Category: Asian
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JBC Rice Noodles and Ramen, Frederick MD
JBC Rice Noodles & Ramen is a brand new spot in Frederick, MD that offers predominantly Chinese, chicken stock based soups with various topping options as well as tom yum, udon, and ramen. The new, Frederick location sports a clean modern interior like most of the other stores in the chain, and looks like this-…
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Thai Express Maryland, Westfield Montgomery Food Court, Bethesda MD
Thai Express in MoCo Mall’s 2nd floor food court area, was your standard hot-bar style setup unlike it’s direct and old competitors like Panda Express, Sakura (typically) Express and a few others that all fall into American-Chinese category. I’ve done by share of food court spots, some very much like this hot bar setup, and…
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A&J Restaurant, Rockville MD
A&J Restaurant was a pleasure to shoot today, not only because the owner Debbie was ready-and-waiting (as all of these shoots ought to be), but because it’s another gem offering Taiwanese style dishes around and quite a bit different from Jumbo Jumbo Cafe mini-chain offering more appetizers and dim sum that is really, really good!…
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Bebop Korean-Mexican Grill, Haymarket VA
Had the pleasure of shooting Bebop grill the other day, and aside from the absolutely miserable commute to and from there that was courtesy of a sprinkle of rain and the usual awful driving in DMV, the shoot went very smoothly. Bebop is a modern Asian-Latin fusion spot that’s also halal – a definitely curious…
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Thai Tyme, Manassas VA
Thai Tyme was a solid shoot years ago and I’m glad to see them rightfully being in business through the rough last few years. Always helps to have unique and good food offerings in the middle of nowhere to add some flavor to the spread out local community.
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Lamoon Thai, Silver Spring MD
Lamoon Thai is a nice little hidden gem right by the downtown SIlver Spring Safeway, and the food here is awesome! The shoot went well aside from the typical parking situations in this area. This was also of the few places that presented more interesting Thai dishes than the usual pad Thai, drunken noodle, and…
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Laoban Dumplings, Brentwood, Washington DC
So Laoban Dumplings used to be smack downtown off of Pennsylvania Ave and have moved up to Brentwood since I shot them years ago. No frills, Chinese dumplings and other small plates that tasted great and were very served in convenient street-style.
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Le Thai Cuisine, Lorton VA
Le Thai Cuisine is definitely a hidden gem I got to shoot fairly early in my career and it’s tucked away in a pretty awkward spot in Lorton, VA, but the food here is worth it and has been keeping this place going for years! It also just happens to be a few doors down…
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Bar Elena, H Street NE, Washington DC
Bar Elena is a very nice little spot on H Street not too far from Union Station that I shot a few years ago, and it looks like they’re still kicking pretty strong. This shoot was excellent and the dishes here were fantastic! This place has a multi-cuisine fusion that is all done just right.…
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Asiatique, Clarendon, Arlington VA – closed
Asiatique was a quick and easy shoot that almost didn’t happen due to the usual, “we’re dead right now, don’t want to cook,” but worked out since I skated over from my parking spot and that plus my homebase location appealed to the manager’s humanity since I was there and on time for the appointment…
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Left Out of the Corporate Memo – Box’d Kitchen, Vienna VA
Box’d Kitchen is an interesting bubble tea meets Middle Eastern shmeat (or falafel) over rice, salad, or pita located about 2 lights down from Mosaic District at the Southern tip of Vienna, VA. This shoot went very well since their entire menu is super-quick to prep once the shoot actually happened. Oh how I don’t…
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Momo’s Cafe, Palisades, Washington DC
Right across from the Georgetown Reservoir, sits a little restaurant strip right on MacArthur Boulevard that includes Momo’s Cafe, Little China Cafe, and Lupo Verde Osteria along with a couple more I have yet to hopefully shoot. Momo’s was one of the extremely rare times that did not get buried in the bridge traffic both…
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Little China Cafe, Palisades, Washington DC
Right across from the Georgetown Reservoir, sits a little restaurant strip right on MacArthur Boulevard that includes Little China Cafe, Momo’s Cafe, and Lupo Verde Osteria along with a couple more I have yet to hopefully shoot. Little China Cafe was an old, old shoot of mine and went very well just like the other…
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Asian Origin, Tyson’s Corner VA – closed
Asian Origin was one of my first and only shoots on the other side of Tyson’s mall, where I somehow never tend to end up even for personal shopping. This was a proper, nice restaurant that has sadly closed since I’ve been there.
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Abunai, Farragut West DC
Abunai was a nice Hawaiian spot in Farragut West area of DC and was a smooth shoot from some years back. Poke pretty much however you want it!
