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Yeah, this belongs in the delmarva board.
I'm in Arlington too. The Courthouse market is sat 8am-noon and is great!
Clarendon is wed 3-7pm and is good.
Ballston farmers market is Friday 11am-3pm and while weak on fruits and veggies has several bakers (one is good), a sausage producer, a great goat cheese vendor, good coffee form Honduras, a sauce and rub guy, etc...
Good wine/cheese store: Arrowine.
There are Asian groceries nearby at Eden Center, a vietnamese shoppign area just outsode of arlington.
French Bakery: Randolphs (near the next suggestion)
Lebanese Taverna market is good.
Great Italian market w/ny pizza and philly hoagies: The Italian Store.
That should do for now.
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Well, now it is finally getting press since Sietsema gave them a good write up, but I really like a newish alregian lunch spot called Couscous Cafe. I've mentioned it on other sites, but it probably hasnt been mentioned here. 20th and M in DC. It's not hidden, but people wlk right by ti and don't notice it.
I like Cafe Tirolo, which is in a hidden location in Ballston, behind Tara Thai. It has been in the press for many years, but it can not be seen from any street.
El Charrito Caminante and Taqueria Distrito Federal are 2 taco dives that are popular enough in the media and food boards, but you might not notice them if you happened to wander by.
I actually like a couple of things in the Mexican place in the ballston mall foodcourt. It is an extension of a Merrifeld restaurant, but I don't remember the name (La Choza?). Mainly, I go there for beef empananadas, and that in itself is a compliment.
El Pollo Rico in Va Square i(for rotisserie chicken) s in a hidden location on an odd sidestreet, but people know about it, especially GMU grad and law students.
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Sara asked me to post the experience of getting to watch her show in person. This is a repost, slightly edited.
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When I lived in NYC (a few years ago), I used to take the express bus daily with a woman who worked for Conde Nast with Sara. They knew each other because they had similar last names, so got each others mail a lot. This neighbor got me into the taping. They just sat me and two friends at a table in the back with a botle of wine. They didn't have an actual audience. We had to pull our legs in whenever the cameraman ran by with the equipment.
Afterwards, Sara came by and spoke to me for a while. She asked what my cooking infuences are, etc... She is a real sweetheart. We actually share a birthday (date, not year) but I forgot to mention it. That means hers is coming up in February. We also got to try the food that they had prepared. Yum.
It was a great experience, and I'm glad I was able to be there.
I had met Jacques Torres the same week at the chocolate show. In a French accent: "Men, eat my chocolate, the women will love you. Ladies, beware, I'm eating some now."
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Jaleo has good sangria and desserts, evcen if the tapas are mediocre. They have happy hour sangria specials.
Ella's for free pizza during happy hours.
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I shop at the WF is Arlongton, Va, and they are best of the easily accesible options for fish. They have my business from that alone but they have a good meat department as well. Their appetizing case sometimes has interesting items. Their bakery dept is good as well. I'm just not seeing a downside to shopping their as long as I look at the prices carefully when shopping for produce.
Plus, a lot of items taht I like are carried by WF but not by mainstream supermarkets.
I see a lot of people are attacking them on price but I find their house brand to be good value and quality on a lot of items. Mainly the produce prices seem out of line, but justifiable based on sourcing and quality.
I know that they don't carry items with hydrogenalized soy...but that is fine with me.
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I wouldn't take credit for someone else's food, but I'm a decent cook, so it wouldn't be necessary. I'd like to see someone get away with this if they were dating someone who like us Egulleteers is into food. Wouldn't you ask them what the seasoning were or how they did this or that? I probably would, at leats as a way of showing interest in their cooking.
I could see someone trying to get away with it with Wholefoods prepared foods since they list the ingredients and the food generally looks and tastes good but not spectacular.
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I'm looking for an indian buffet place near chinatown area. Any suggestions?
I do not know if they have a buffet, but I do not like Mehak, the indian place in Chinatown.
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nope. I do not like Breadline, Ben's, Lauriol, or Moby Dick.
article from Southern Living (on CNN Travel)the ultimate value meal: great tasting, excellent service, unique atmosphere, and -- hardest of all -- close to the sites and attractions you want to see. Near the White House and want a bargain lunch? No problem. Spent a bundle on tickets to the Kennedy Center but don't have any money left for a pre-show dinner? Read on. All of the following restaurants are centrally located, and you won't need a wad of Benjamins to eat at them. A couple of Abes should do you just fine.Cheap eat No. 1: The Breadline
Cheap eat No. 2: Ben's Chili Bowl
Cheap eat No. 3: Lauriol Plaza Restaurant
and the list goes on ... if you live in or have visited D.C. have you eaten at some of these places? Agree with the author of the article?
