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Dinner Before Watching a Performance at the Kennedy Center
I had a filet steak in the Terrace Room AT the Kennedy Center before seeing a performance there--------Loved it.
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Kennedy Center
2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20256
Best Thing You Ever Ate - VA/DC/MD/Baltimore Edition
Thank you for the scallop recommendation----
Pistachios from Turkey, Iran, or Greece in the DC area?
Ditto on Thomas Market---they will have them.
Five Super Supermarkets
Here in Wheaton, Maryland we've got Magruder's in Kemp Mill and H-Mart off Georgia and Arcola, Marchones in the triangle for Italian specialties, Thomas Market on University for Middle Eastern specialties, Hung Phat for fresh noodles, Shalom and Shaul's for Kosher foods and great challah, Full Key and Paul Kee for their bbq meats (Full Key has renovated and gotten better)---I could go on---a trip around the sidestreets is worth it.
dining solo and outside, Dupont Circle
I eat solo alot and have been craving roast suckling pig which Komi has been preparing lately----but everything on their tasting menu is for two----They discourage solo dining---Not nice.
Negril in Silver Spring - Report
If you're back in the neighborhood try Roger Millers African restaurant---their grilled goat meat is great.
What are you a stubborn purist about?
Chicken soup is made with a whole chicken, cut in quarters or eighths if you like...not just made with backs and necks or just dark meat or breasts. And this I am a purist about.
Dining around Dupont ...alone
Mostly because most people are not comfortable in their own company...I always leave over 20% tip when dining alone. I went solo to the Inn at Little Washington and they were so hospitable, invited me into the kitchen and everything.
Fish sandwiches
You might laugh but the Baja Fresh in Wheaton makes great fish soft tacos, lightly battered and fried, moist and thick. $2.79 apiece. I get two.
Haven't been to Crisfield's in Silver Spring recently but the fried perch sandwiches used to be good.
best soul food in DC?
There's a great feel to institutionalized food, too. Looking forward to trying the place out.
Help with dinner in New Hope/Lambertville!
I had a great country French meal at the Hotel du Village in New Hope.
However, if I were to pick from your list, I'd go to Lambertville. New Hope is soooooo commerical now, it's ridiculous. Lambertville being a little less so...
Grass-fed beef/pork etc
There's a yahoogroup called grassfedonthehill NOVA. You order from the website and there are weekly local dropoffs around the area. Incredible grassfed products but incredibly pricey. Careful when you cook, it needs less time and temperature. There's one for Maryland and the DC area too.
Eggs Benedict in Bmore
Jordan's steakhouse in Ellicott City has a great eggs benedict on their Sunday Brunch menu.
best soul food in DC?
Florida Avenue Grill for the ham hocks, greens and sweet potatoes. I was there summer of 2008. As good as ever. Oohs and Ahhs doesn't have pork. How can you have soul food without pork?
I like Bubba Mascogee's on Rhode Island Ave. for the fried chicken and desserts...
yummy Duck Soup wanted
Thank you, Trapezius. I've passed by Noodle King many times but thought it was just a small carryout. I'm going this week!
Looking for blood oranges
Last week at H Mart in Wheaton off Georgia Avenue I bought ripe, juicy blood oranges 3 for $1.00
the showtime "L word" ad on chowhound
I felt the same way when I saw the L word ad...Inappropriate.
A Tricky One- Real Chinese Food
Yes, dining with doc!
A new Chinese restaurant has opened where Barnaby's used to be on University Blvd.in Wheaton. Don't remember the name, haven't been there yet.
Good French and Steakhouse in DC?
Nothing beats New York's food so good luck in the DC area...politicans know nothing of good food...except for maybe Jefferson...
As a foodie, my next excursion will be to Florida Avenue Grill for their ham hocks, greens and sweet potato. Then onto U street not too far from Florida Avenue Grill to Chi-Cha hookah lounge, happy hour has 1/2 priced hookahs.
Reputable source for kefir grains
If you contact your local Weston A. Price Foundation they always know who has kefir grains available. A new chapter just started in Silver Spring, Maryland.
2941 or Equinox Cooking Class?
Williams-Sonoma offers cooking classes also, I'm waiting on their winter offerings now.
Divino in Bethesda
I've tried Divino several times and would not recommend the Paella, nor the restaurant. Modern atmosphere, poor food.
BaLe in Langley Park?!
Saigonese is still there---I had a great meal there recently...Appetizer Platter, Sweet and Sour Whole Crispy Fish.
Your 2008 Best Meal Wash DC /B.More Area
I can tell you what wasn't.....
1. Cafe Mozu
2. The Source
3. Mrs. K's Toll House
New Year's Eve ... Eat IN or Go OUT?
Eating IN! Here in Wheaton, Maryland there are lots of ethnic markets to choose from. This year it's Shaul's Kosher Market: Bagels, whitefish salad, herring in cream sauce, lox bits (smoked salmon irregulars for half the price), schmaltz (fatty) herring, chopped liver (lighter and fluffier than pate or truffle mousse) with tomatoes and onions. And Martinelli's Sparkling grape-apple cider.
Best place to buy live lobsters in D.C./Md. area?
Thank you for the good advice, Daniel.
ISO Fried Chicken and Chicken & Biscuits
In DC near the Maryland border on Rhode Island Ave. is Bubba Mascoge's. I haven't heard this place mentioned. I like their buffet and their fried chicken legs.
Best Store Bought Pickles in DC (no restaurants)?
It's healthier and if you put in the right amount of spices and dill they taste like they come from the barrel, not a manufactured jar brand.
