{"id":2118,"date":"2012-09-24T22:47:17","date_gmt":"2012-09-25T02:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2012-09-24T22:49:51","modified_gmt":"2012-09-25T02:49:51","slug":"east-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/east-pearl\/","title":{"rendered":"East Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>East Pearl<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastpearlrestaurant.com\/\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=838+Rockville+Pike,+Rockville,+MD\">838 B Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD<\/a>, 301-838-8663 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109844344580457786493\/\">Google<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/gog\/restaurants\/east-pearl,1227214.html\">WaPo<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonian.com\/restaurantreviews\/2012\/06\/east-pearl-gem-of-the-pike.php\">Washingtonian<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donrockwell.com\/index.php?showtopic=17813\">Don Rockwell<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/east-pearl-rockville\">Yelp<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><center><div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/whiteafrican\/3447796874\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ugly pearl statue in Doha, by Erik (HASH) Hersman\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3374\/3447796874_6a8521fb92_z.jpg\" title=\"Ugly pearl statue in Doha, by Erik (HASH) Hersman\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ugly pearl statue in Doha, by Erik (HASH) Hersman<\/p><\/div><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is now a clear first choice for the best <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cantonese_cuisine\">Cantonese<\/a> place around.  Maybe that&#8217;s not saying much but it is genuinely tasty food.  The tofu dishes are especially good and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Congee\">Congee<\/a> is also worth trying.  Many people do not like the service, which is diffident at best.  Still, this place delivers on some key dimensions.  It tends to attract a mix of Chinese grandparents and and people who do not know how to order as they apparently do not read TCEDG, so be it.<\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/shi-miaodao-yunnan-rice-noodle\/\" title=\"Shi Miaodao Yunnan Rice Noodle\">Shi Miaodao Yunnan Rice Noodle<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/cafe-china-nyc\/\" title=\"Cafe China &#8211; NYC\">Cafe China &#8211; NYC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/don-pollo\/\" title=\"Don Pollo\">Don Pollo<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/yu-noodles-cafe\/\" title=\"Yu Noodles Caf\u00e9\">Yu Noodles Caf\u00e9<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/lotus-garden\/\" title=\"Lotus Garden\">Lotus Garden<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East Pearl, web site, 838 B Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 301-838-8663 (Metro Trip Planner &#8211; opens in new window) [Google | WaPo | Washingtonian | Don Rockwell | Yelp] This is now a clear first choice for the best Cantonese &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/east-pearl\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188,4,9,13,12],"tags":[1377,642,641,644,643],"class_list":["post-2118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cantonese","category-chinese","category-maryland","category-rockvillegaithersburg","category-the-best","tag-cantonese","tag-congee","tag-east-pearl","tag-rockville","tag-tofu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2118"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2124,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2118\/revisions\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}