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Nam Viet has a DC location, and it is good. Malaysia Kopittiam in Dupont is good.
Mentally -- if not officially -- "sushi" is a distinct category for me, as opposed to "Asian" generally but I'll grant you that. On the other hand, if you couldn't find good Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese or Malaysian food you weren't looking -- just as they weren't.I will agree that Ethiopian should be on the list, but
1. I was looking for good Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese and Malaysian IN the district.
2. It was nearly impossible to find. For Vietnamese Falls Church is where it's at. All the good Thai places seem to be in Arlington. Okay, I have heard of some underground place run by a guy named Toth, but I haven't tried it yet. If lives up to the hype, then maybe they should have mentioned that. Chinese is DC flat out sucks. We have one of the worst Chinatown's ever. Tai Shan is reasonable but only if you know the owner. Eat First can be good, but is highly inconsistent. Full Kee is alright, but mainly because it's open so late. Some of the more expensive places are better, but don't fit the requirements of the article. China Garden in Rosslyn is good, but again, not in DC. I blame it on Tony Chang thinking he is the godfather of chinatown. I haven't really looked for Malaysian food, so you've got me there.
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The Mayor says he won't sign it. DCist had the update last night.
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chrisamirault, thanks for sending me a message about your comment, because I don't have notifications set for this thread.
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Well, when I lived in NYC (a few years ago), I used to take the express bus daily with a woman who worked for the same company as Sarah. I forget what the larger company is for Gourmet. They knew each other because they had similar last names, so got each others mail a lot. She got me into the taping. They just sat me and two friends at a table in the back with a botle of wine. They dont have an actual audience. We had to pull our legs in whenever the cameraman ran by with the equipment.
Afterwards, Sarah came by and spoke to me for a while. She asked what my cooking infuences are, etc... We actually share a birthday (date, not year) but I forgot to mention it. That means hers is coming up in February. She is really nice. We also got to try the food that they had prepared.
I had met Jacques Torres the same week at the chocolate show. In French accent: "Men, eat my chocolate, the women will love you. Ladies, beware, I'm eating some now."
A taping? No kidding! What was it like? I'm really interested to hear behind the scenes stuff: how did they prep you? what role did you play? etc. etc. -
I've met Sara Moulton and she is a sweetie. I actually sat in on a taping of Cooking Live when I lived in nyc a few years back.
-Jason
I get to meet her and I'm so excited!!! She is coming to KC and teaching a cooking class and you get a copy of her cookbook signed! I can barely contain myself until November!
As for the move, I thought I had read that she said Food Network was going in a different direction and that didn't include her? Did I make that up? I can never seem to find the good cooking shows on PBS that everyone always talks about... I think they must be on at weird times here. I think fans will follow her, so hopefully there's enough of us!
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Vegetate is vegetarian. Assume it isn't actually bacon.
I had the Scrambled Tofu w/Potatoes, Bacon & Creamy Grits..Should I assume that it's not real bacon? Because why eat bacon but not eggs?
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I didn't like the second book because I just was not interested in her flings. I didn't even find them interesting. I loved the other 2 books.
Whereas I really liked her two previous books, and enjoyed her reviews, I have to say that I HATED HATED HATED this book, and I know I am in minority here. I also know that she will be the guest here on Egullet, and do not wish to offend her or anyone else, but here is my opinion:This book was so self serving and egocentric that I wanted to scream, "It's not all about you in this world and why don't you appreciate the gifts you have been given rather than whine and moan about how awful people treated you and how you were forced to eat such bad meals."
First, she spends an inordinate amount of time settling scores with pasty faces at the NY Times. Who cares? We don't need to know about people we will never meet and don't care about. I was totally bored by reading two reviews of every restaurant in each chapter -- We get it, Ruth, we get it. But for me, the final straw was when she takes Marion Cunningham to The Box Tree. Here is her mentor, who has been much more than kind to her, and she knows she is taking her to a terrible restaurant, yet she remarks that she wanted a glass of wine and wished that Marion had not stopped drinking, because she could not have said glass of wine. One, it is likely that her dinner guest would not have objected or felt uncomfortable with Ms. Reichl having a glass of wine. Did she bother to ask? And Two, this reinforced my feeling that IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU, DON'T YOU GET IT?
I simply found her to be completely narcissistic and am relieved that I am not some acquaintance of hers who she may some day write about.
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Tyler posted a new version last month:
http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/19th%20Cowen.htm
My lord, that's a great list of places. It works out to about 80 pages of writing. It may be slightly out of date now in 2005, but even so, at least half to 3/4 of it is probably still accurate.For my next DC trip, I would probably print up the first 7 pages and carry them along.
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I've read the book, and really liked it. I burst out laughing whiule reading it in a Vietnamese cafe in (Eden Center in) VA, where I was the only american customer and the place was dark and really quite. Everyone turned to look at the crazy American.
