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On 11/26/2019 at 10:04 AM, Ericandblueboy said:

Hai Duong.  

Very good. Kids approved and husband finished his seafood soup.

On 11/26/2019 at 9:56 AM, Ericandblueboy said:

Cash is king to the vendor, not to the consumer.  I generally won't go to a cash only business unless there are no adequate substitutes.

Me too. What's the "adequate substitute" at Eden Center for pho with kids? 

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Hai Duong (Ericandblueboy)

17 hours ago, captcourt said:

Not accepting credit cards keeps prices lower...at least in theory.  YMMV.

Of course not paying taxes, I mean not paying credit card fees, keeps prices low...but they aren't much lower than others are they? 

16 hours ago, MarkS said:

Cash is king.  When I lived in Montgomery County, the flashiest neighbors all owned dry cleaners.. Cash businesses

hum....

Digging up this old thread to share that I got me a Sous Vide thingy for mah birthday! I'm so excited that i can't decide what to try first. Probably going to be eggs b/c it's Thanksgiving and ...I'm not going to experiment on the most important of days. 

I will share though that the way it looks makes me giggle. Just me?

and it's on the internet so I can make it do stuff from afar! So happy. Now I'll read this thread and hopefully learn something.

While I love it. I don't love just paying cash and that weird feeling I get when I think something...odd is going on. Isitjustme?

I've been gone awhile and would like to return to the theme of school lunches. My kids, those wonderful darlings, now want to look at the school lunch choices BEFORE deciding if they want to pack a lunch. Nice. Also, they have, in their kid wisdom, decided that they should not have the same thing two days in a row. FWIW, in my day, this was not an option. Mom got stuff for the week...same stuff, all week.

Finally, they like warm lunches in their thermoses. Bless their hearts. Upside, they stopped loosing stuff.

Part of me likes it. I think school lunches are where I place my creativity right now.

Quick Take: IT's good. I'll give it that. But is it not Bibiana? Not sure. Not even sure it matters. Solid food, great service, nice atmosphere...and a really dark bathroom.

On 8/8/2019 at 6:37 PM, leleboo said:

GOOD LORD IS SUMMER OVER YET? I think tonight my kids ate cheesy scrambled eggs that were absolutely way more cheese than egg. I am so done.

My kids are over summer. And get this, they have been describing to me what types of lunches they want...so win to me for making good lunches and ...loose to me for same.

In other news, my kids have eaten all these cheese and cheese products in the entirety of the world this summer. And cucumbers and tomatoes. That's it.

20 hours ago, Bob Wells said:

I work nearby. We will miss WT. Will not be "dining" at CF. Leave it for our friends from the hinterlands.

you and me both. Terrible change. They should call it the "whateveryouwant factory." 

"Right?"

I'm at work and I just read a press release that was all jargon and I don't know what the release is about. Here's a clip of the FIRST sentence:
"...cultural shift has been occurring in the (industry) ecosystem."

What the !@#$ does that even mean? An ecosystem can't have a cultural sift. An ecosystem can have a BIOlogical shift or an ecological shift but cultural? Maybe if we were talking about some nice molds. For !@#$% sake. 

Quick addition to the excellent review above.

I really enjoyed it compared to the old one. It's probably 4X as big, has lots of interactive parts and yes, they brought the climbable duct work with them and made it cooler. 

The best part for me though is I learned how to get to the Warf an easy way using the orange/silver/something else line. Get off at L'Enfant or even Smithsonian and just walk. So much easier than switching to green and faster than uber/driving and way cheaper then driving. I hate the Warf parking lot. It's poorly designed to get in and out of and expensive AF.

1 hour ago, cheezepowder said:

Not surprising - Oz is closing.

no comments on the comments?

Confession: I had lunch at slapfish today. I was very hungry and I smelled the fried-fish-ness and just had to try. It tasted really good as fried food does but now, a mere 40 minutes later, I'm deeply regretting my choice. The "simple salad" description is exaggerated. Most of the salad was soggy leaves.  Accompanying the leaves I also found about 1/2 teaspoon of pickled radish, 3 massively large and dried out carrot rounds and exactly one tiny pickle part. Not the entire pickle, one tiny little part. The other thing I had was deep-fried and was tasty because of that. (Lobster Taquitos) not sure there was lobster in them though.

Took my girl (5.75) to sho-shi zen, which she loves. However, the horror on her face when presented with a paper straw, was priceless. "This is horrible! It goes all wiggly in my mouth." takes another sip "and it tastes funny). She took it out, and took the top off the apple juice and just drank it. She was, straight up, offended.

We also over-ordered b/c we were so hungry. On demand, the made her a shrimp and avocado roll (a bit bland) as well as salmon roll, california roll, veggie roll, salmon and avocado and spicy tuna. All yummy and no, girl did not (yet) try the spicy tuna.

