Marty L. Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 hours ago, gnatharobed said: Happy Anniversary! We are honored to be your special occasion restaurant. Thank you so much for your support. We are getting ready to sign on with UberEats so you can also have A&J delivered soon. We had too many issues with DoorDash. Debbie: Yours has been among the very best carry-out options we've enjoyed -- thanks so much for making such delicious food so affordable! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtureck Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 5/20/2020 at 8:00 PM, gnatharobed said: Happy Anniversary! We are honored to be your special occasion restaurant. Thank you so much for your support. We are getting ready to sign on with UberEats so you can also have A&J delivered soon. We had too many issues with DoorDash. Are you on yet? Was looking for delivery options tonight, and I didn’t see anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 We are signed up with UberEats but they are taking so long to load our menus so we can’t start yet. It’s very frustrating. Sorry for the delay. Rockville has delivery through Chowbus. Annandale has delivery through Hungry Panda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtureck Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, gnatharobed said: We are signed up with UberEats but they are taking so long to load our menus so we can’t start yet. It’s very frustrating. Sorry for the delay. Rockville has delivery through Chowbus. Annandale has delivery through Hungry Panda. Looked at Chowbus...odd app. They’re offering me a 7:30-9:30 delivery window as the only option. Looks like I’m doing take out instead. Just glad you’re open! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 After a false start with DoorDash, A&J Annandale is finally on UberEats! We just started today. Rockville UberEats is coming soon. Thanks for everybody's patience and support. So grateful for Don Rockwell and the caring community he has created. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gnatharobed Posted June 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2020 Both Annandale and Rockville are on Uber Eats now! We also have a new website. https://www.aandjrestaurant.com Big thanks to DanielK for his feedback on the website and to deangold for his help regarding 3rd party delivery services. We feel so lucky to be a part of the Don Rockwell family! 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimRice Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 A&J is doing great carryout. Everything is packaged well, soup broth kept separate from the noodles, small buckets for the cucumber, slightly larger for the dry bean curd, cilantro, and peanut salad. I picked up a big bag of things from A&J Annandale, and had an epic picnic in the backyard of friends. Bravo! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smita Nordwall Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 6/3/2020 at 12:12 PM, gnatharobed said: Both Annandale and Rockville are on Uber Eats now! We also have a new website. https://www.aandjrestaurant.com Big thanks to DanielK for his feedback on the website and to deangold for his help regarding 3rd party delivery services. We feel so lucky to be a part of the Don Rockwell family! The menu looks great. Can you add prices to it, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, Smita Nordwall said: The menu looks great. Can you add prices to it, please? We had prices on the website at first but our Irvine, CA location asked us to take the prices down because customers in California were complaining that their prices were higher. Ridiculous, I know! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanvtaylor Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Wonderful takeout last night from the Rockville location. To my surprise, the highlight of the meal was the vegetarian delight with rice; served in a carryout container it looked, honestly, bland. But it was really, really delicious. The potstickers were as good as always, the turnip pastry as well, and the beef wraps fell apart a bit on the ride home but were flavorful and fun to eat. We have so many good options for interesting food, and this remains one of the best. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty L. Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, seanvtaylor said: Wonderful takeout last night from the Rockville location. To my surprise, the highlight of the meal was the vegetarian delight with rice; served in a carryout container it looked, honestly, bland. But it was really, really delicious. The potstickers were as good as always, the turnip pastry as well, and the beef wraps fell apart a bit on the ride home but were flavorful and fun to eat. We have so many good options for interesting food, and this remains one of the best. The veggies on rice is one of my faves. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtureck Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 My new A&J favorite...the spicy cucumber salad. Man, what a great combination of flavors . