Gastro888
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Oh, yum. That apple crisp sounds good - even better now I know they have ice cream for it. (One cannot have crisp without vanilla ice cream!) Hmm. Yellow cornbread? I must try that. I like the white cornbread at Flavors in VA. First time I had it, I ate 4 pieces in one day. (With a glass of milk...) So, being the novice BBQ eater, what should I get? Personally, I like fatty meats but does the fatty in American BBQ get crisp (a la roast pork in Chinese cooking) or it is more uncutous?
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At Maria's Bakery & Cafe last night (heaven help me, I will start a new thread on this place...one day soon): HK style milk tea (extra milk on the side) Jam and sweetened condensed milk on toast (comfort food...) Chinese broc w/ oyster sauce (fresh veg and oyster sauce, perfect!) Portguese Chicken baked with rice (HEAVEN!) I was tempted by the mooncakes there but am patiently waiting on some special ones my friend is bringing over from NYC. It's the imperial kind or some thing like that...
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Slowly bake them with alot of sugar and spices? Make a chutney?
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Do they offer the apple crisp a la mode? And is the cornbread white or yellow? Oh wow. From what I've read, I might have to stop in and try it. I've not had very good experiences with BBQ so I'm a bit wary of eating it. However, y'all are making it sound quite tasty.
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FYI, the head of the fish faces the head of the table or the most honored guest at the table. Your husband should be flattered and not, um, grossed out.
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Technically, you could go at 11:00-11:15 and you wouldn't have to worry about a table. It's understandable that you want to accomodate the group's size but bear in mind that at 1pm the selection may not be as great as it is earlier on and the kitchen probably won't roll out new, fresh items. I'm only saying this 'cause it'd be a shame to organize this and then have a limited selection of items. NOTE: With Oriental East and Silver Fountain, I'd *highly* recommend adjusting the time to go earlier... Edited to add: Not trying to be a dim sum diva or anything, my intentions are for everyone to get the best experience and I'd just hate to see a group of foodies show up to a restaurant and be greeted with 4 carts of the same dim sum that's been rotating around the restaurant since noon....
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Breakfast - The Early-Morning, Polyphonic Food Blog
Gastro888 replied to txaggie's topic in Shopping and Cooking
A piece of white lotus paste with duck egg yolk moon cake, "wife" cake (a flaky pastry filled with waxgourd paste) and a white peach from the Dupont Circle FM. With a big o' cup of cafe au lait! -
Eh, I'm not a wine drinker so the good wine list is wasted on me. Regardless of having been to Rome or not, the food should be at least tasty and I didn't enjoy my food. Then again, everyone has different palates so what's good to one may not be for the other. I must agree - Olney Ale House is terrible! I do NOT understand why it's constantly filled with people! Ick.
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I'd suggest going earlier for dim sum, say 11:30/12pm. The carts and the food starts slowing down at 1pm. I know it's not considered late for brunch/lunch for most people but for Chinese people, if you suggested a 1pm dim sum in this area, it would be considered quite late and most importantly, you'd miss out on the freshest food. That's more of a crime!
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Funny, baked are my personal litmus test versus the steamed in terms of cha siu bao. (Mei Lai Wah on Mott in NYC makes the best. Oh yeah!) Personally, I think it's harder to make baked cha siu bao than steamed. You gotta get the right consistency with the dough and the proper texture. I just think the dough for the steamed one is a bit (not that it's uber-easy, mind you!) easier.
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Cha siu bao is on the list - baked, not steamed!!! Fun gor is always a good one.
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I've never been a fan of sui mai...unless I'm in HK. =) Oh, add bak tong gaow as well - white sugar cake!
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The marscapone gelato! BTW, Dean is just as friendly in person as he is on the boards.
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D'OH! Good call! Completely forgot about Silver Fountain. I think they're OK. They've improved since they remodeled. So what d'y'all like to get at dim sum? Me, I like: Ha gaow Steamed spareribs Baked cha siu bao Dan tat (egg tart) Cheong fun (the long white "cannoli" like noodles filled with meat or shrimp) Loh bak gaow (turnip cake) Stuffed peppers with black bean sauce Deep fried crab/shrimp balls Tripe Cha siu sow (Flaky pastry filled with Chinese roast pork. Yum!) And if they have them - lap cheong bao (baked buns w/ Chinese sausage in them. Oriental East does a GREAT lap cheong bao!) (Oh and extra points for the restaurant that serves the fancy rock sugar with the chrysanthemum tea instead of the coarse rock sugar.)
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Sounds good. I guess this is where we tap hillvalley? Sidebar: ORIENTAL EAST! Ai ya! <sighs> No one seems to remember there's OE as well... Oh geez, NF, OE, HE, GF?! That would be a month of dim sum. Oy.
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I'd be game for a dr instructional meal! The whole thing with duck feet is texture - not like there's alot of meat on them there feet, ya know? When duck feet are prepared properly, they have this ooey, gooey richness that you enjoy when you're gnawing on the bones. Myself, I like the padding in the middle of the webbing.
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How 'bout some onigiri?
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Ate my first meal at Dino last night. It's a very lovely restaurant - definitely a place I'd recommend for a first date...if the people have good palates! Highlights of the meal were the proscuitto crudo, "La Tur" cheese, gorgonzola, the cranberry & walnut bread served with the cheese platter, the fruit compote, peach sorbetto and my new favorite, pistachio gelato. I could eat a whole gallon of that stuff.
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See! Classic example of why you gotta make nice with your waiter at dim sum.
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Pho Real does offer a solid bowl of pho, along with spring and summer rolls as well. Their cafe su da is pretty good. The portions at Pho Hiep Hao (SS) are really small but served in a lovely atmosphere, if that's important to you. (For me, pho served in an elegant atmosphere is an oxymoron...) Taste of Saigon seems like a good place where I'd take diners who are unfamilar with Vietnamese cuisine. Myself, I'm all for great food at the hole in the wall authentic joints (eh, who needs decor?) and some people can't/don't want to dine like that.
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Going to be at Dino tonight for the first time...whee hee!
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You can get good pho in MD at Pho 75. I'm hard pressed to find a really good Vietnamese restaurant in MD. The food's either too Westernized or not prepared well. I'll make the trek out to Eden - the quality of the food and the variety there are worth the drive for me. Then again, I used to drive to the Courthouse farmer's market every Saturday to get White Lady peaches from this nice farmer from VA!
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True, to each their own! It's true, none of the restaurants in Olney are worth the drive for anyone from DC or VA. There really aren't any good restaurants in Olney - well, except for Mannequin Pis but that's too expensive for me to eat there everday.
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Taste of Saigon isn't bad but if you want really good Vietnamese food, drive down to Eden Center. (Granted with gas at 3.50 a gallon this may not be the best option...) I'd get their sauteed dishes versus their soups and banh xeo.
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If you're going to drive all the way out to Olney, go somewhere else besides Ricciuti's - go to Mannequin Pis or heck, go to Popeye's even. The original restaurant in the Olney House Inn was far superior than the overpriced, medicore food I had. I've yet to hae good Italian in this city...then again, Rome spoiled me. The pizza is underwhelming - I'd suggest going to Red Tomato Cafe in Bethesda for a decent wood oven pie. The pasta dish I had wasn't al dente and I paid too much for a small pile of pasta, a couple pieces of sausage and a laddle of sauce.