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I ate in Manhattan at:
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Amazing 66


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Atomic Wings


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Baby Bo's Burritos


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Bánh Mì Saigon Bakery


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Bobby Van's Steakhouse


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Bully's of New York


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Carl's Steaks


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Cosmo Créperie


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Crumbs Bake Shop


Chicken Noodle Soup
Cucina & Co


Lamb Vindaloo
Curry & Curry


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Dallas BBQ


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Dong Hai Grille


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Eileeen's Cheesecake


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Five Guys


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Fu's House


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Fusia's Neo Fusion


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Gourmet Land


Guy & Gallard
Guy and Gallard


Hakata Grill
Hakata Grill


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Halal Cart (53rd & 6th)


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Havana Central


JohnPro
John's Shanghai


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Just Salad


KoreaPPro
Korea Palace


LesHPro
Les Halles


Little Thai Kitchen
Little Thai Kitchen


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Mary's Fish Camp


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Menchanko-Tei


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Menkui-Tei


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Morimoto NYC


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New Penang



Noodletown


Ocha
Ocha


Panda
Panda Restaurant


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Pearl Oyster Bar


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PK's Place


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Pluck U.


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Ramen Setagaya



Sherwood Fine Foods


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Smith & Wollensky


Super MAC!
Supermac


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Thai-Nam


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Village Yokocho


I ate in Queens at:
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1.5 Dak Galbi


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5 Burro Cafe


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Arunee Thai Cuisine


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Book Chang Dong


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Boon Chu


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Canton Gourmet


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Chao Zhou Restaurant


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Cheeburger Cheeburger


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Chikurin


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Chinese-Korean Dumplings


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Chinese Street Meat Vendor


CHML
CHML H.K., Inc


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Corner 28 (Upstairs)


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Debasaki


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Esquina De Listo El Pollo


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First Edition


FontPro
Fontana


Green Papaya Thai Cuisine
Green Papaya


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High Pearl



King 5 Noodle House


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Kyo Chon


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Lin's Taiwanese Gourmet


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Little Lamb


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Little Pepper



Maple Vietnamese


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Minni's Shabu Shabu


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Mi Tios


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My Thai


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Nam Ji Bach


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No Name Restaurant


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Noodle House


pho BANG!
Pho Bang


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Ping's Dim Sum


PioPPro
Pio Pio


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Piu Bello Gelato


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Prince Happy Beef Noodle


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Red Chopsticks


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Sam Won Gahk


SatayPro
Satay


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SriPraPhai


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Taco King


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White Bear



Woo Chon


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You Chun


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Yu Don Dong


Everywhere else:
Anchor Bar
Anchor Bar & Restaurant
(Buffalo, NY)


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Asia Taste
(Rockville, MD)


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Becky's Diner
(Portland, ME)


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Buoy One
(Riverside, NY)


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Cappy's Chowder House
(Camden, ME)


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Cheeburger Cheeburger
(West Nyack, NY)


Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel
(Wilkes-Barre, PA)


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Dimillo's Floating Restaurant
(Portland, ME)


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Duff's
(Buffalo, NY)


Dylan's
Dylan's Candy Bar
(Garden City, NY)


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Fish Kebab
(Port Washington, NY)


Gilbert's
Gilbert's Chowder House
(Portland, ME)


J&R
J&R's Steak House
(Calverton, NY)


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Jimmy's Grill
(Washington, D.C.)


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Junior's
(Brooklyn, NY)


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Light House Tofu & BBQ
(Rockville, MD)


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Lobster Shack
(Portland, ME)


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Marriner's
(Camden, ME)


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The "Merry Table" Crêperie
(Portland, ME)


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Morimoto's
(Philadelphia, PA)


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Oriental East
(Silver Spring, MD)


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Portland Lobster Co.
(Portland, ME)


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Portland Lobster Pound
(Portland, ME)


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Quickway Diner
(Bloomingburgh, NY)


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Red's Eats
(Wiscasset, ME)


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RiRa Irish Pub
(Portland, ME)


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Sammy's Fish Box
(Bronx, NY)


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SEA
(Brooklyn, NY)


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Seven Seas
(Great Neck, NY)


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Smokin' Al's
(Bayshore, NY)


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YogiBerry
(Rockville, MD)


Home Cooking.