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captcourt Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 AND a surefire way to keep vampires (and spouses?) away!!! (Fortunately, my spouse also loves it, so we're in sync.) We get the cucumber salad Every. Single. Time. So, so good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 @captcourt I'm so with you and @mtureck about the cuke salad. Was back in the area over Christmas time and went to A&J for some of our family's old faves there, including the cucumber salad. Apparently, there is an A&J in CA somewhere (Irvine, I think) I'm now in UT and we've discussed driving to the CA location for some of their food. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty L. Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 8 hours ago, smokey said: @captcourt I'm so with you and @mtureck about the cuke salad. Was back in the area over Christmas time and went to A&J for some of our family's old faves there, including the cucumber salad. Apparently, there is an A&J in CA somewhere (Irvine, I think) I'm now in UT and we've discussed driving to the CA location for some of their food. Great to see you back here, Smokey! Any Utah suggestions? (My son will be out there soon.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 @Marty L. Skimming through posts here, I've been reminded about so much that I liked and miss about this community, including people like you who I got to know! Let me think about recs for your son. The sad reality is that while I think the food scene here has improved, it's still not as strong as other places I've lived. Any idea where he'll be in UT? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty L. Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 1 hour ago, smokey said: @Marty L. Skimming through posts here, I've been reminded about so much that I liked and miss about this community, including people like you who I got to know! Let me think about recs for your son. The sad reality is that while I think the food scene here has improved, it's still not as strong as other places I've lived. Any idea where he'll be in UT? Near Zion--but probably traveling through the north before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 9/8/2020 at 2:41 AM, smokey said: I'm now in UT and we've discussed driving to the CA location for some of their food. smokey, if you do this, you should write gnatharobed (whose family owns A&J) and let her know - I'm certain they (the family) would be beaming over this. We miss you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty L. Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 12 hours ago, DonRocks said: smokey, if you do this, you should write gnatharobed (whose family owns A&J) and let her know - I'm certain they (the family) would be beaming over this. We miss you! You mean if smokey actually makes the 1400-mile round trip to grab some potstickers and spicy cukes--only then should she write to Debbie w/her appreciation? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuit Girl Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 2:29 PM, mtureck said: My new A&J favorite...the spicy cucumber salad. Man, what a great combination of flavors . We made some at home recently and they were really good.....nearly as good as A&J's. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Biscuit Girl said: We made some at home recently and they were really good.....nearly as good as A&J's. 🙂 Spicy cucumber is the recipe people ask for the most! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 On 9/10/2020 at 6:38 PM, gnatharobed said: Spicy cucumber is the recipe people ask for the most! I enjoyed the hell of it from the Annandale location last night, along with an orgy of dumplings and buns! Any chance you can post the recipe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I am forbidden from revealing the ancient family recipe for our spicy cucumbers but can tell you that garlic, sesame oil, sugar, salt and A&J’s homemade hot sauce figure prominently. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, gnatharobed said: I am forbidden from revealing the ancient family recipe for our spicy cucumbers but can tell you that garlic, sesame oil, sugar, salt and A&J’s homemade hot sauce figure prominently. Forgive me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopsing Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 That commercial is hysterical. I don't recall every seeing it. The wife in pigtails and wearing a Chinese top. Classic! My father had a laundry in Brooklyn back in the day. Secret: he didn't use Calgon! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MsDiPesto Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 On 9/26/2020 at 8:07 AM, hopsing said: That commercial is hysterical. I don't recall every seeing it. The wife in pigtails and wearing a Chinese top. Classic! My father had a laundry in Brooklyn back in the day. Secret: he didn't use Calgon! Even Wayne's World references it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 11:18 AM, Smita Nordwall said: The menu looks great. Can you add prices to it, please? If you go onto Yelp there are photos of the menu with prices shown. And on an unrelated note, we're doing an all Asian Thanksgiving this year. Originally I was going to try to cook all sorts of dumplings and stir fries, but I quickly came my senses and decided to do carry out. If anyone has any "must order" items here, lay them on me! I generally stick to dumplings/buns/pancakes and am looking to broaden my horizons. