{"id":2795,"date":"2013-12-27T16:37:44","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T21:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2014-02-21T17:40:57","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T22:40:57","slug":"shakthi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/shakthi\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakthi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Shakthi<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/shakthicuisine.com\/\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?&#038;q=3807+Mount+Vernon+Avenue,+Alexandria,+VA\">3807 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA<\/a>, 703-739-2400, where Po Siam used to be, next to The Birchmere  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"http:\/\/delray.patch.com\/groups\/business-news\/p\/shakthi-south-asian-cuisine-opens-on-mount-vernon-avenue\">DelRay Patch<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJQLZZxOt6I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This Sri Lankan restaurant is a knockout. Get the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idiyappam\">String Hoppers<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/shakthicuisine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/21.jpg\">picture<\/a>)<\/a> with fish curry, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kottu\">Kotthu<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiribath\">Kiri Bath<\/a>, which is fish curry with rice and milk and coconut sambal. I suspect the stuff wrapped in banana leaf is great too. There is also deviled potato, pumpkin curry, and green jackfruit cooked in coconut milk. High quality across the board. The restaurant also serves Indian and Thai dishes, but don\u2019t let you that throw you, that is not uncommon in Sri Lanka also and thus it is as much a sign of authenticity as anything. I won\u2019t be trying the Indian dishes anytime soon, but I would not be surprised if they made this place one of the areas&#8217; best Indian restaurants, too. Go, go, go. 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