Posted in $$, American, Beer, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Restaurant Review, alfresco, apps, casual attire, date appropriate, kid-friendly, spirits/liquor, tagged bar louie washington dc on July 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I have always talked about wanting to go to Bar Louie (menu here) and just went after seeing the Sex and the City movie. I didn’t realize, until just now, that it’s a bit of a chain!
Food:I ordered the Baja fish tacos which were pretty good. The fish was seasoned very well (and not fried, yay!). [...]
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Posted in $, Dinner, Lunch, Restaurant Review, alfresco, breakfast, casual attire, deli, kid-friendly, salad, vietnamese, tagged pot belly sandwiches on June 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In the five years that I’ve lived in DC, it seems Pot Belly has taken over the town. Yes, I know, it’s a bit like a chain…but it’s sometimes incredibly convenient/easy for me to go sometimes when it’s late at the office and grab dinner.
Food: I’ve ordered a lot of food at Pot Belly, but my [...]
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Posted in $$, $$$, Beer, Belgian, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, McPherson Square, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tagged brasserie beck washington dc on June 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Brasserie Beck. I was supposed to go a couple of different times but things kept happening that prevented my visit. I finally made it with a couple of friends.
On a total personal side note, both of my food-loving friends (who are always up to try new places and cuisine) are leaving DC! Ugh, it’s so [...]
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Posted in $, American, Dinner, Lunch, Restaurant Review, alfresco, breakfast, casual attire, deli, golden triangle, vegetarian, tagged Vermont Village Cafe on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Across the street from Casa Blana is Vermont Village Cafe. It kinda reminds me of the Seinfeld episode with Babu Bhatt and his restaurant that offers a lot of different ethnic foods. Some of their offerings can be found here. They have a bigger menu at their restaurant (including breakfast).
Food:I was in a meat mood and so I [...]
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Posted in $, American, Lunch, Pizza, Restaurant Review, alfresco, breakfast, casual attire, golden triangle, greek, kid-friendly, vegetarian, tagged sunrise 17th and L street nw, sunrise cafe washington dc on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Right across from City Place Cafe is Sunrise Cafe. While they don’t have a menu available (just a big board when you walk in), they do offer a wide variety of options. One day, maybe I’ll feel adventurous enough to take a photo.
Food: One of my favorite sandwiches is their chicken gyros ($6 includes tax) because the chicken [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Beer, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Steakhouse, Upscale Happy Hour, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, spirits/liquor, tagged morton's happy hour, morton's steakhouse washington dc on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I know, I know — Morton’s is a chain, but unlike some other chains (ahem, none to be mentioned here but take a look at the list of “Restaurants I’ve Been”), they’ve managed to still be pretty good.
Food: First, let’s talk about their enormous (freshly baked?) onion bread they plop in front of you. It’s the [...]
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Posted in $$, Dinner, Eastern Mediterranean, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, alfresco, apps, casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, greek, healthy, vegetarian, tagged skewers washington dc on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
I seem to always walk by places and never go in them and Skewers is another restaurant that I’ve wanted to try.
Food:I ordered the Lamb Kebob Light Combination, but light it wasn’t! There’s a lot of food! I ordered a side of hummus which was a perfect smooth texture and fantastic flavor. The tabouleh was [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Foggy Bottom/GWU, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, apps, breakfast, business casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, vegetarian, tagged blue duck tavern washington dc on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After hearing so many great things about Blue Duck Tavern, I finally went. Why did it take me so long to go?
Food:I went with a client and thankfully, a cool client that’s into sharing! So we ordered their braised barbecue beef “long rib”, crab cakes, triple fried fries, and glazed baby carrots. The fries were more [...]
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Posted in $$$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, french, late night menu, spirits/liquor, tagged cashion's eat place on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
After dog sitting for P3, she was quite generous with her “thank you” gift and gave me a gift certificate for Cashion’s. I was excited because I’d never been before — and so I finally had the opportunity the other week.
Food:To put it mildly, some of the best appetizers ever! I ordered the grilled octupus which [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, American, Brunch, Dinner, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, sushi, tagged left bank restaurant washington dc on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I know I said I’d only blog about the really good restaurants, but sometimes there are good concepts that don’t go quite as I think the chefs meant. I think that’s what happened with Left Bank breakfasts.
