Category Archives: Current Favorites

Keren Restaurant

Posted on 2012/05/20 by .

Keren Restaurant, 1780 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC (near 18th and U Streets NW), 202-265-5764 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | AllMenus | City Paper | Yelp] This place is exactly what more ethnic restaurants in … Continue reading →

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Hunan Gate Restaurant

Posted on 2012/03/04 by .

Hunan Gate Restaurant, web site, 4233 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 703-243-5678 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | TripAdvisor | Menuism | City Paper | Yelp] July 16, 2012: Updated review here. photo credit: Micah Sittig … Continue reading →

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Bang Ga Nae

Posted on 2011/08/26 by .

Bang Ga Nae, 6499 Little River Turnpike, Alexandria, VA, 703-941-2722 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) Located in the little house where the North Korean place (Pyongyang Soondae) used to be. Now they specialize in goat dishes, done … Continue reading →

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R&R Tacqueria – Gas station tacos

Posted on 2011/03/05 by .

R&R Tacqueria, web site, 7894 Washington Blvd. (Rt.1), Elkridge, MD, 13 minutes north of the 495/95 intersection (I-95 Waterloo Road exit 41A), look for the Shell sign. 410-799-0001 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | Don Rockwell … Continue reading →

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DaMoim

Posted on 2010/05/25 by .

DaMoim, web site, 7106 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA, 703-354-3211 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Don Rockwell | Yelp] Call me impressed. They call it Korean fusion. Get the Ssam with spicy pork and also get the kimchee … Continue reading →

Posted in Annandale, Current Favorites, Korean, Virginia | 3 Comments

Mandu Rang Kimbob

Posted on 2010/03/12 by .

Mandu Rang Kimbob, web site, 7217 Columbia Pike, Annandale, VA, 703-642-8668, closed Sundays, the sign has mainly Korean characters. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Yelp] In a little house, in the strip mall with the Giant, near … Continue reading →

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Super Chicken

Posted on 2009/12/15 by .

Super Chicken, 422 S. Washington Street, Falls Church, VA, right next to Blanca’s, 703-538-5366 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Falls Church Times | MenuPages | City Paper | Insider Pages | Yelp] How good can any chicken … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken, Current Favorites, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Peruvian, The Best, Virginia | 3 Comments

Eyo Restaurant and Sports Bar

Posted on 2009/12/13 by .

Eyo Restaurant and Sports Bar, web site, 3821-B South George Mason Drive, Falls Church, VA, 703-933-3084 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) This unassuming locale is one of the two or three best Ethiopian places at the moment. … Continue reading →

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Me Jana

Posted on 2009/12/02 by .

Me Jana, web site, 2300 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 703-465-4440 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | Don Rockwell | NoVA Mag | Yelp] Right now this is a clear #1 in the Lebanese department. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arlington, Current Favorites, Lebanese, The Best, Virginia | 2 Comments

Sichuan Pavilion / Sichuan Jin River

Posted on 2009/10/28 by .

Sichuan Pavilion / Sichuan Jin River, web site, 410 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, MD, just north of Rockville Town Centre, invisibly deep into a strip mall with “Saigon” restaurant and Revere Bank. Enter on the north side of Beall Avenue (south … Continue reading →

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