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  1. Ericandblueboy
    I love pizza but can't keep up with all the new joints that are now dishing out gourment pies and the old standbys that are now a shadow of their former selves. Please help me out by ranking your top 5 pizzas int the DC metro area and provide a brief description of the type of pizza (Neapolitan, NY, Chicago, etc.)
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    That begs the question, what are the top 5 pizzas in the beltway? I'm always curious about why someone would slight a restaurant but not provide any substantive discourse. I don't agree or disagree with you, just would like to know how you arrived at your conclusion.
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    Spaghetti and meatballs are really in? What else is in? And what's out?
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    Is swimsuit actually required? Is there a sign that says "no speedo no service"?
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    I guess this is an admission that I watch Man vs. Food. Adam Richman did go to Iguana in San Jose but that was not the Man vs. Food challenge for the episode.
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    Ordered something for dim sum that I've never seen before - braised beef tendons, a small plate of hot (as in temperature), peppery (the black kind), soft and slightly chewy tendons that one might mistake for a mound of fat. The picture is from the internet, the version at Mark's is a shade whiter, but fairly tasty. I managed to order $37 of of food by myself, a bargain it is not but everything I had today was pretty good, including black bean clams, turnip cakes, shark fin dumplings, chicken feet, chives dumpling, and a plate of roast pork (which is $12 or $13 by itself, and by far the worst dish - I think there's too much fat left).
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    Crab Masala at Passage to India. Must ask for whole crabs in advance. Peking Guinea Pig at Astrid y Gaston (better tasting than the Peking Duck we had at Quan Ju De in Beijing). Here's the picture of the "Cuy Peking." The skin was crispy, like bacon, with little fat and almost no meat (I've yet to eat a meaty guinea pig). They chose to use a purple corn wrapper that has the texture of bao skin (thus kind of spongy) as opposed to the typical Peking duck wrapper that is more like a tortilla. In Peru, they've been combining Chinese and Japanese cooking with local ingredients for a long time and I thought this was a great way to eat those fatty rodents.
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    Restaurants that shuttered near my office: Paya Thai Narita (Japanese) Song Bird (now called EGA)
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    Took a look at the statute. While I support the collection effort, it does not appear that the violation constitutes a felony under that statute, and there does not appear to be personal liability (for the owner unless the business is a sole proprietorship) for not paying the tax when the business itself is supposed to be the taxpayer. This statute is an example in poor drafting. I don't know if some of the delinquent business owners intentionally failed to pay over the taxes knowing the county can't collect from them personally.
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    Funny but $250,000 x .04 = $10,000. ETA - I see, $4 million generates roughly $150k in meal taxes.
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    Thanks Ferhat for recommending some tasty dishes at Corduroy. Good luck with your future endeavors and I'll miss your input about what's cooking at Corduroy.
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    Why do I get the feeling that Donna flouts the laws? How legal is it to run a cooking school or serve food and booze for money at home? Don't you have to have a liquor license? Business license? What about zoning rules?
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    DC has some pricey dim sum in comparison to NYC and Philly. A small order, such as shu mai, may run you $2.50 in DC whereas the same dish can be had for $1.75 in NYC and Philly. Ping Pong's shu mai costs $5. I haven't been there (nor am I likely to ever visit) but I don't get the sense that they give you twice as much food. My observation is that this isn't much different from PF Chang (i.e., overpriced westernized Chinese food). Disclaimer: I'm a xenophobe when it comes to Chinese food. No need to rehash prior arguments.
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    Going back to Peru, partly for the food and partly because there's so much to see. In Lima, we're going back to Astrid y Gaston. On this trip, we fly to Cusco the next day. On day 3, we tour the Sacred Valley. On day 4, we go to Machu Pichu but we're staying in Agua Caliente. On day 5, we return to Cusco to eat at Gaston Acurio's Chi Cha. On day 6, we fly home. I love Peruvian food, from cebiche, tiradito, tamales, causas, to cuy. Recs anywhere along the way would be appreciated. In my opinion, if there's one place to eat in Lima, it's Acurio's La Mar but they don't serve dinner and we're not in Lima in time for lunch on this trip. Also a trip to the central market in Lima with Chinatown next door is fun for people who like markets.