Before I get to the food, I wanted to bring up that the chairs (not the booths) are just [...]
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Posted in $$, Dinner, Malaysian, Restaurant Review, Southest Asian, alfresco, casual attire, dupont circle, vegetarian, tagged straits of malaya washington dc on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I went with a friend to Straits of Malaya to celebrate her birthday. We were originally going to go to Inti, but they’re closed on Mondays. Neither one of us had ever been so we figured why not?
Food:When we sat down, we ordered curry puffs and fried tofu for appetizers. The curry puffs were a little [...]
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Posted in $, Dinner, Lunch, Pizza, Restaurant Review, alfresco, casual attire, dupont circle, healthy, kid-friendly, mediterranean, vegetarian, tagged Aioli Mediterranean on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Feeling like taking a bit more of a hike for lunch than normal, I thought I’d try Aioli Mediterranean. Thankfully, I was able to convince a friend of mine to join me.
Food:We looked at their menu online and I decided to order the Roma (right sandwich), with dry cured Prosciutto Ham, lightly smoked Mortadella, Genoa [...]
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Posted in $$, Beer, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, alfresco, apps, caribbean, casual attire, date appropriate, vegetarian, tagged the islander caribbean restaurant washington dc on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I love my friends for many reasons. But the main reason is because they’re incredibly smart — they are well-read, highly educated (whether through formal education or on their own), etc. And most of them have also traveled extensively (funny because I really haven’t, but it’s something I’d love to do!) .
It’s this last reason that [...]
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Posted in $$, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, mediterranean, tagged iron gate restaurant on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Unless you know where you’re going, Iron Gate Restaurant could be easily missed. It has (surprise) a huge iron gate that’s open when they’re open.
Food: While I was there for lunch, we received a basket of bread with a spread that had capers, roasted red peppers, and a bunch of other things. It had a consistency of a very [...]
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Posted in $, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, alfresco, breakfast, casual attire, deli, free wi-fi, tagged breadline deli and bakery on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After hearing so many great things about Breadline, I had never gone to try it — until recently.
Food:The “must try” dishes at Breadline, it seemed like to me, were the French Madrange Ham Sandwich and the fries. So I ordered both of them. On the counter where you order was a big bowl of mustard [...]
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Posted in $$$, African, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alexandria va, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, car required, date appropriate, french, p3, spirits/liquor, tagged farrah olivia restaurant on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yet again, I’ve ventured to Virginia! This time, it was for Farrah Olivia during Restaurant Week with P3.
Food:Offering their entire menu during RW (with a few extra charges for some dishes), it was an overall outstanding experience. P3 ordered the painted soup with fruitwood smoked apple, gingered squash, and beet cider. P3 loved the smoky apples [...]
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Posted in $$$, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tapas, tagged panache restaurant on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Recently, I went to Panache with a few business associates for lunch.
Food:I usually only go for a quick happy hour and an order of the fried calamari. The calamari is good, but it’s the aioli that makes it really good. When I went for lunch, I ordered the rockfish special which was tasty. It’s been a couple [...]
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Posted in $$$, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, italian, tagged Il Mulino New York washington dc on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Another place I went during Restaurant Week was Il Mulino New York.
Food: Recognizing it’s RW and their “free appetizers” aren’t around, they did offer a mixture of cooked eggplant, squash, and some other veggies. It had no flavor and the fact it was already there when we sat down didn’t add to the appealing factor. [...]
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Posted in $$, Delivery, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Pizza, Restaurant Review, alfresco, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, italian, vegetarian, tagged luigi's pizza on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
You know when you feel like a decent pie but don’t want to travel? Or what about when your office is order pizza for the interns? Before you hit the typical fast food pizza chain, check out Luigi’s Pizza.
Food: Most of the time, I’ve only gotten delivery pizza and salad. Their crust is thin and [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, alfresco, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged kinkead's american brasserie on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The purpose of Restaurant Week, in my opinion, is to go to places that are a bit out of your price range so you can “test” them at an inexpensive price and see whether you’d want to go back as a “normal” customer.
As soon as Restaurant Week was announced, Kinkead’s was one of the first places [...]
