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    Had a great dinner here tonight with the inventive Greek salad, the grilled scallop, and the butternut squash agnolotti. But we were perplexed by the presence of a guy doing close up photo shoots of the food with a video cam. I should have asked Will but he was busy.
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    PassionFish?
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    Beware! The Tysons Seasons 52 is extremely noisy and crowded. I had a reservation and had to wait 45 minutes for a table. And this was on a week night.
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    Since the Russian Bot attack several weeks ago DonRockwell.com does not recognize me as a member.
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    From reading these posts nobody seems about to drive a yard for great vegetarian chili. Katharine Mardirosian of 100 Bowls of Soup, I recently discovered, makes a wonderful three bean chili. I bought mine at Organic Butcher in McLean.
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    You're right, of course. My surgically repaired knee won't allow much walking now, but by May I should be cruise to Zahav. Sorry to be a pest.
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    We plan to spend four nights in Philly in early May. What are some great places for pre-concert dinners near the Kimmel Center and the Academy of Music? We don't eat meat but we love fish. For pre-concert I'm looking at Estia and Oyster House. For the other two dinners Tinto and Parc look interesting. Would these be good choices? Any thoughts about Oyster House, Tinto, Estia, and Parc? All are close to our hotel.
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    I still have to go to the permission site and sign in if I don't check DR.com every couple of hours. This has been going on for at least three months.
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    Had dinner here tonight. We each ordered the fabulous Greek salad with lots of surprise ingredients and shared the marinara pizza sans chesse. A heathy and delicious meal.
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    I'd like to find a place with great vegetarian chili. Any suggestions?
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    I'd be very interested!
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    Is it less firm than pasta? Thanks for all of the suggestions.
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    How does one cook a spaghetti squash? Would a tomato sauce with garlic and parsley be a good way to eat it? Thanks.
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    I just made reservations for next Sunday.
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    We had dinner here tonight and did not order any entrees. Instead we confined ourselves to appetizers, soups, and salads. The tuna carpaccio is wafer thin and fills an entire plate. Served in an olive oil, chive, shallot, lemon sauce which is very light and delicious. The lobster minestrone soup was also excellent with bits of Israeli cous-cous, carrots, haricots vert, and a splash of pernod. I enjoyed the mustard greens and apple salad in a honey-mustard vinagrette, and little pieces of candied walnuts. I had never had mustard greens--they are really peppery. I need to use them at home. The only disappointment was the carrot and baby beet salad because the red beets--but not the golden ones--and the carrots were overly hard. We shared a side of roasted winter vegetables featuring tiny brussel spouts, baby carrots, and rutabaga. It was a nice treat on a cold night.
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    I had not been to Nostos since September. Had fabulous thinly crisped zucchini slices, melt in the mouth grilled octopus, and a wonderful layered eggplant with tomatoes and feta. This remains one of the best restaurants in NOVA.
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    We had lunch here today. This is a cool place. My Asian chicken breast sandwich was much better than popcorn, and my spouse's blueberry muffin was even better than buttered popcorn. After lunch we saw the new German film "Barbara" followed by a Q&A with the US distributor. This place bills itself as a "film center" and it is very different from a multiplex. Culture comes to Merrifield!
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    Sweet Leaf Cafe (formerly Sweetleaf until Green Leaf sued them) has locations in McLean and Vienna and offers a variety of excellent and large salads.
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    I forgot to mention that Mitchell did not call my wife and me "you guys." What a delightful and rare surprise.
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    We went here tonight in the monsoon and had a great dinner. We ordered several small plates and the Greek Salad. The Greek Salad was huge with lots of goodies including oven roasted tomatoes, chick peas, diced olives, and an array of lettuces. The stewed mushrooms in a celery puree was unlike anything I've tasted, and I want to taste it again. When you go ask for Mitchell. He is a fabulous server. Attentive, knowledgeable, helpful, personable, professional.
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    Wow! The hype surrounding this restaurant is incredible. How can it possibly live up to expectations?
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    Nostos has a nice room between the DR and the bar that could work well.
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    We had breakfast there yesterday and did not encounter surly service. But the food was mediocre at best. A tasteless tomato omelet with a tiny amount of avocado on top. Wilted meslun in a wan dressing. Dry, uninteresting bread. Hard, uncomfortable wooden chairs made me sit on my coat. Jeff Black recently announced that he has pulled out of his Mosaic District restaurant.
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    Had dinner at BS tonight, and while everything was very good , the tuna tartare is one of the finest appetizers in DC. Topped with incredible melt in mouth tuna over a bed of avocado, roasted cashews and a subtle mayo with a hint of spice. I should have ordered two of them and called it a night.
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    Two days before we were to spend two weeks in Paris and Barcelona, I tore the meniscus in my left knee. But we were determined to get to Paris. So about ten days ago we went to Paris (as in Virginia) and had a memorable lunch at the Ashby Inn. It was 83 degrees and wonderful for patio dining. Impeccable service, superb and inventive food. I really loved the pickled dilly beans. And inasmuch as we were seated next to the little pond, we took several pictures of a very contented frog.
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