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    Not a food rec, but a rec for the National Geographic Museum exhibit of the Terracotta Warriors. We were in Xi'an this fall and didn't see some of the figures they have at this exhibit. For example, I had no idea that there were musicians and acrobats in addition to warriors buried in the pits. A little history and some very nice pieces. Order your tickets in advance online. Another possibility is to see the ICE exhibit at National Harbor (in the Gaylord). We like cheesy stuff like that and we enjoy eating half ass Mexican food at Rosa Mexicana every once in awhile.
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    Whatever the Copa flight from Peru is serving....okay, maybe'll we'll get hot dogs during our layover in Panama City. It's not going to be a fun day as we'll wake up in Cusco and go to sleep at home in our own bed.
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    Is there any difference in quality between the two locations (presumably not but you never know)? I've been to the Columbia Heights location, it's a pain to get to by car and nearly impossible to park nearby. Is the Petworth location more navigable?
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    Spent the weekend shopping at Williamsburg. Was gonna do some more shopping yesterday but it was pouring so we decided to head home. Stopped at the Pancho Villa in Fredericksburg for lunch. To my surprise, their menu includes menudo as a house special so I ordered it. I haven't had menudo since I was in Cancun in 2005(?) and I don't recall ever seeing it in a local restaurant. Pancho Villa's menudo was served with a side of corn tortillas, lime, chopped onions, chopped cilantro, oregano and red pepper flakes. The soup had plenty of tripe and a hunk of cow foot - all cooked nice and tender with great flavor, especially after spicing it up with the red pepper flakes. I'll try to remember to eat there on future roadtrips, but I was wondering if there's a place with good menudo closer to home?
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    They in fact do some authentic Shanghai dishes. The XLB wasn't great, not very juicy at all but at least the wrap wasn't too doughy. Same issue with the Lion's Head, too dry and not enough fat. We did have a headcheese type cold app that was really good but since my bro did the ordering, I didn't get the name of the dish, possibly "cooked ham shanghai style." We had two other dishes - eel sauteed Shanghai style, and snow cabbage lima beans with bean curd sheets - authentic but not fantastic. It's the only Shanghai cuisine that I know of so we'll probably go back at some point (wish it wasn't that far out of the way).
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    If you want casinos and food, then Aruba and St. Martin are good choices. If you want good food and a diverse eco-system, I suggest Puerto Rico. If you want French (as in the people, straight off the plane from France) - Guadeloupe.
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    Not everyone is a foodie so Waitman is quite right - there are plenty of people of whatever ethnicity that eat shit and like it. But given two foodies, one is of the applicable ethnic group, I'd be hard pressed not to give that person more credence for authenticity. More importantly, I think people of different culture have different palates, and you're better off following one who shares your palate.
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    I went to NYC for a seminar last week and stayed at the Crowne Plaza in Times Sq. They don't have minibars and I couldn't get NBC. So rather than watch and be inspired by the Biggest Loser, I went out to eat like I was the Biggest Gainer. Dinner at Del Posto was lovely. 3 pastas for $27 - not cheap but not expensive. My entree was a nicely grilled lobster which was overshadowed by my cousin's pork loin, which was as tender as a piece of wagyu. My cousin, who has tried every Batali restaurant in NYC, still prefers Babbo. The next night, we went to Momofuku Ko. 11 courses later, I was still a little hungry (I didn't finish the venison, and didn't love the monkfish) so we popped into the Noodle Bar and sampled some oxtail soup ramen ($18 a bowl, the broth on the salty side the the oxtail could have used more cooking time). Earlier in the day, my cousin had stopped at the Ssam bar for lunch and then had dessert at the milk shake joint. He tried all 4 Chang joints! Ko was good but not necessarily better than Komi, Chef's Table at Teatro Goldoni, or Volt. On my last day, I caught up with my bro on the upper east side for Sichuan food at Szechuan Chalet on 72nd and 2nd Ave. Good authentic Sichuan food.
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    That's not universally true in China. The places that were part of our tour, they would bring the food and give us our 1 free drink, and that's pretty much it. When we ate at Shanghai on our own at T8, the service was impeccable, probably because lunch cost us over US $100. You get what you pay for.
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    Overpriced Buca? What is the attraction?
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    don't think there's a new show tonight.
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