bookluvingbabe Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Where did I dine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Burrell Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Le Diplomate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Le Diplomate? You think a Starr restaurant would plate this simply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Le Diplomate? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALargeFarva Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 1789? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 1789? Nope. Â Not in DC proper. This is Mr. BLB's entree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Trummer's on Main? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Nope. Â Not in DC proper. This is Mr. BLB's entree. The food looks good, with high quality ingredients, but the platings are on the simple side, with white tablecloths, and china that looks like something from Wedgwood. I'm going with something more like Old Angler's Inn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hmmm, Bonaroti???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Where did I dine? The Comus Inn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The Comus Inn Yes. Â Lovely food, lovely destination. S-L-O-W service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The Comus Inn How in the *hell* did you get The Comus Inn? That's sort of the track I was on, but it didn't even enter my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Here was my thinking: the restaurant is clearly trying to be an upscale place with the white tablecloths and tableware and glassware. Â Yet, the food/plating didn't quite measure up to that. From her posts, I knew that bookluvingbabe lives in upper Montgomery County, so I thought about what venue(s) would fit the above description in that area, and the Comus Inn came to mind. Â I googled it on Yelp to see the pictures and sure enough, the plates matched! Â 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Where did I dine? Hints: 1) You need both items (the food and the container) in the photo to guess the restaurant. 2) Both items are sufficient in and of themselves, without other hints, to get the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimCo Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Pike Pizza? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Pike Pizza? Yes  (Pike Pizza doesn't actually offer pizza.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimCo Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Nice. I haven't been there, but guessed a pizza box and saltenas could only mean one thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Where did I dine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Where did I dine? MainSt.JPG Kermit's Outlaw Kitchen, Tupelo MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Kermit's Outlaw Kitchen, Tupelo MS. Well ... you're certainly on the right track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Cafe 212? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Cafe 212? I'm thinking maybe I shouldn't have "cheated" like I did. (You both already got the answer; you just overestimated my ethics. Nobody ever spelled out any rules!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Where did I dine? (It was REALLY good.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Maketto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Maketto? That was my guess too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Maketto? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Where did I dine? (It was REALLY good.) I've been through every ramen house in the DC area, mentally, and every one except for two (Gaijin and Momofuku), physically, and I don't know where this is. Sakuramen doesn't pile their bowls up this high, at least not that I know of. I still haven't had the ramen at Sushi Taro, but this looks way too crude for them (these vegetables are in a primitive state). Let me ask a stupid question: Is this even ramen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 No. Damn. Could've sworn I've seen a bowl just like that there before. Â Whatever it is and wherever you had it, it looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandres374 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Where did I dine? (It was REALLY good.) Caphe Banh Mi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Caphe Banh Mi. No, but good guess since that is near where I work  If by tomorrow morning no one has guessed, I will throw out a clue.  I really thought the cat on the spoon was cute, I should have taken the picture the other way so you could see it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 No, but good guess since that is near where I work  If by tomorrow morning no one has guessed, I will throw out a clue.  I really thought the cat on the spoon was cute, I should have taken the picture the other way so you could see it better. When you said "cat on the spoon," I thought "Maneki-Neko!" but it isn't. I didn't notice the design on the spoon was a cat, and I'd be surprised if others did (did anybody?) As for the soup, I'm in the Far East, but I can't even get the country. As I typed that last sentence, I remembered that I've confused Far East and Latin America on this thread in the past - but I see what appears to be a bean sprout (just to the left of the pickled onion on the right side of the picture), oh and I guess the chopsticks might be a clue as well, so I'm leaning Vietnamese. It almost looks like an upscale riff on Pho, but it's far enough away from a traditional Pho where I can't say that for sure. That's a very fibrous cut of meat. You could use those scallions as blackjacks and kill somebody with them. This is one of the most confounding riddles for me yet, because it looks like it should be *so easy* ... but it's not. Funniest thing of all: David Chang is reading this thread, thinking, 'This guy doesn't know dick.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Daikaya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Daikaya? I'm not saying no, but I went through every DC-area ramen house pretty thoughtfully, and the closest I came was Sakuramen, and that's only because of the placemats - I didn't guess it because it doesn't look like Sakuramen (where, incidentally, I've only been once). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRiv18 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Ive definitely seen those utensils before. Its not Daikaya. Ive had the ramen at Baby Wale and I cant recall if thats the table settings, it doesnt look like it. Actually, I think this is the ramen in the basement of that Dupont Circle place on M st next to Bubs and Pops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Ive definitely seen those utensils before. Its not Daikaya. Ive had the ramen at Baby Wale and I cant recall if thats the table settings, it doesnt look like it. Actually, I think this is the ramen in the basement of that Dupont Circle place on M st next to Bubs and Pops I had the ramen last time I was at Baby Wale, and I didn't even think about it (didn't think all *that* much of the ramen, either, although it was okay). That spoon is *exactly* something like Tom's wife would decorate with, but Tom wouldn't use uncut scallions like that. No matter where I turn, this broth doesn't look quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Ok so hint, it's not traditional ramen the greens are broccoli rabe and it also has pickled scallions. Â It is someone who is finally crossing the river and opening a restaurant in DC proper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Thip Khao? (That had crossed my mind earlier, but I nixed it.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezepowder Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Ok so hint, it's not traditional ramen the greens are broccoli rabe and it also has pickled scallions. Â It is someone who is finally crossing the river and opening a restaurant in DC proper. Water and Wall. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Nonna's Kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 Water and Wall. Winner, winner! Â Oh man it was a good bowl of noodles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Tanigawa Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Where did I dine (in Arlington)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Where did I dine (in Arlington)? M_dinner.jpg Epic Smokehouse? Â (tasty herbed fries!!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Where did I dine (in Arlington)? M_dinner.jpg Me Janna? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Tanigawa Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Nope. Pork shoulder and fries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Where did I dine (in Arlington)? Nope. Pork shoulder and fries. [by definition, I'm at an inherent advantage in this game since I spend more time on the website than anyone else (so I tend to see these posts sooner than others do). Because of this, I'm making an ongoing pact not to post any responses in the first 24 hours so others can have a fair chance (although with cheezepowder in the mix, I'm not sure it much matters). However, as of 10:55 PM this evening, this question is in danger of being answered! (And no, I don't know the answer - I'm not letting myself think about it this just yet. Gary, I'm glad you said it was pork shoulder because the olives had me thinking lamb, and I suspect I'm not alone.) Cheers, Rocks] BTW, Katelin, was that soup actually ramen? What was it called, exactly - and is it on the regular menu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Tanigawa Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Oops, lamb shoulder and fries! Even without thinking about it Don, you have the advantage of knowing when there is a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezepowder Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well, not sure if I should answer, but.....Mazagan. I have to remember to take pictures so I can post. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well, not sure if I should answer, but.....Mazagan. I have to remember to take pictures so I can post. Why shouldn't you answer? You're our version of the 1927 Yankees 1970 Orioles. Was it the crumbled pistachios that gave it away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezepowder Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Why shouldn't you answer? You're our version of the 1927 Yankees 1970 Orioles. Was it the crumbled pistachios that gave it away? I didn't want to end the game if folks were still working on guesses .  Your eyes are better than mine because I didn't see crumbled pistachios in that picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outsideshot Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Why shouldn't you answer? You're our version of the 1927 Yankees 1970 Orioles. Was it the crumbled pistachios that gave it away? More like the 1966 O's ...they swept the series in 4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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