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 16 hours ago, Bart said: If you go onto Yelp there are photos of the menu with prices shown. And on an unrelated note, we're doing an all Asian Thanksgiving this year. Originally I was going to try to cook all sorts of dumplings and stir fries, but I quickly came my senses and decided to do carry out. If anyone has any "must order" items here, lay them on me! I generally stick to dumplings/buns/pancakes and am looking to broaden my horizons. Thanks! In addition to the pan fried beef bun, pork pot stickers, and scallion pancakes, other customer favorites include the spicy beef noodle soup with wide handmade noodles, dan dan noodles, the Chinese style fried chicken on rice or with noodle soup, and the bean curd skin w/mustard greens and soy beans. Enjoy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Thanks Debbie! I also noted that the Vegetarian Delight got a lot of love up thread, so I'll be ordering that as well. Thanks again for the reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 Didn't realize they closed at 3:00 today and missed the closing time by five minutes. Arrgh! 😢 Who has leftovers!?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Bart said: Didn't realize they closed at 3:00 today and missed the closing time by five minutes. Arrgh! 😢 Who has leftovers!?!?!? Oh no! Sorry we missed you. We’re back to normal hours tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyG Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 It was nice to see A&J get some love in the WaPo's food section today. We have made the trek from Herndon to Annandale about once every 2 months during this pandemic (it was more like once or twice a month before) to get our fix. Some dishes, like the tiny wontons in hot sauce, do not travel well. As the weather improves, perhaps we can tailgate closer to the shop. Have folding table, will travel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 FYI, revamped website has prices and takes credit cards. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 7 hours ago, PollyG said: It was nice to see A&J get some love in the WaPo's food section today. We have made the trek from Herndon to Annandale about once every 2 months during this pandemic (it was more like once or twice a month before) to get our fix. Some dishes, like the tiny wontons in hot sauce, do not travel well. As the weather improves, perhaps we can tailgate closer to the shop. Have folding table, will travel. Thanks! We were excited to be in the Post. I will ask my parents about packing the sauce and wontons separately for takeout. Hopefully that will work better. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 @gnatharobedAny idea when dine-in will resume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, Ericandblueboy said: @gnatharobedAny idea when dine-in will resume? Hiring is so tough right now! We barely have enough staff but we’re hoping to open dine-in next week. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanvtaylor Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Stunningly good lunch at the Annandale location on Friday. Our group of four included two regular A&J visitors, and two guests from Europe (including one who is from Shanghai and relocated to Europe about 15 years ago). The regulars thought it was as good as it had ever been; our guests from Europe could literally not get enough, and we ended up going back to the menu two additional times to order more food. Everything that we had was loved, with our European guests lamenting the lack of anything even close to this in quality and authenticity in their city (Brussels). We had the usual suspects, skipping one (the potstickers) and adding in the beef tendon and tripe dishes at the request of our EU friends. For me, it was the first time dining at the Annandale location, as I was taking some visitors on a circuitous route from downtown out to Dulles. After a big dining week, with Korean and Vietnamese earlier in the week, this was the perfect capper. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 We went to the Annandale A&J a couple weeks ago, and it was just the same as it was the last time (ten years ago?) *Bean Curd with Thousand Year Szechuan Egg ($8.40) could have scared off my dining companion, but at my urging, it didn’t, and we both loved it - every bite was gone. *Cucumber Salad in Hot Garlic Sauce $5.45) brought everything together. This was almost certainly jarred, but so what? The cucumbers were snappier than if they’d been in the ground that day. *Shredded Pork and Szechuan Radish Noodle Soup ($13.45) was the equal of the Shredded Pork and Mustard Green Noodle Soup ($13.45), both requested with thick noodles (and taken home for lunch). The latter benefitted from a little soy sauce to wake it up a bit. *Thousand Layer Pancake ($5.45) was the only other thing (with the thousand year egg tofu) that we felt compelled to finish. A great, late lunch, with leftovers for the next day - some things never change, thank goodness. