I come late to the Korean food party. I grew up in Manhattan without making more than a couple of visits to the Korean food & entertainment in midtown near my home. I have lived in DC for over 20 years and driven past Annandale without stopping countless times, on my way to Eden Center… Read More Paiting! Or, Making up for lost time (Korean edition)
In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, it was almost always true during visits to nice DC restaurants that the appetizers would be fantastic and the main dishes underwhelming. I’m not talking about the casual places or the best suburban ethnic places. I mean the ones where we’d go for special occasions in the… Read More DC restaurant comments (2): The appetizer problem
Service is often the most important part of the experience for me. I tend to think that restaurants with consistently good service are well managed. I also have found that good management often (if not always) corresponds with reliably good food. This means: A server who doesn’t seem to hate life when they come over… Read More DC restaurant comments (1): Service
This will be a regularly updated post. I’ll try to summarize briefly why each place is on this list. Also, the order is not particularly meaningful. Restaurants are very mood- or situation-dependent. Neighborhood or Casual Places Matchbox – Great service, reasonably reliable pizza. Family friendly! El Camino – Easy neighborhood place to get good tacos… Read More DC Restaurants I Like
The first thing to say up front is that for each of us, food is tangled up with a lot of things, and so this blog is just one person’s thoughts. Not to be taken too seriously, and I expect many will disagree. That’s how food opinions work.… Read More I have a few ideas…
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