2 hours ago, leleboo said:

Cheesy eggs, spinach dal and rice. My kids are so weird. 

well...potstickers, pepperoni, random crackers, celery, carrots and Italian dressing (Kraft) with ice water. Chocolate cake after. 

2 hours ago, leleboo said:

Solo parenting with a migraine and zero appetite:

Them: "What's for dinner?"
Me: "Breaded fish filets." {aka the slightly larger version of fish sticks}
6: "YAY!"

4: "ICK!"

Me: {sigh} "You eat them all the time and love them."
4: "I HATE THEM!"
Me: "OK. Your other option is leftover Thai peanut chicken." {Made this earlier this week for the adults, because 6 doesn't like peanut butter. For real.}
4: "YUM!"

So: one kid is eating fish, one is eating Thai peanut chicken, both think the other is insane. I am just waiting for bedtime.

Just finished solo parenting with no migraine. When solo parenting, all quality controls leave me. Every, single, one of them. One had a hamburger the other a hot dog one night. Fish sticks (Trader Joe's) another night and frozen pizza the other. I cut up whatever fruit or veg looked like it needed the knife.  That said, my girl (5.5) ate some of my red beans and rice (homemade) for second dinner tonight. #win!

I had a blood transfusion (8 units, meaning 8 random people from New Orleans) when I was very young and before supplies were tested. When tested, I learned I was negative. 

I feel very, very lucky and did at the time too. Even getting tested at the time was...stigmatized and I was a child. 

On 4/21/2019 at 4:16 PM, leleboo said:

The first-grader’s lunch for tomorrow: egg salad made with eggs from today’s hunt, and matzah. (Preschooler selected egg-salad sandwich, real bread please.) Yet again, brunching has ruined their meal schedule: it’s 4:15 and they’re begging for dinner, despite snacking on fruit, candy, and hard-boiled eggs all afternoon. 🤦‍♀️

I had a double set of belly aches and found some candy hidden in very odd places...all eggs gone by end of Easter day. (that's a good thing)

And the image was captured by a woman. The image of her on twitter the moment the image was captured is priceless. It portrays that absolute delight we all feel when we discover something for the first time. I bet she felt downright euphoric.

Katie Bouman

Cape May

Over this last beautiful weekend, I escaped responsibility to read lots of books and walked around Cape May.

Exit Zero: Usually, I love this place. This weekend the food servings seemed smaller than usual and my curry soup was so salty and thick, it was almost inedible (and I love salt). Pro Tip: They now have a liquor license and their whites by the glass are not that good (pinot gris and sauvignon blanc)

Black Duck: I love this place and it delivered on Saturday night. For the first time the table ordered the pupu platter and while I liked and enjoyed the appetizers, I loved the salads/veggie slaw stuff that was under the actual appetizers. At $32, it's a high price to pay for apps but then again, they BYOB so maybe it's okay in the end. I also think my wonderful delicious scallops were $32. On other nights I've enjoyed duck and lamb dishes, especially if they are on special. 

Shamone: $35 tasting and BYOB? Yes, thank you. Run by the guy who runs George's (yummy breakfast, big fresh salads...everything's good), this is a weird little place. I love the tasting menu but of the 15 courses, 14 were quite small. Twice I have been and they've dealt with my food allergies without complaint which is impressive for a tasting menu.  

Blue Pig: No. Don't go eat at Congress Hall. Just don't. 

George's: Love for breakfast and lunch. Pro Tip: Get there at odd times like 11am for lunch or 2pm. It's tiny and busy.

11 hours ago, DonRocks said:

It's a new destination that will crush boredom, so I'm assuming yes. Where else can you get a mind-blowing blowout?

I also hear they're featuring skate.

ha. And eye-lashes. And man-grooming. And some bowling.

2 hours ago, leleboo said:

Although my favorite was, "I don't like chicken anymore!" So what do you want for dinner instead of this chicken I'm serving? "Chicken noodle soup?" 🤦‍♀️

 

 

WTF with the not liking chicken. I call BS on that.

So Ballston Quarter...is it going to make it? I realize that it's not fully open but there's something off about it. Maybe it's just that it's not fully open. I don't know. I have been to Mi & Yu noodles twice. The first time miso ramen was bland and beef way overcooked. This time dashi ramen was way over salty (and I love salt) but the duck and egg were nice. 

Hubby and kids at new barbeque down in the belly of the beast and said it was bland. To quote husband it "tasted like reheated catered food." 

5 yr old girl child did eat all of my extra noodles so there's that upside. 

Everything looks so beautiful...

3 hours ago, DonRocks said:

I had dinner here on Mar 17 - it was good. Not great, but good. Interestingly, like at Chloe, we got *the* last two seats in the restaurant, in this case, sideways-facing seats on the side of the ceviche bar - really not a bad place to sit, but you can't hate the person you're with.

I strive to dine with people I don't hate. It usually works out.