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Bangkok Golden Thai Restaurant
Bangkok Golden Thai Restaurant, web site, 6395 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church, VA, right next to Hong Kong Palace (this is NOT in Eden Center), 703-533-9480 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | WaPo | Yelp] (July … Continue reading
Posted in Falls Church/Seven Corners, Laotian, The Best, Virginia
Tagged Bangkok Golden Thai, Kanthi, Laotian, Nam Khao, Sticky rice
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Hunan Gate Restaurant
Hunan Gate Restaurant, web site, 4233 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 703-243-5678 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | DishTip | TripAdvisor | Menuism | City Paper | Yelp] This is the place with the Manchurian menu, … Continue reading
Posted in Arlington, Manchurian, Virginia
Tagged fermented cabbage, Hunan, Hunan Gate Restaurant, Manchurian, pork belly stew, pork riblets, tofu scallion
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Fanny’s Restaurant
Fanny’s Restaurant, 436 S. Washington Street, Falls Church, VA, 703-532-4155 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [FCNP] (not from Fanny’s) Not my very favorite Bolivian place, but competitive with the other good ones. It is the place where … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivian, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Virginia
Tagged Bolivian, Fanny’s Restaurant, kidney soup, Pique Macho
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Sentences to ponder
When the head cook of Viet Taste in Falls Church gets an order for a plate of Bun Cha Hanoi, he knows exactly what to do. He has cooked the pork dish — with vermicelli noodles, greens and pickled vegetables … Continue reading
Posted in Vietnamese
Tagged Bun Cha Hanoi, kitchen staff, Viet Taste
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Mama Chuy
Mama Chuy, web site, 2620 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 202-667-6262 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | dishtip | Washingtonian | Don Rockwell | Yelp] This place is really good. Mom and pop. The chef is … Continue reading
Posted in Columbia Heights/Howard University, DC, Mexican, The Best
Tagged guacamole, Jalisco, Mama Chuy, sopes carnitas, tacos
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Pelican Seafood
Pelican Seafood, 7327 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA, 703-354-9888 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Chowhound | Yelp] An odd mix of a totally normal “American-Chinese” restaurant, eight or so quite good Hong Kong style noodle soup dishes … Continue reading
Posted in Annandale, Chinese, Crabs, Seafood, Virginia
Tagged American-Chinese, Annandale, fish and chips, Hong Kong noodles, Pelican Seafood, puffin, puffins, steam crabs, steamed crabs
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“The Locavore’s Dilemma”
The authors are Pierre Desrochers and Hiroko Shimizu (husband and wife), and the subtitle is In Praise of the 10,000 Mile Diet: The publisher’s page summarizes it thus: Today’s food activists think that “sustainable farming” and “eating local” are the … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged Locavore, Locavore’s Dilemma, The Locavore’s Dilemma
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More food writers should be making this kind of point
Arabic Knowledge@Wharton: So when companies like Wal-Mart bring their logistics ability to Africa, it actually could be a good thing for the poor people of Africa? Cowen: It’s exactly what we need more of. Yes. Arabic Knowledge@Wharton: Yet there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in African, Economics of Dining, Food Stores, General remarks, Outside DC
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The globalization of the food truck?
Among young Parisians, there is currently no greater praise for cuisine than “très Brooklyn,” a term that signifies a particularly cool combination of informality, creativity and quality. And this: An artisanal taco truck has come to Paris. The Cantine California … Continue reading
Posted in Food Trucks/Street Vendors, French
Tagged Cantine California, food truck, Paris, très Brooklyn
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