{"id":386,"date":"2006-05-04T21:23:22","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T01:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2006-05-04T21:23:22","modified_gmt":"2006-05-05T01:23:22","slug":"mandarin-inn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/mandarin-inn\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mandarin Inn<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oi=map&#038;q=3045+Mount+Vernon+Avenue,+Alexandria,+VA\">3045 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA<\/a> (across the street from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/2006\/04\/bombay_curry_company.php\">Bombay Curry Company<\/a>), 703-548-4052, 703-836-2300, usually open. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chowhound.com\/midatlantic\/boards\/dc\/messages\/78334.html\">Chowhound<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/restaurants.washingtoncitypaper.com\/restaurant.php?rID=1419\">City Paper<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openlist.com\/restaurants-view-7038362300-mandarin_inn-alexandria-va.htm\">openlist<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/YDGzO53joK4FGRTa1yfwwQ\">Yelp<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gayot.com\/restaurantpages\/info.php?tag=DCRES00412&#038;code=DC\">Gayot<\/a>]<br \/>\nMostly a Chinese place, but they have some Malay specialties as well.  Across the street from Bombay Curry Club.  Much more of a Mom and Pop than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/2006\/05\/straits_of_malaya.php\">Straits of Malaya<\/a>.  I went once, with mixed results.  I had a very good appetizer of chicken wrapped in bean curd, dipped into a sweet sauce.  The Beef Rendang had a good sauce, but the beef itself was dry and tasteless.  I am intrigued enough to go back, but the final verdict is not yet in.<\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandarin Inn, 3045 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA (across the street from Bombay Curry Company), 703-548-4052, 703-836-2300, usually open. (Metro Trip Planner &#8211; opens in new window) [Chowhound | City Paper | openlist | Yelp | Gayot] Mostly a Chinese &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/mandarin-inn\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,122,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexandria","category-malaysian","category-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386","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=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}