How I Feel About Northern Virginia

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:

Originally posted by Groundskeeper's Willy:

Originally posted by mark e smith:
I imagine Mankie selling Double Glazing…..

or on the dole…

oh no! i read angela's ashes. i know what happens when you go from ireland to america then back to ireland. don't do it man!

Come on, I read that book also…grossly exagerated….they totally had shoes!

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
When you WORK within walking distance of great restuarants…

My goal in life has always been to WALK within working distance of bad restaurants, and to WALK within living distance Would I ever be fulfilled in NoVa?

I've yet to encounter a "great" restaurant in this metro area…there are some decent ones…but…most of the food we cook tastes better and is healthier…with the exception of sushi and Indian (which they do better!)

For all of you complaining about the lack of things to do in Virginia, what about Maryland? Seems the MD suburbs are much worse, no? Or am I mistaken, and perhaps there is a gaggle of great restuarants in Rockville?

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
For all of you complaining about the lack of things to do in Virginia, what about Maryland? Seems the MD suburbs are much worse, no? Or am I mistaken, and perhaps there is a gaggle of great restuarants in Rockville?

i lived in rockville for 3 months, was worse than virginia, there is always bethesda, which is my least favorite part of the local area

Originally posted by Harriet Balls:
I've yet to encounter a "great" restaurant in this metro area…there are some decent ones…but…most of the food we cook tastes better and is healthier…with the exception of sushi and Indian (which they do better!)

never been to inn at little washington, or jaleo, or galileo, or filomena, or a cheesesteak from the cheesesteak factory in georgetown? nevermind the fantastic steaks at district chophouse and capitol grill (they've also got good garlic mashed potatoes). for seafood. . go to annapolis or baltimore for that.

We don't eat meat.

Jaleo sucks, imo.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by Harriet Balls:
I've yet to encounter a "great" restaurant in this metro area…there are some decent ones…but…most of the food we cook tastes better and is healthier…with the exception of sushi and Indian (which they do better!)

never been to inn at little washington, or jaleo, or galileo, or filomena, or a cheesesteak from the cheesesteak factory in georgetown? nevermind the fantastic steaks at district chophouse and capitol grill (they've also got good garlic mashed potatoes). for seafood. . go to annapolis or baltimore for that.

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
We don't eat meat.

Jaleo sucks, imo.

oooh, some people on this board will take offense to the jaleo comment. . .nevertheless, their paella is really good, as are the mussels.

i suppose your pallette is not sophisticated enough for such niceties.

Like fucking cheesesteak is oh so sophisticated.

I just don't care much for Spanish cooking, period.

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
We don't eat meat.

Jaleo sucks, imo.

oooh, some people on this board will take offense to the jaleo comment. . .nevertheless, their paella is really good, as are the mussels.

i suppose your pallette is not sophisticated enough for such niceties.

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Like fucking cheesesteak is oh so sophisticated.

that's an experience you should share with the board. . i didn't know you liked food that way.

har har

At least I'm not killing the animal…

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Like fucking cheesesteak is oh so sophisticated.

that's an experience you should share with the board. . i didn't know you liked food that way.

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
har har

At least I'm not killing the animal…

Originally posted by Venerable Bede:

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Like fucking cheesesteak is oh so sophisticated.

that's an experience you should share with the board. . i didn't know you liked food that way.

thats not what the animal said.

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
har har

At least I'm not killing the animal…

oh, you disappoint me. i was hoping for something more scathing and illogical.

jaleo is good stuff. however, the hour and a half wait is not…

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
jaleo is good stuff. however, the hour and a half wait is not…

true dat. . .but then we just spend our time at the bar drinking sangria. have you tried the white sangria? perfect for a hot summer day.

Not going on a weekend helps……

But I find the food rather impressive. Not just a flavourless recreation of Spanish food to appease bland American tastes.

Infact between Jaleo, Jyoti, MrChens, Saigonnaise, Lebanese Taverna and Lauriol Plaza I am more than happy.

Originally posted by mark e smith:
Jyoti, Mr Chens

if forced, I could be happy with just these two

Jyoti must make excellent meat dishes, because their veggie dishes suck.

Mr Chen's always comes through for good takeout.

Well their eggplant samosas are my favourites, especially with some of the tamarin chutney (The dark brown one). I tried someones dish that had cauliflower in that was really very good. But, unfortunately animals taste better than vegetables.

Their Chana Masala (sp?) is excellent. It's basically chick peas and potatoes with some curry thrown on it. Very tasty.

Suburbs suck, but Maryland beats Virginia hands down.