Mum's Good Eats
 - Curry Chicken
 - Lemon Chicken
 - Grilled Ham & Cheese
 - Watercress Soup
 - Hot Pot
 - Yu Don / Cheung Fun

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Mr. Bento


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The Sandwich god Chronicles

 Bánh Mì Party
 Steak Sandwich
 Cashew Butter
 Lazy Sunday Sandwich
 Ham, Cheese, and JAM?

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Azriha 30 Minute Meal


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Tuna Casserole


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Mac & Cheese


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Steak Master Chris


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Polar Bear's BiBimBap


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ee_ka's Blondies


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Moolgishin's Crépes


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Moolgy Mandoo


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Yumi's Jelly


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Feisty Food @ Work


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Rhyme's Curry


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Ice Cream


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Instant Law Mai Gai


Noodle KING!
Instant Noodles


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YueJau's Chive Dumplings


Food Festivals, Vacations, and Holidays.
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Maine Lobsterfest '08
Maine Lobsterfest Recap
Maine Lobsterfest '06
Maine Lobsterfest '05
Maine Lobsterfest '04
Maine '03

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Belmar Seafoodfest '08


Get Togethers.
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Father's Day Smorgasborg'08



Dylan Dimsum Party


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Chinese New Year '09



2006 Labor Day BBQ



July 4th 2006


SuperBowl XL

Chinese New Year '06


Xmas '05


Thanksgiving '05
Alpha's Tksgiving '05

SubscriptionsSites I Read
AllCooking
AllezCuisine
Babies_Yummies
BettyRocker
CantoneseCooking
Chef_Joanna
DestinyzKitchen
Ducky90
FatNation
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Food_A_Holic
frustratedchef
hilda_says_feed_me
hopelessbaker
ihungry
Ir0nChef
jjshyne
koreancooking
Kungaroo
My_fav_recipes
my_recipes
reesies_recipes
sunday_driver
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wwny

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Thursday, July 09, 2009

Jetlag lunch @ Hlavac Tavern

Gasthaus Fam. Hlavac (Hlavac Tavern)
PH: ???

28 Ybbstrasse
A-1020, Vienna, Austria

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So I was in Vienna and was on a mission to have my FIRST Wiener Schnitzel and GOULASH! Moolgy took me to this joint to satiate my need for traditional Viennese Fair..(you'll notice that the exchange rate is horrible...)

Speisekarte (menu):
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- click to see menu, but only if you read German -

Nahrung (food):
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We got some carbonated apple drinks...which throughout my trip i noticed is pretty dang popular over there, seems everywhere you go its either an apple juice renditioned beverage or lemon renditioned beverage...and they were always really really good. €1.90 each ($2.47 USD).

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Our food came rather quick, and smelt great....though looking at Moolgy's it didn't seem like much...

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Gulasch (Goulash - usually a stew made of beef and onions and spices..etc.): This was a little bit on the thicker side...to me it felt more like a curry (though it had no kind of curry flavor or taste) but it made me want to get a hot bowl of rice and eat it with it. Though the portion was on the smaller side, it was really good. The texture of the meat and the savory 'stew' that accompanied it was quite hearty. I however, saw this as more of an appetizer...as Goulash is usually more soup like...but this was never the less really good. €3.90 ($5.07 USD).
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My Wiener Schnitzel came with a Gemischtem salat; this had cole slaw, potato salad (with pickled onions) a bean salad, some sliced tomatoes and lettuce, and some pickled carrots. I can not iterate how fresh and good this salad was, the pickling was just amazing. What stood out to me most was definitely the potato salad, as they puree pickled yellow onion and mix it into the potato salad concoction that makes it simple and amazing all at once..
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Wiener Schnitzel
(Viennese Schnitzel; Schnitzel is German for cutlet without bones): My first in VIENNA!, though i felt that the meat was definitely more pork than veal...it did not take away from the crispy flavorful skin/breading and juicy meat innards. I could not believe how good this simple dish was...and accompanied by the potato salad made it a tremendously great experience
€7.90 ($9.88 USD)

