porcupine Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Shanghai Taste is a new restaurant on Nelson St. in Rockville. Based on one visit, it seems very promising. I now have two people attempting to translate the Chinese menu. Anyone interested in a $20 Tuesday sometime in the next several weeks? (Remember, as per tradition, $20 Tuesdays don't actually have to be on a Tuesday.) If there's general interest I'll set something up. And I'll buy dinner for anyone who translates that menu for us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMatt Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I'm interested, though it depends on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilaine Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 For Rockville, it would have to be a $20 Saturday or Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'd definitely be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I took a look at the menu. I know most of the stuff. I can always send it to my bro and see if he can add to it. I'll have it done in the next few days. As for a get together, I'm up for it on a weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Interest here as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schulju Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I've never had soup dumplings and would love to try them. Count me in if I'm in town on the date you choose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaG Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'd definitely be interested if it was a Saturday or Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'm interested...but prefer during the week (except Thursdays). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 How about Wednesday, Feb 13 or Tuesday, Feb 19? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 If they have soup dumplings, I'm in. Soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachgirl54 Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'd like to attend too - depends on the date and work. Thanks for organizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 I'd be in on Wed 2/13. Tue 2/19 there's already a DR.com event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezepowder Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'd also be interested in joining on 2/13. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Deb Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Count me in +1 for the 13th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can come on either date. The 19th is preferable, but it looks like the 13th is more popular, so count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm good on the 13th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schulju Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I can't attend on the 13th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 Let's do Wednesday, Feb 13 to avoid conflicting with the other event. So far we have: moi (+1 tbd) Soup DanielK cheesepowder DCDeb +1 LauraB darkstar965 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Me please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Just to confirm since I don't think it has yet been made explicit upthread, would this be a lunch or a dinner? I don't have any $20 Tuesday experience to know what the norm is...er, was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 dinner Whew! And, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Yi Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I'm interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 FYI this is a tiny restaurant. With this many people we might end up at 2 separate (non-contiguous) tables. I will stop in tomorrow and find out if they take reservations (I have doubts). If not, may I suggest we meet there at 6:30? Or even earlier if everyone can? Also, for those who can't make it, I'd be happy to organize a weekend outing except that I don't have a free weekend for a long time. So if someone else wants to take on that project, go for it. Updated: moi Mr Porcupine Soup Daniel K cheezepowder DCDeb +1 LauraB darkstar965 Tweaked Albert Yi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 ps would a moderator please change the thread title to reflect the date and possible time? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 ps would a moderator please change the thread title to reflect the date and possible time? thanks. What time do you want or have arranged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 ^read post #25. :-) seriously, though, maybe just add "time tbd" to the title. thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 ^read post #25. :-) seriously, though, maybe just add "time tbd" to the title. thanks! Gotcha. Just changed it with a "placeholder" but guessed right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 We have a wee bit of a problem. I spoke with someone at ST today. They don't take reservations, they don't have a table large enough for all of us, and they don't think they can seat that many of us all at the same time at 6:30 on a weeknight. I got the vague impression that if we showed at 6:00 we'd have better luck. I also got the impression that they really don't want to try to seat a dozen people together. It really is a small place. They do, however, have a table that can seat 8. Here's what I propose: Mr P and I will step aside from this event. The rest of you go, and if you can agree to meet earlier than 6:30, do. If not, be prepared to sit at two or three different tables. I've cut-and-pasted a translated Chinese menu and posted it in the restaurant thread, so print a copy and bring it along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 We have a wee bit of a problem. I spoke with someone at ST today. They don't take reservations, they don't have a table large enough for all of us, and they don't think they can seat that many of us all at the same time at 6:30 on a weeknight. I got the vague impression that if we showed at 6:00 we'd have better luck. I also got the impression that they really don't want to try to seat a dozen people together. It really is a small place. They do, however, have a table that can seat 8. Here's what I propose: Mr P and I will step aside from this event. The rest of you go, and if you can agree to meet earlier than 6:30, do. If not, be prepared to sit at two or three different tables. I've cut-and-pasted a translated Chinese menu and posted it in the restaurant thread, so print a copy and bring it along. At the risk of asking three overly obvious questions: 1. As small as it is, can it accommodate 12-15 in total? 