Chinatown in DC

[sonickteam2]

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.

[markie]

hOOters!

[Frank Gallagher]

Fado do some kick-arse spring rolls....so I've heard.

[pj]

RFD - next to Fado. Beer selection is like Brickskellar. In fact, I think they might be owned by the same folks.

[sonickteam2]

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?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

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...

[challenged]

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.

[eip]

Eat First and Full Kee are great.  Both are on H St.

[eltee]

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.

[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.

[chaz]

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?

[kookiemnstr8]

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.

[thirsty moore]

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.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

How do y'all feel about Matchbox?

[HoyaSaxa03]

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)