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Summation: I would say due to the jetlag i couldn't finish all my food, but i was uber stuffed. I highly recommend this place, and look forward to coming back here to try the strudel. All the food was really good, i have no complaints except for maybe that Everyone smokes in Vienna EVERYWHERE...and yes that also means inside restaurants... €16.30 ($21.19USD)


Monday, July 06, 2009

Austrian Air to Vienna

Austrian Airlines


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Its been a long time since i've flown on an airplane, so maybe some of these 'new things' might seem old to you. But i must admit with the free video game and movies, and not to mention the camera view where you can see directly below the plane and whats' going on infront of the plane and lets not forget the GPS that tells you exactly where you are in the world, how fast you're going, temperature outside, and how far you are from your destination in time and miles. Pretty freaking cool.

But what totally surprised me was the meals! They started us off with menu's that even had choices of meals! (of course later on i'd find out that Austrian air has some of the best airplane food in the business and a chef on board to check each meal before it being served...how cool is that?)
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- click for bigger menu -

1st Service: Dinner
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The meal came HOT! and you get to pick a roll out of the roll bin. I got the Grilled Chicken Breast with Cellery puree and ratatouilles with Shrimp on creay cucumber salad and Austrian Style Mocca Cream cake.
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the shrimp was FREAKING HUGE! and ridiculously fresh...this tzatziki like salad was really good. The firmness of the shrimp made it that much more wonderful.

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the celery puree was really good, at first glance it looks like mashed potatoes, but it didn't taste like mashed potatoes..*shrug

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This ratatouilles was really good. Normally when i have ratatouille its always overly acidic, however, this one was not. It was really good and complimented the chicken really well.

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this is a cross section of the chicken...can you see how juicy it is?!!?!?!? i was amazed at the flavor and level of juiciness of the chiekn...it was sooooo freaking good...i can't believe i'm saying this about airplane food....

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The Austrian style mocca cream cake was also really good. What i liked about this dessert the most was that it didn't have any elements that were too over powering...which is what i always felt about these kind of desserts...where the sweetness or the mocha-ness was OVERLY STRONG...but this was not the case here...this was just the correct amount of flakey with creamy...*applaud!
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The five hours of video games, movies, music, and GPS watching...

2nd Service: Breakfast
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Fruit Yogurt and a selection of ham and cheese with a hot roll.

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The cheeses were ridiculously fresh, and the three different hams were perfectly accented by the not pictured hot poppyseed roll that was crispy outside moist inside. cream cheese, aged cheddar, and bree, with ham, turkey ham, and a salami type meat.

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the fruit yogurt was a strawberry one. It was really good also, none of that processed crap.

Summation: If you're going to Vienna or anywhere that allows Austrian Air be one of the airlines for you to partake in, i highly recommend it. Between the neat menu's and the hot towels you get near the conclusion of your flight, all the little things were wonderful and eased my 8 hour flight experience. Though my butt started to hurt from sitting so much (that's a given, as i had the window seat and was 'locked' in by two other passengers). The food and service were absolutely wonderful, and i cannot believe how flying as 'evolved'...and can also not imagine how good the food on planes is now. CHEERS!!!!


Thursday, July 02, 2009

Some mornings just need a 'Simple Breakfast'

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Man i love Japanese butter...too bad i don't remember the name/brand name of it...Mitsuwa use to have it...but they don't carry it anymore...*sigh....alas the memories.....

ANY CHANCE ANYONE WOULD KNOW THE BUTTER!?
(and where to buy of course...)
    