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Posted in $$, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Korean, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, tagged mandu restaurant on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I heard Mandu, a Korean restaurant was coming into Dupont, I was excited. Mostly because I am on a Bibim Bap kick. Yum.
Food:I went with a colleague for lunch and we were hungry. So we ordered “mandu” pan-fried appetizers, two veggie, two shrimp, and two beef & pork. The table favorite was shrimp. Since it was [...]
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Posted in $, Delivery, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Thai, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, japanese, sushi, vegetarian, tagged nooshi japanese restaurant delivery on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »
When you’re looking for quick and decent Thai food in the Golden Triangle area, you go to Nooshi (formerly known as Oodles Noodles).
Food:Surprise! I usually order Pad Thai with tofu or chicken, but one day I thought I should try something different. So I got the Mee Goreng which is described as spicy marriage of [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, french, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged champagne bar, napoleon bistro and lounge on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Owned by the same people who run Cafe Bonaparte, Napoleon opened February 1, 2007 in Adams Morgan. I had been once before and had ordered a salad which was decent. But when a friend was in town and wanted to catch up, I thought it’d be time to try this place out again.
Food:I ordered C&C [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Delivery, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Thai, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged regent thai restaurant on December 11, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Until recently, I had only been to Regent Thai for drinks. I always thought the menu looked good and kept thinking I wanted to check out. Thankfully, I was able to convince a friend to try it out with me recently.
Food:My friend ordered spring rolls which were really good. They were hot and crispy served with [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Foggy Bottom/GWU, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, alfresco, business attire, business casual attire, date appropriate, late night menu, spirits/liquor, tagged hudson restaurant washington dc, late night menu, old david greggory restaurant on December 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
**Update 7/1/08 - I went again and it will seriously be the last time. My friend, who doesn’t live here anymore, wanted to go. So I relented. I ordered the Cheesesteak Sliders and they were underseasoned and underinspired. The beef was dry and overcooked. Did they lose their chef? Too bad. I really liked them.**
From left to right, it’s [...]
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Posted in $, Brunch, Delivery, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Restaurant Review, alfresco, breakfast, casual attire, golden triangle, healthy, kid-friendly, vegan, vegetarian, tagged java green, vegan restaurant on December 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I used to be a vegetarian after I read Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (not Fast Food Nation, I don’t know why either…maybe I didn’t think it was as disturbing). Then one day, I wanted a burger and I haven’t looked back since.
But, I appreciate vegetarian food and was intrigued when I found out there was [...]
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Posted in $, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Pizza, Restaurant Review, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, healthy, italian, kid-friendly, tagged great pizza, happy hour martini, vapiano on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Primarily in international locations around the world, DC-metro area has the only Vapiano restaurants in the US (so far). Their menu is here: Menu Page 1 and Menu Page 2.
Food:While their pasta is homemade and their salads look fresh, I always get the Crudo pizza with prosciutto di parma, tomato sauce, and mozzarella. On top of the pizza are [...]
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Posted in $$$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, New Orleans, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tagged acadiana, best crabcakes, new orleans louisiana style restaurant on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Sad but true, I had never been. I don’t know what took me so long to go to Acadiana!
Food: Instead of a typical bread basket, you get biscuits with this fantastic butter, honey, and spices mix. The biscuits are hot, flaky, and buttery. The butter, honey, and spice mix with the biscuit — forget it. So good! [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Logan Circle, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, alfresco, breakfast, business casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, spirits/liquor, tagged 15ria, best mac and cheese, contemporary american, dupont on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Went to 15ria with a couple of friends who love food more than I do. So when we get together, watch out! Ha ha, just kidding. But it is always fun to go out for food with them.
Here’s something else — you can bring your own wines (corkage fee applies).
Food: For the table, we ordered [...]
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Posted in $, $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Delivery, Restaurant Review, alfresco, casual attire, dupont circle, healthy, japanese, sushi, tagged alfresco, Delivery, friends, Pad Thai, solo, sushi, tono sushi on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
There are few things in the world that are better than a sushi joint that delivers. Tono Sushi is my favorite because they deliver pretty good sushi at a reasonable price.
Food:With a mix of Asian food, it’s all good. I’ve ordered Pad Thai, sushi, sashimi, nigiri, spring rolls, etc. All tasty. They also have sushi [...]
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