Posted in $$, American, Beer, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, casual attire, columbia heights/mount pleasant, date appropriate, kid-friendly, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged tonic restaurant mount pleasant on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had gone to Tonic for a drink before when a friend and I were waiting for a couple of seats to open at Adam Express. We decided to go back when Thai Fest Day was cancelled due to the rain. Although we didn’t know that and so we drove up there. Then when we realized there was no [...]
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Posted in $$, 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 $$, Beer, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Thai, apps, casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged mai thai restaurant washington dc on April 4, 2008 | No Comments »
After hearing so much about Mai Thai from a friend (who goes to their Alexandria location), it was about time I tried it out for myself.
Food:Since I went with a huge group, we ordered a lot of food. I tried a little bit of everything — but of course, ordered my fried tofu and Pad Thai. Both [...]
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Posted in $$, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, japanese, sushi, tagged uni sushi washington dc on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
When I moved to DC, I loved that you could order sushi and it’d be delivered to your door. Where I used to live, Thai was about as exotic you got for delivery.
I’ve eaten at Uni a few times before this review.
Food:Working late one night, I ordered the Chilled Smoked Calamari Salad (left photo) and [...]
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Posted in $, Delivery, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Mexican (not Tex-Mex), Restaurant Review, casual attire, golden triangle, peruvian, vegetarian, tagged casa blanca washington dc on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have found my new favorite restaurant. This is ridiculously good food at an insanely cheap price. Why haven’t people been talking about this place more often?
Food:I’ve been here twice in a week and yet I continue to find new and yummy items on their menu. I feel like I haven’t even scratched the surface [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Dinner, Happy Hour, Latin American, Lunch, Mexican (not Tex-Mex), Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Salvadoran, U Street/Cardozo, casual attire, date appropriate, kid-friendly, late night menu on February 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In case you haven’t noticed, I’m starting to go to places that are a bit more “off-the-beaten-road” in DC. Perhaps they aren’t too well-known. I don’t think El Tamarindo falls into the unknown category, but I had never been. And luckily, neither had one of my friends.
Food: As soon as we sat down, we received a free order of chips [...]
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Posted in $$, 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 $$, Beer, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Pizza, Restaurant Review, casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, kid-friendly, vegetarian, tagged pizza paradiso, pizzeria paradiso on December 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of my friends at work felt like pizza. I felt like walking a little (not a lot) so we thought we’d try Alberto’s Pizza. I of course, forgot I had already been there. Anyway, we couldn’t find the restaurant, but realized that Pizza Paradiso was across the street.
So all was not lost!
Food:I ordered the Siciliana pizza [...]
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Posted in $$, $$$, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Thai, casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, japanese, sushi, vegetarian, tagged Happy Hour, sushi discount, thai chef on November 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Thanks to my blogger friend VeggieLove for recommending Thai Chef because I finally went! In addition to VeggieLove’s recommendation, I was excited about trying Thai Chef because I have walked by there a million times! It’s usually pretty busy, which means popular, but not always good. In this case, it’s good!
Food: I stopped by to pick up [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Beer, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Pizza, Restaurant Review, Wine, casual attire, date appropriate, kid-friendly, late night menu, spirits/liquor, tagged late night offering, matchbox dc, mini burgers, sliders on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »
You could easily walk past it and not even realize, but nestled in between a rib joint and a former Chinese restaurant, here’s another great find in the area.
Food: Their menu offers something for everyone. While I’ve had their pizza, their 3.6.9 mini burgers and onion straws are my favorite. Today though, I felt like expanding my [...]
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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 $, Delivery, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Restaurant Review, casual attire, golden triangle, healthy, japanese, kid-friendly, sushi, tagged cheap happy hour, cheap sushi, wasabi sushi on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
I love food (as evident by this blog). But sometimes, I am craving sushi that’s quick, fast, and decent. Hence Wasabi Sushi.
Food:I ran into Wasabi Sushi for lunch to-go (photo below). They call it “take away” and offer a different menu than their normal restaurant menu. You get 5 pieces (versus the usual 6) for the order, [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, peruvian, tagged half priced wine tuesdays, happy hour half price wine, peruvian on November 3, 2007 | No Comments »
A few weeks ago, I went to Las Canteras with a friend. Not knowing what to expect, we went with low expectations. I came away knowing that I really enjoyed my meal while my friend wasn’t too pleased with her order.
Food: I ordered Camarones a la Limena (sauteed shrimp in garlic, butter, and white wine [...]
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I didn’t make this list and I don’t know who did (so I can’t give him/her credit). However, it seems every summer, a list gets sent around of the happy hours in the area.
So for those who didn’t get the list this summer, here it is: DC-metro Happy Hour List
Also, no promises that this is the [...]
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Posted in $$, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Pizza, Restaurant Review, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, vegetarian, tagged Columbia Heights, Happy Hour, RedRocks, RedRocks Pizza, RedRocks Pizzeria on October 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Last week, I went to RedRocks Pizzeria with some friends in Columbia Heights. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, since I’ve read and heard a bunch of mixed reviews. I thought their menu looked decent and reasonable. I already knew all about the brick-oven pizza. I also read Tom Sietsema’s review which gives more [...]
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