Monday, June 29, 2009

Lunch @ Bob's Noodle 66

Bob's Noodle 66
PH: 301-315-6668

305 North Washington Street
Rockville, Maryland 20850

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So it was my last day in MD, and Polarbear had one more place to take me to, to eat. I was still a little full from breakfast, and we had had some drama/crazy things happen today...but i can always eat....

The Cuisine:
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Oyster pancake (Sweet potato powder Pan-fried with egg, oyster and vegetable served with Chef's special sauce): I thought that the oysters were only ok in it, hell i'm starting to think its not oyster season and thats why. I thought the egg however and the sauce were really good. $4.95
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Crispy Smelled Bean Curd
(deep-fried smelled bean curd with pickled cabbage served with chef's special sauce):

I thought that this was ok. Nothing wowed me about the dish but it did taste good.
$4.95
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Intestine, Pig Blood on Rice: Now this was definitely an interesting dish, as it had egg and veggies also thrown into the mix. I thought it was good, and i liked the flavoring and texture. But the pigs blood just didn't do it for me...I am still on the ever so long hunt for amazing duck's blood (pigs blood).$6.75
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Sauteed Baby Short Rib w/ Black Pepper: This dish was really good. Meat was cooked to perfection, nice and tender, and flavoring was definitely on par. Nothing about the dish wow'd me, but i admit, it was really good.$13.95
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Sizzling Flounder Steak (Deep Fried Flounder fillet & onion in chef's sweet & sour sauce): Now this dish was ridiculously good to me. I loved the fish and i loved the sauce, however a friend's mother informed him that this isn't flounder. One neat observation is that it comes out on a metal plate that has fire underneath it, so the sauce is at a constant boil and never gets cold. $16.95
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The fish was ridiculously crispy and firm in texture. Also the fish was fresh and hot inside.
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And when you added the amazing sweet and sour sauce, it just became RIDICULOUSLY GOOD, with a HUGE WOW FACTOR!. What makes it really great is that the sauce is continually heated, so its always a nice temperature going into your mouth, not getting cold and soggy, that's right, even with the sauce the fish maintained crispyness with sauce on top.


You can totally see the sauce bubbling in this video.

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bobno14.jpgSummation: Forget about just going back to the restaurant alone for this dish, I'd go back to MD just for this dish alone...this is probably now my favorite restaurant and favorite dish in MD.

If you can overcome the price of it not being flounder, then you definitely must try this dish.

I found all the food good, but the Fish definitely took the spotlight in my experience...And i definitely look forward to trying some other dishes here.

CHEERS!!!



Thursday, June 25, 2009

Breakfast @ The Original Pancake House

The Original Pancake House
PH: 301-468-0886

12224 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852

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So i had been craving for american breakfast, and wanted to try somewhere new. Since PolarBear didn't know of any good diners in the area, i opted to try this place i saw yesterday when we were driving around. I checked out their website and it seemed pretty interesting enough so i said why not? (of course i also consulted with JW1976 [its sort of his neck of the woods] in regards to whether he knew this joint was worthy of a try, and low and behold he said its not bad...all the more reason to try!)

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Service was good, and the food came pretty fast.

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Sher ordered coconut pancakes...this smelt amazing when it came, and i could have almost sworn the coconut was shaved fresh...(but most likely wasn't.) The pancakes themselves were really freaking good...i'd even go along the lines to say better than IHOP.
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My omlet that i ordered came with two pancakes....again i can not iterate enough how fucking good these pancakes were.

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And my massive ham and cheese omlet. THIS THING WAS GI-NORMOUS!!! It was hot, and really freaking good. They didn't skimp on ham or cheese, it was completely filled throughout the whole thing.
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Summation: I admit, i didn't have much expectations of this place, but the food was quite good. At first i was afraid that the portions would be too large, which they kinda were, but the flavoring of my omlet and the fluffiness of the pancakes was just off the hook. I definitely look forward to trying other omlets/dishes at this joint. woot!



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