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 On 3/17/2023 at 11:55 PM, DonRocks said: We went to the Annandale A&J a couple weeks ago, and it was just the same as it was the last time (ten years ago?) *Bean Curd with Thousand Year Szechuan Egg ($8.40) could have scared off my dining companion, but at my urging, it didn’t, and we both loved it - every bite was gone. *Cucumber Salad in Hot Garlic Sauce $5.45) brought everything together. This was almost certainly jarred, but so what? The cucumbers were snappier than if they’d been in the ground that day. *Shredded Pork and Szechuan Radish Noodle Soup ($13.45) was the equal of the Shredded Pork and Mustard Green Noodle Soup ($13.45), both requested with thick noodles (and taken home for lunch). The latter benefitted from a little soy sauce to wake it up a bit. *Thousand Layer Pancake ($5.45) was the only other thing (with the thousand year egg tofu) that we felt compelled to finish. A great, late lunch, with leftovers for the next day - some things never change, thank goodness. Don- Thanks for visiting us. Hope to see you again before ten years pass! P.S. Our cucumbers are not jarred 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 4 hours ago, gnatharobed said: P.S. Our cucumbers are not jarred Just thinking of (often great jarred) Kimchi, and the wholesale neighborhood you’re in … how do you keep the quality so high, given that you’re not an ultra-high volume restaurant?! I’m impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 11 hours ago, DonRocks said: Just thinking of (often great jarred) Kimchi, and the wholesale neighborhood you’re in … how do you keep the quality so high, given that you’re not an ultra-high volume restaurant?! I’m impressed. Don't hold your breath on an answer. I once asked for the recipe for this dish and Debbie wouldn't give it to me!!! 😉 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMatt Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Indeed, I've tried many a times to duplicate the A&J cucumbers...and I keep failing. Too hot, too mild, too much garlic, too little, etc., etc. They are just too addictive! One of these days, maybe! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 11, 2023 Share Posted August 11, 2023 Visited a few weeks back after a hiatus, everything is good as ever. Favorites: Chinese Style Fried Chicken Soup Vegetarian Delight Smoked Chicken Pan Fried Pork Dumpling The rare restaurant where you can say 1) If it sounds good it is, and 2) The cold dishes are, on average, better than hot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captcourt Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 We stopped by A&J several days ago and, per usual, we over-ordered because EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS SO GOOD. Plus, I strongly believe in leftovers. Honestly, for me, having some left over is my biggest nudge to return to a good restaurant again; the leftovers might as well be a billboard yelling at me to go back and order more. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericandblueboy Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Went to A&J Annandale today around 10:30. The restaurant wasn't open because they're no longer doing weekend brunch (i.e., soy milk, you tiao, stuffed stick rice balls, etc.). Not sure when this happened. Did they stop doing brunch in Rockville too? Where can I go to get good you tiao? Bob's Shanghai? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 On 1/21/2024 at 12:23 PM, Ericandblueboy said: Went to A&J Annandale today around 10:30. The restaurant wasn't open because they're no longer doing weekend brunch (i.e., soy milk, you tiao, stuffed stick rice balls, etc.). Not sure when this happened. Did they stop doing brunch in Rockville too? Where can I go to get good you tiao? Bob's Shanghai? Sadly, we stopped serving breakfast at both locations on Jan. 1st. It was extremely difficult for us to find staff to prepare these time-consuming items. I miss you tiao too 😭 I asked my parents about other places for you to get you tiao and they only knew of Chinese grocery stores. They think one of the stalls at Great Wall sells you tiao. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty L. Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 14 hours ago, gnatharobed said: Sadly, we stopped serving breakfast at both locations on Jan. 1st. It was extremely difficult for us to find staff to prepare these time-consuming items. I miss you tiao too 😭 I asked my parents about other places for you to get you tiao and they only knew of Chinese grocery stores. They think one of the stalls at Great Wall sells you tiao. I'll miss the breakfast items, but we were just marveling the other night that after all these years A&J might just be the most *consistent* excellent restaurant around these parts. Year after year, meal after meal, the quality virtually never wavers (yet it never seems by-the-numbers or cookie-cutter, either!). Kudos to you, Debbie--don't know quite how you do it, but you're certainly onto something, and we're the very grateful beneficiaries. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatharobed Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 9 hours ago, Marty L. said: I'll miss the breakfast items, but we were just marveling the other night that after all these years A&J might just be the most *consistent* excellent restaurant around these parts. Year after year, meal after meal, the quality virtually never wavers (yet it never seems by-the-numbers or cookie-cutter, either!). Kudos to you, Debbie--don't know quite how you do it, but you're certainly onto something, and we're the very grateful beneficiaries. Thank you, Marty L. I will share your kind words with my parents. Consistency is something we all take very seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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