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China Canteen – Szechuan

Posted on 2006/03/04 by .

China Canteen, 808 Hungerford Drive, Suite E, Rockville, MD, 301-424-1616 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [City Paper | DC Examiner | Gayot] A real Szechuan place, dating back several years. Why didn’t more of you write me … Continue reading →

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Sichuan Village

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Sichuan Village, web site, 14005 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway (Rt. 50, just east of Rt. 28), Chantilly, VA, 703-631-5888, same strip mall as Il Mee. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | Don Rockwell | Citysearch] Update … Continue reading →

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Full Kee

Posted on 2006/03/04 by .

Full Kee in DC’s Chinatown, 509 H Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-371-2233 [Washingtonian | WaPo | NYT | City Paper | food-plan | openlist | Gayot] The snow pea pod leaves here, or whatever they are called, are great. As … Continue reading →

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China Bistro / Mama’s Dumplings – best dumplings

Posted on 2006/03/04 by .

China Bistro / Mama’s Dumplings, 755 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD, 301-294-0808 [Washingtonian | DC Examiner | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell] Order items 38 to 45, the dumplings. Dumplings. These are the best dumplings around, by an order … Continue reading →

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China Star

Posted on 2006/03/04 by .

China Star, web site, 9600 Main Street (Route 236), Fairfax, VA, 703-323-8822 (in the same shopping center as Kinko’s and Cinema Arts Theatre) [Don Rockwell] Update March 26, 2014: See updated review of China Star here. Update March 25, 2014: … Continue reading →

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Hunan Number One

Posted on 2006/03/03 by .

Hunan Number One, 3033 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 703-528-1177, in Clarendon, open to 1:30 a.m. every night [Washingtonian | City Paper | openlist | Citysearch | Gayot] A fraction of this place is authentic Cantonese, the other part is trying … Continue reading →

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China Garden

Posted on 2006/03/03 by .

China Garden, Rosslyn, 1100 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 703-525-5317 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | Don Rockwell | Gayot] Supposed to be very good Cantonese food, popular with Chinese. Packed for dim sum on weekends. Related Posts:

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Oriental East

Posted on 2006/03/03 by .

Oriental East, web site, 1312 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD, 301-608-0030 [Google | Yelp | City Paper | Don Rockwell | Gayot] The best orange beef around. Overall a very good, above average Chinese restaurant. There are so many good … Continue reading →

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Charlie Chiang’s

Posted on 2006/03/03 by .

Charlie Chiang’s, 660 South Pickett Street, off van Dorn, not so far from the Metro, West Alexandria, VA, 703-751-8888 [WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Citysearch] They have rabbit on the menu, and a number of other interesting-looking Szechuan … Continue reading →

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Far East Restaurant

Posted on 2006/03/03 by .

Far East Restaurant, 5505 Nicholson Lane, Rockville, MD, 301-881-5552 [food-plan | Citysearch] Quite good overall but the Kung Pao Chicken is the dish to get here, much more of a plum sauce dish than other kung paos. Related Posts:

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