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If this is your first visit, read these:
-- Welcome
-- General Remarks
-- Six Rules for Dining Out
- Tyler Cowen's home page
- Marginal Revolution
- The Complete TCED Guide (June 2019) (127-page PDF)
- Metro Trip Planner
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Korean Food Specialists
Korean Food Specialists, 7031 Little River Turnpike, #21D, Annandale, VA, 703-333-3400 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Ylp] Set toward the back end of that strip mall, the same one with Il Mee and Shillah. It is the … Continue reading
Posted in Annandale, Korean, Virginia
Tagged Annandale, bCmdCUasTRY, kalbi, Korean Food Specialists, Korean fried chicken, pork neck, steamed dumplings
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Should you scorn seafood in the American Midwest?
Bruce Arthur, a loyal MR reader, writes to me: I grew up in a Polish immigrant neighborhood in Chicago, where I was raised on a diet high in seafood. My mother was raised close to the Baltic Sea and we … Continue reading
Posted in Seafood
Tagged asam laksa, Cincinnati Chili, midwest, Seafood, yEOHr8FudwQ
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Thai Spoon Cuisine
Thai Spoon Cuisine, web site, 6795 Wilson Blvd., #B1, Falls Church, VA, Eden Center, Saigon West, 703-538-2899 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Ylp] Yes Eden Center now has a Thai place. It’s pretty good, but not some … Continue reading
Posted in Eden Center, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Thai, Virginia
Tagged Eden Center, nkQ9vaqz-es, Pla Sam Rod, Plah Sam Rod, thai, Thai Spoon Cuisine
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Do Americans prefer hand-held foods?
Abigail Carroll opines: Are there any dishes or foods that you would classify as typically, or even exclusively, “American?” A number of iconic foods—hot dogs and hamburgers, snack food—are hand-held. They’re novelties associated with entertainment. These are the kinds of … Continue reading
Posted in American, Books
Tagged Abigail Carroll, dIorVQF7lKk, The Invention of the American Meal, Three Squares
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Ya Hala
Ya Hala, web site, 409 Maple Avenue West, Vienna, VA, 703-255-7070 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [zabihah | ylp] A remarkably fresh and yummy Lebanese mom and pop place. The best meat hummus around. Consistent. They also … Continue reading
Posted in Lebanese, Vienna/Tysons, Virginia
Tagged foul, foul and hummus, hummus, Lebanese, meat hummus, Vienna, Ya Hala, yRphv6UAnxk
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Shakthi
Shakthi, web site, 3807 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 703-739-2400, where Po Siam used to be, next to The Birchmere (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [DelRay Patch] This Sri Lankan restaurant is a knockout. Get the String … Continue reading
Posted in Alexandria, Current Favorites, Indian, Sri Lankan, Thai, Virginia
Tagged Alexandria, Kiri Bath, Kiribath, Kotthu, Kottu, pumpkin curry, Shakthi, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan, String Hoppers, uJQLZZxOt6I
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Silk Road Choyhona
Silk Road Choyhona, web site, 28 Bureau Street, Gaithersburg, MD, 301-330-5262 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | Bill & Elena | zabihah | ylp | Don Rockwell] The best Uzbekistan restaurant in this entire area! And … Continue reading
Tyler Cowen’s West Bank ethnic dining guide
I can recommend two places: 1. Siri (that is how they pronounced it, I don’t know the transliteration), a small restaurant on one of the main streets in the center of Ramallah. They serve hummus, foul, and foul ringed with … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Palestinian, West Bank
Tagged hippOChWrlw, Israel, Palestine, Ramallah, West Bank
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Thai Food
Thai Food, web site, 7031-2A Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 703-750-3334 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) Yes “Thai Food” is the name of the restaurant – how can you improve on that? Appropriately, you should ask for … Continue reading
Posted in Annandale, Thai, The Best, Virginia
Tagged 1qSI6r4Pwxc, Annandale, beef jerky, catfish, Foo Goong Chae Nampla, Goong Chae Nampla, mango, pork with plum sauce, shrimp, thai, Thai Food, Yam Pla Dook
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Siroo
Siroo, 4231-N Markham Street, Annandale, VA (formerly Sakura Express), 703-354-5488 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google] This is the only Korean porridge place around. I recommend the chicken with ginseng, oyster with seaweed, and abalone, all in … Continue reading
Posted in Annandale, Current Favorites, Korean, Virginia
Tagged Annandale, kimchee, Korean porridge, porridge, Siroo, x08lCvsLYxM
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