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  1. Bob Wells
    They spread themselves way too thin. We tried Family Meal at One Loudoun and it was completely MEH.
  2. Bob Wells
    I would agree. If there was only one pinot on the list, why would the server even say "The Hirsch"? He'd just say, "The pinot, very good sir." As soon as he said "The Hirsch," the diner should have thought, wait, there's more than one pinot? I better check this out.
  3. Bob Wells
    Took the fam to John's a little over a year ago. They got cheesesteaks (and I think chicken parm). I got the roast pork. Really good but I'm not sure if the sauteed spinach is as good an ingredient as is broccoli rabe. Hitting DiNic's at RTM next weekend so that will be a good comparison since I expect the pork to be comparably excellent.
  4. Bob Wells
    I will just throw out some recommended spots from our last visit to Philly (12/17): Wm. Mulherin's Sons (Fishtown) Parc (Rittenhouse Sq) Dim Sum House (UPenn area) Bakeshop on 20th (Rittenhouse Sq) Cleavers (Center City) John's Roast Pork (E. Snyder Ave, funky industrial area) Dutch Eating Place (RTM) We are going back next weekend for a family meetup (my brothers are also trenchermen of some repute) and will post some more names (good and bad but hopefully none of the latter).
  5. Bob Wells
    Mom's is really good. We got a couple for Thanksgiving. You can order in advance or line up until they run out of pies (they bake a ton of pies). For the tart variation, hard to beat Arno's.
  6. Bob Wells
    I've learned that getting help from Facebook on anything is well nigh impossible. I think they made the right move in creating a new FB page and disabling reviews.
  7. Bob Wells
    keerist, I just checked the website. Not a huge fan of salted caramel anything, but they also have a "Brown Butter Coconut Chess Pie," which to me has "last meal for a condemned man" potential.
  8. Bob Wells
    Ok, you had me at lemon chess. I learned about chess pie from a guy from the Mississippi delta who used to make them for me. Dare I ask if they also have chocolate chess, coconut chess, plain ol chess....?
  9. Bob Wells
    Hope that's not the case. DR.com is one of the first sites I go to when I turn on my laptop in the morning. Not sure how I've missed the excellent Takumi thread. Regarding Yelp, the key is that it's an app. When I am on the go and on my phone, I used mostly apps to conduct business. Yelp to find a restaurant (and it got me to the right place in this case; you don't see people mocking Yelp much these days); Fooducate to find out deets on a new food at Costco; MyFitnessPal to find out the calorie hit for something I'm thinking about ordering, Amazon to get reviews and prices on something like an unusual chocolate bar that I'm considering, etc etc. That's how my world works now.
  10. Bob Wells
    Since I rarely get to FC these days, I had not heard of Takumi until it came up in a Yelp search this very afternoon. Lately I've been going mainly for sashimi instead of sushi to minimize my carb intake, so the fish had better be good. Takumi's is excellent. I got scallops, sweet shrimp, enoki mushrooms, a yellowtail, maybe an amberjack, one other delicious fish, and a roe. (See pic) Also got the tuna tartare napoleon app, which turns out to be four canapes instead of a single napoleon. Not exactly what you'd expect but it was quite tasty. (See pic) Takumi is not cheap, but the fish is top-notch and the vibe is really good.
  11. Bob Wells
    Don with all due respect, I think that is different. With omakase, you're trusting the chef to give you his best stuff, but you know generally what the dishes will look like. With a menu like this, you're trusting that the named ingredients, some rather unusual, are put together in a way that you will enjoy, and you have really no idea what you will be getting. There is trust in both situations but in the former it seem to require less of a leap of faith. JMHO.
  12. Bob Wells
    Agree, for those prices it should not be a matter of entering the Circle of Trust.
  13. Bob Wells
    We liked the Reston Fortune a lot -- the space was just way too big for the non-dim sum hours. Haven't been to the 7Corners one in a while, HKP sort of became our dim-sum go to, not that it was that much better. Oh well, they had a good run.
  14. Bob Wells
    Interesting thread. The downtown DC area is particularly bereft of interesting b'fast joints. Maybe people just want to get to the office? Contrast this situation with Maine, which is breakfast heaven (like NM apparently). Not just the foodie city of Portland, but all over the state.
  15. Bob Wells
    So have you tried Spitony's Pizza yet too? Or what I always refer to as Spit On Me Pizza. 😂 We hit BRS a few years back. Pretty sure the consensus was "better than it should be, but really nothing special."
  16. Bob Wells
    Well in the real world Laurel to Columbia is definitely an up-market move (as is Jessup to Columbia, of course). 😂 Having said that, some of my favorite diners -- the Modern Diner in Pawtucket RI, the Palace Diner in Biddeford ME -- are in far-from-upmarket locales, but the food is outstanding, and with the internet, up-market people will go anywhere for up-market food. 😂
  17. Bob Wells
    Had lunch at Founding Farmers in Tysons (1800 Tysons Blvd) last week with a friend from Kelly's Bootcamp. We both got simple, protein-heavy dishes -- I got a poke bowl and he got shrimp Louie. The server heard us talking about needing lots of protein so he asked if we wanted extra protein and we both went for it (it's about $6 extra). My poke bowl was very good and companion loved his shrimp louie. In fact, I plan to go back to try the crab louie (with the extra protein). It's not what you'd call a cheap lunch -- with the add-on our meals were each about $26 but what the heck, I don't need to eat leftovers every single day. Not sure how far I'd venture into the massive menu but was more than pleased with the poke bowl (seems to be a popular choice as I noticed several others coming out too)
  18. Bob Wells
    Thanks Don -- I never ate at Co Co Sala but loved their chocolates and miss having them downtown. There are enough reviews on Yelp to make me think the place is the real deal.
  19. Bob Wells
    This place is moving up in the Date Night queue. Anyone been? I've heard nothing but good things.
  20. Bob Wells
    Got a Date Night reservation at Trummer's for March 8. Anyone been recently and can offer some insight?
  21. Bob Wells
    I'll say it's a good read. Sample: "Activities that may not pair well with Nashville hot chicken include a road trip, a long flight, a first date, work, sleep, and your wedding. First-timers have been advised to prepare for hot chicken by putting a roll of toilet paper in the freezer at home."
  22. Bob Wells
    I think it's a great name. It looks Korean (like the proprietor) and could be the sound you make after your first bite.
  23. Bob Wells
    So this is Nashville Hot Chicken? Got to try it. On my one and only visit to Nashville, I drove straight from the airport to Prince's Hot Chicken (the inventor). Got there right at opening time, noon on Saturday. A huge crowd formed but the place never opened. No reason given. Closed on Sundays and we left early Monday so I never got to try it. But supposedly you should not order anything above medium hot.
  24. Bob Wells
    I go back a long way with Warren, or Cookie as I call him. Great guy and great writer!
  25. Bob Wells
    What a great thread, thanks Don. When I started following baseball in 66-67, the National League was in the middle of a decades-long dominance of All-Star games. And anyone who doesn't think that had to do with the leagues' different levels of acceptance of minority ballplayers is kidding themselves.
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