to pour. Since I was standing next to Beirut, I decided to have lunch there. The place looks like a faux Roman villa reminiscent of the Rainforest Cafe. Anyhow, $14 bought a ton of mezzes - falafel, fried kibbee, spinach pide, fried onions over rice & beans, babaganoush, hummus, some rolled meat pastry, and stuffed grape leaves. Unfortunately they didn't taste great, certainly not as good as Lebanese Taverna. For dinner I went to Madame Chang, the best Chinese restaurant according to Fodor's. I ordered fish fillet with mustard leaves and chicken chow fun. The fish was perfectly fine but the noodles with pretty dry and flavorless. Again, not as good as our local Cantonese joints such as Miu Kee in Falls Church. Both restaurants were in El Cangrejo. Day 2. Lunch was at Mi Ranchito on the Amador Causeway. Apps were clams ajillo and a bunch of Panamanian fried fritters. My entree was the corvina ajillo. The clams were uneven in size but all were generally small but fairly tasty. The fried plate was crap but the corvina (bass) was good.
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    So the more crap you post the more credibility you have on Yelp? (I don't mean you personally of course). That's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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    If you don't mind, could you take a pic of the menu and post it?
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    There were several entree dishes I wanted to try last night but I ended up with the halibut - it was a nicely seared piece of fish and I liked the scallion chili sauce. The oysters were on the small side and the cheddar jalepeno fritters had no discernable heat or jalepeno. I rank J&G up there with the other upscale steakhouses (maybe a little higher because they have more seafood but my favorite in the area remains Bourbon Steak).
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    Went there for dinner last Friday. I told my wife if the guy says "chinese pizza" again, I'd never go back. Fortunately for the House of Fortune, the waiter didn't make any comments on our scallion pancake. All I wanted was some noodle soup for my sore throat so I ordered a pickled cabbage with shredded pork noodle soup and my wife had chicken with black bean sauce and beef and broccoli. The latter two dishes were really good as far as American Chinese food goes, the quality of the ingredients and the saucing were both much better than the other Chinese joints in McLean/Vienna. Wish they deliver.
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    Found their website. Their online menu unfortunately don't have their Korean dishes.
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    I've been there a couple of times for lunch and the food was dreadful. Clearly I don't know what's good there. Next time I'll try one of the dishes you suggested.
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    A little peeved that Palena is closed tonight for a private function. We got there at 5:30 to eat at the cafe but no go. It didn't occur to me to call in advance since they don't take reservation for the cafe.
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    It can't be the "best of" since it's not the fifty best restaurants in DC and it's not the best of DC's restaurants in various categories as there's no representation for Chinese and various other cuisines. I'm not in the marketing/advertising business but it seems like you are. Could you explain why the dining guide is a marketing-ploy and for whom?
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    Is it because the rent is too damn high?
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    I've gone to Pho -N-More in Vienna twice now but I still haven't tried their pho. Instead, I've tried a couple of Thai-ish noodle soups. The first was Tsunami: "minced pork, mixed seafood ball, bean sprout, chinese broccoli, crushed peanut, cilantro n scallion in spicy broth." This tastes suspiciously like floating market noodle soup at Nava Thai - a sour and spicy soup with a brown broth. I'm not saying it's great but it's good to know that I don't have to go to Wheaton for FMNS. Today I tried the Tornado: "a new version of “Pad Thai” minced chicken, tofu, preserved radish, bean sprout, green bean, crushed pea­nut, cilantro n scallion in spicy broth." It wasn't really spicy, more sweet and sour in a clear broth (a flavor combination that's not my favorite). Both times I also ordered a plate of spicy basil stir fried with mixed veggies - reasonably tasty. Menu
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    Whoever thought the internet would actually have useful information!
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