2. If yes, might there be a four-top that could be next to the table of 8? 3. Get there at open or however early necessary to grab the dozen spots? We can pretend we don't all know each other--which actually is kind of true. Seems kind of wacky to me that the P's step out given the herculean efforts to first scope this place out and then work with other members to scan, translate and republish a pretty long menu! Whaddya say, Porcupines?! We can make this work, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 At the risk of asking three overly obvious questions: 1. As small as it is, can it accommodate 12-15 in total? 2. If yes, might there be a four-top that could be next to the table of 8? 3. Get there at open or however early necessary to grab the dozen spots? We can pretend we don't all know each other--which actually is kind of true. Seems kind of wacky to me that the P's step out given the herculean efforts to first scope this place out and then work with other members to scan, translate and republish a pretty long menu! Whaddya say, Porcupines?! We can make this work, no? 1. I had a quick look today - I'd say they can seat about 36 total, almost all at 4-tops, not easy to re-arrange to hold 8 or 10 or 12. 2. Not really, given the traffic pattern and location of that table. 3. If everyone else is game, I am, too. It's easy for me to get there early but I was reluctant to force others to do so. Willing to try to make it work, but also willing to step aside. It's easy enough for me to get to ST and keep munching my way through the menu. My only regret would be that it would be nice to see some of you again (or meet you for the first time). Let's take a poll: what's the earliest you can get there? Keep in mind if your coming up the inner loop of the beltway that traffic is very heavy and can be quite slow getting to and through the I-270 spur. It helps a little if you can carpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Just took a look at the dining room. Photo #10 of 27 on their yelp page shows it best. Also just phoned them since no website with hours. We can totally make this work with everyone. They told me they open each day at 11 and are almost never busy between lunch and dinner hours. Depending on how early people could get there, we could just be confident of getting tables near enough to each other or we could have two waves with the first wave getting there 30 min earlier or whatever and getting some tea. I could probably get there as early as 5:30 that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I can remove myself from the list -- somehow I thought this was a lunch, now I realize that it's a dinner. Unfortunately, I have previous plans for that evening. Really disappointed, as this place is 5 minutes from my house. Hope everyone else enjoys it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I can get there whenever - 5-10 minutes from my house, and I work from my home office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Deb Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I can get there on the early side too. I'll be coming in from downtown but should be able to make it by 6. Look forward to seeing/meeting you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheezepowder Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I can probably be there by 5:30pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Blume Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Wait list? I could be there early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkstar965 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Wait list? I could be there early. Given how the logistics are shaping up, shouldn't be a problem to just add one, Anna. If anyone can't be there by 6, maybe let us know here and I'll change the time in the title to six with the understanding that those who can be there by 5:30, please do so so we can occupy a few tables. Updating from Porcupine's last update: Updated (please let Porcupine/Me know if anything changes or looks wrong): Porcupine (2) (can be there by 5:30?) Soup (1) (ETA?) Daniel K (1) (5:30) cheezepowder (1) (5:30) DCDeb (2) (6:00) LauraB (OUT--boo ) darkstar965 (1) (5:30) Tweaked (1) (ETA?) Albert Yi (1) (ETA?) Anna Blume (1) (5:30) Total: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweaked Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I work downtown, so getting out to Rockville by 5:30/6 isn't really doable. I will gracefully bow out. But please post photos so I can drool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Arriving at 5:30, getting a table, and maybe ordering things that take a long time to come out: porcupine Mr P DanielK cheezepowder darkstar965 Anna Blume, and DCDeb +1 (arriving a little later) Soup, Albert Yi, what say you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Yi Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I should be able to make it by 5:30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Deb Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Arriving at 5:30, getting a table, and maybe ordering things that take a long time to come out: porcupine Mr P DanielK cheezepowder darkstar965 Anna Blume, and DCDeb +1 (arriving a little later) Soup, Albert Yi, what say you? Count me in for 5:30. See you Wednesday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 guys, just looked at the weather. they are calling for snow showers. If it is not too bad, I will make it @ 5:30. 5:30 works better for me as I can get home before the kids go to bed. However, if the weather is bad, I will beg out. I know I am being wishy washy. My appologies. If someone needs a spot who can definitely commit, I will give up my spot. Let hope for now snow until after 9pm tomorrow. Soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 The weather report I'm looking at suggests that it's not going to get cold enough to turn from rain until well overnight, if at all, so we should be safe. But even if it does drop enough for flurries or sleet at rush hour, the high temperatures today and the mid-40s high tomorrow suggests that it won't stick to the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 So it looks like we have 10 people for 5:30 - fantastic! Please bring cash, and better yet, bring small bills. I'll bring one or two copies of the translated menu. See you tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 guys, my appologies again. I will need to bow out. Work just came up. Soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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