That said....That is an awesfully long exerpt to post in a forum.
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A lot of these are ethnic divces but....My fav's in DC are Jaleo, Malaysia Kopitiam, Couscouse Cafe (for weekday lunch) Nam-Viet, and Dukem (Ethiopian). I like La Tasca for desserts and Sangria, but not for Tapas.
Montgomery Cty, MD: El Patio, Joe's Noodle House.
Nova: Thai Square, Fortune, Mark's Duck House, Viet Huong (Eden Center),Panshjir, El Charrito Caminante (a taco dive), Argia's, Cafe Tirolo, Lebanese Taverna, Jerusalem (palestinian), Flavors, Na-Viet, La Tasca (see above note), Kabob Bazaar, the Italian Store (takeout pizza dn hoagies), and Shamshirry's, to name a few.
Have you looked at Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Food Guide?
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I thought that the actual burger patty at Harry's Taproom was excellent, but the fixins were cut too thick and the bun was soggy, so it was a waste.
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Flushing? Are you sure? Maybe Kew Garden Hills or Forest Hills, but Flushing doesn't have kosher stores that i know of. What si the name and where is it?
Hello, I live in Takoma Park and have started exploring cheese making (I'm an unemployed baker). Is anyone familiar with a place in metro DC where I could find cheese making supplies? There must be a way to support a local buisness without resorting to the web.Thanks to all, Woods
Hi Woods,
I live in Takoma Park as well and I like to make my own cheese. I have looked locally for cheesemaking products and finally gave up. I tried our own co-op for vegetarian "rennet" as well as Trader Joe's and Rodman's. Apparently, Trader Joe's sells it on the West coast, but not over here. I ended up buying soursalt/citric acid at a kosher spice store in Flushing (my s.o. is from Queens so I am up there about once a month). I started mail ordering from cheesemaking.com for everything else.
I do buy my milk from the TPSS co-op. They don't have non-pasteurized, but they do have organic milk that is not ultra-pasteurized that they sell by the gallon. I spoke to a dairy vendor at the Farmer's market on Sunday about getting non-pasteurized milk. He told me that it is illegal to sell in Maryland, but not in Pennsylvania if you can make "arrangements" with local dairies.
Maybe someone else knows something that I don't...
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El Pollo Rico, but their limited sides are the reason I often go to Pio Pio instead.
Pio Pio's sides arent great (although they are decent), but the chicken is good, and at least they have more of a variety than just coleslaw and fries. EPR's chicken is the best though. Not good yuca though).
I like the sides at Pollo Super, but the chicken isn't as good as the other 2. Good yuca.
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Then you are getting the wrong stuff there. The sangrias are good, and there is a good variety of them. The desserts are actually very good. It is the tapas that are mediocre, so taht shouldn't be your main focus there.
-Jason
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Wow, you guys ressuracted a post fo mine from before I lived in the DC area.
As far as capital Q, I was there the other day and it was better than that visit of mine in 2002. Yes, I had the brisket, but over rice.
As far as Jaleo, great place, but It is hard to resist La Tasca's Friday night happy hour (free paella at the bar and bar tables and $13 sangria pitchers.) I may try to get back to Jaleo soon.
Also been going to Ella's for free pizza happy hours, with $3 beers and $3 bad sangrias.
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I had to explian to someone whay egg foo yung (sp?) was last week, and described it as a "heart attack on a platter." Deep-fried omelette with an oil and starch based sauce. At least i don't get the pork version.
-Jason
If cholesterol were not an issue in my life, I think I could eat an omelette for breakfast every day for the rest of my life and never get bored of 'em. There's just so many bazillions of things you can do to an omelette.And it wasn't until I moved down here to Southern California that I discovered that divine meat-and-eggs concoction known as machaca con huevos. Heart attack on a platter, no doubt, but I still refuse to give it up (as an occasional indulgence, at any rate).
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Definitely Eden Center for Vetnamese, although I prefer Huong Viet over 4 Sisters, since it is less geared towards americans. Seems more authentic. There are also places for bahn mi and pho.
Other good SE Asian:
Burmese: Myanmar in Falls Church and Mandalay in MD (Silver Spring). Burma in Chinatown (DC) as a third choice.)
Malaysia Kopitiam for malaysian in Dupont. Not Penang.
I like Thai Square in Arlington for Thai. Supposdly Duangrat and Rabieng in Bailey's are really good, although oen si upscale.
Trendy hipster bar in DC
in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining
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Not sure exactly what consitutes a hipster bar but these might:
Zaytinya (penn Qtr), Zengo (Chinatown), Left Bank (Adams Morgan). Mie n Yu (sp?) in Georgetown?