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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sonickteam2 on January 20, 2006, 12:19:00 pm
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can anyone recommend something good? something not too expensive , but someplace a few of us can sit and eat before the hockey game.
and no, i dont mean Chipotle, i am looking for a Chinese food place.
thankie.
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hOOters!
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Fado do some kick-arse spring rolls....so I've heard.
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RFD - next to Fado. Beer selection is like Brickskellar. In fact, I think they might be owned by the same folks.
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again. thanks for the suggestions. but i am looking for a Chinese restaurant. i figured they have chinese food in chinatown correct?
has anyone ever been to any of them?
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We went to a decent Thai restuarant in Chinatown for our holiday party. One guy asked the two Chinese people from our office what they recommended. It's all the same, right?
Chinese is like the McDonalds of Asian food...
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there's a sushi-go-round in the movie theater/bowling alley complex adjacent to the arena, and a new thai place there as well.
But if you insist on the Chinese
i've always enjoyed....
Chinatown
619 H St., NW
Washington , DC
202-371-8669
Open daily for lunch and dinner.
If you're looking for Tony Cheng's Seafood Restaurant, go up the stairs to the second floor. The ground floor is Tony Cheng's Mongolian Barbecue, where despite the appeal of constructing your own dish and having it cooked for you on the huge circular grills, everything tastes pretty much the same. The Seafood Restaurant has perhaps the most accomplished kitchen in Chinatown. The menu is mostly Cantonese, but there are also some spicier Hunan and Szechuan dishes on the menu.
Take a cue from the fish tanks at the entrance and order such dishes as Dungeness crab in season, shrimp with asparagus in black-bean sauce, whole fish, fresh seafood on crispy noodle, and fish filets with Chinese vegetables. Tony Cheng's serves dim sum every day. On weekdays, it's ordered from a menu. Better to time your visit for a weekend and eat a wider selection from rolling carts.
Tony Cheng's Seafood Restaurant, 619 H St., NW; 202-371-8669.
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Eat First and Full Kee are great. Both are on H St.
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What's the place that grills it up for you? Is it still there? (I know, it's probably Japanese...and sorry to be so vague, it's been awhile). I think they have one set price, all you can eat.
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Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
What's the place that grills it up for you? Is it still there? (I know, it's probably Japanese...and sorry to be so vague, it's been awhile). I think they have one set price, all you can eat.
Tony Cheng's Mongolian BBQ I think.
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Originally posted by eip:
Eat First and Full Kee are great. Both are on H St.
I used to love Full Kee but my last few visits weren't that great....it's been a few years though...think the last time I went was before the first Pixies show. Have you been recently?
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Originally posted by eip:
Eat First and Full Kee are great. Both are on H St.
I second the Eat First recommendation. Cheap, good, quick, and close to MCI.
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There's a place somewhere in Chinatown where a guy makes noodles in the window. They've got good food there. Place is a bit of a dive though.
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How do y'all feel about Matchbox?
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
How do y'all feel about Matchbox?
was just about to recommend that ... my favorite in the area ... if you're going for lunch, get there by 11:45am or so, otherwise the line gets really long
salads and pizzas are really good, the mini-burgers are great (drenched in butter)
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Originally posted by eros:
Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
What's the place that grills it up for you? Is it still there? (I know, it's probably Japanese...and sorry to be so vague, it's been awhile). I think they have one set price, all you can eat.
Tony Cheng's Mongolian BBQ I think. [/b]
Na, different place.
It's Benihana.
Both have fairly decent food but if I'm going to a restaraunt, I'd opt for Benihana of the two solely because I prefer someone who really knows what they are doing to put it all together for me. I can screw up my food easily enough at home.
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You've got to realize that Chinatown in DC barely exists except for its name and the arch and a few nods to its history by chain stores and restaurants. Unfortunately you're probably likely to get better Chinese food at suburban strip malls.
There's an awesome Burmese restaurant on 6th St, between G and H (I think), though.
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Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by eros:
Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
What's the place that grills it up for you? Is it still there? (I know, it's probably Japanese...and sorry to be so vague, it's been awhile). I think they have one set price, all you can eat.
Tony Cheng's Mongolian BBQ I think. [/b]
Na, different place.
It's Benihana.
Both have fairly decent food but if I'm going to a restaraunt, I'd opt for Benihana of the two solely because I prefer someone who really knows what they are doing to put it all together for me. I can screw up my food easily enough at home. [/b]
That's right. Tony Cheng's is the suburb version of Benihana. Benihana is better, I agree.
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Originally posted by Doctor Mood:
You've got to realize that Chinatown in DC barely exists except for its name and the arch and a few nods to its history by chain stores and restaurants. Unfortunately you're probably likely to get better Chinese food at suburban strip malls.
There's an awesome Burmese restaurant on 6th St, between G and H (I think), though.
Finally someone else said it. Didn't you find it funny that everyone kept recommending non-chinese food places? I find it pretty crappy what Chinatown has become...well okay I do like Hooters every now and then, but the rest can get the hell out!
I'd recommend Chinatown Express which was the one at 6th and H St. You could walk a few blocks over to 11th St for killer Thai food at Haad Thai. In the same building as Crapital City Brewery.
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Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
Originally posted by Jaguar:
Originally posted by eros:
Originally posted by El Sugartastic:
What's the place that grills it up for you? Is it still there? (I know, it's probably Japanese...and sorry to be so vague, it's been awhile). I think they have one set price, all you can eat.
Tony Cheng's Mongolian BBQ I think. [/b]
Na, different place.
It's Benihana.
Both have fairly decent food but if I'm going to a restaraunt, I'd opt for Benihana of the two solely because I prefer someone who really knows what they are doing to put it all together for me. I can screw up my food easily enough at home. [/b]
That's right. Tony Cheng's is the suburb version of Benihana. Benihana is better, I agree. [/b]
Tony Cheng's Downtown (http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/cityguide/profile?id=791714&p=print&lat=38.8999000&lon=-77.0204000)
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I used to love Hunan Chinatown. They had the best kung pao dishes I've ever had, their General Tso's was always consistently good, and their crispy prawns with walnuts dish was wonderful. But it closed about a year or two ago. Have tried most of the other Chinese places in the area and haven't been too impressed with any of them.
Re: the Burmese restaurant... Not as good as it used to be years ago, but it's OK. If you want really great Burmese food, try Mandalay (http://mandalayrestaurantcafe.com/menu.html) in Silver Spring.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
holiday party.
You not getting all pc on me are you mate?
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
If you want really great Burmese food, try Mandalay (http://mandalayrestaurantcafe.com/menu.html) in Silver Spring.
That's one pretty good rule of thumb about DC... the best Asian food is almost always in the suburbs.
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just checking in. thanks for all of your suggestions. we ended up deciding on eat first and we had good service and healthy portions and it was all quite good!
6 of us ate for $120!! not bad.
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LOL. Nah, I just work in an office full of Jews.
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
holiday party.
You not getting all pc on me are you mate? [/b]
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Re: the Burmese restaurant... Not as good as it used to be years ago, but it's OK. If you want really great Burmese food, try Mandalay (http://mandalayrestaurantcafe.com/menu.html) in Silver Spring.
totally agree the owner of the Mandalay actually left the Burmese joint in Chinatown to start their own place... was disappointed with restaurant in chinatown.