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  • Our Old Classic – Full Kee, Chinatown DC

    Our Old Classic – Full Kee, Chinatown DC

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    Absolutely everyone knows Full Kee if they’ve ever walked eastbound on H Street Northwest in DC’s Chinatown and this place just keeps on keepin’ on with their good Chinese cuisine and friendly staff and owners. I got to cover this place twice, or maybe even thrice, and each time was a real pleasure plus leaving…

  • Professionalism I Haven’t Seen In a While – China Sea, Frederick MD

    Professionalism I Haven’t Seen In a While – China Sea, Frederick MD

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    Boy have I heard, “oops, we forgot, and don’t have proper plates…,” number of times before, and I even had one random fried chicken place bail on the shoot because no one notified them that nice plates are WELL above my corpo pay grade, hahaha. China Sea crew, on the other hand, ran next door…

  • Asian Spice Cafe, Ashburn VA – Another Hidden Gem

    Asian Spice Cafe, Ashburn VA – Another Hidden Gem

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    Asian Spice Cafe is a lovely fusion place of Thai, Japanese, and Chinese cuisine and they do it all very well! The drinks are also very reasonably priced, so it’s a solid experience to come and dine here with plenty of variety to choose from!

  • Cafe Opera, Broadlands Ashburn VA

    Cafe Opera, Broadlands Ashburn VA

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    Cafe Opera was a helluva shoot since it happened during a pretty solid sleet day and I did not have my winter tires equipped on my office. The journey got even better when I got to the unplowed local streets and got stuck pretty nicely – always bring at least a shovel with you during…

  • China Best, Oxon Hill MD

    China Best, Oxon Hill MD

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    China Best was a smooth shoot as usual, but unlike oh-so-many places – these guys are still using my work at their store front! I always enjoy seeing shots of the actual food instead of that generic set of studio shots almost every classic Chinese takeout has plastered along their wall from what feels like…

  • Asian Wok Cafe, Alexandria VA

    Asian Wok Cafe, Alexandria VA

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    Asian Wok Cafe right off of North Washington street in Alexandria is one of my favorites over the years and I got to shoot and eat there quite a few times. They’re a very, very small and cozy shack with surprising parking spots all around and about 3 tiny tables with a narrow hallway inside,…

  • Peking Cafe, Chantilly VA

    Peking Cafe, Chantilly VA

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    Peking Cafe was one of the restaurants that decided to run shadow kitchens for delivery and split their menu into a Noodle House name and Vegetarian Chinese Food sub-names. Quite a smart modern way to market, but they sadly did not last through the time and now 4054 Walney Road, Chantilly, VA address houses Indian…

  • Wok And Roll, Adams Morgan Washington DC

    Wok And Roll, Adams Morgan Washington DC

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    Got to shoot one of the funniest-named Asian fusion spots in AdMo, Wok and Roll, twice in my career and the first time was unfortunately for the still-dumpster-fire-of-a-company that deals with doors and rhymes with lash, as I’m sure they get plenty from both customers and partnered restaurants and still sport a complete garbage of…

  • House of Hunan, Annapolis MD

    House of Hunan, Annapolis MD

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    House of Hunan was one of the better Chinese restaurant shoots out in Annapolis downtown.

  • Good Fortune Chinese Restaurant, Arlington VA

    Good Fortune Chinese Restaurant, Arlington VA

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    Good Fortune in Arlington was a normal and prompt Chinese restaurant shoot, with usual parking nightmare that is that area.

  • Gourmet Inspirations, Wheaton MD

    Gourmet Inspirations, Wheaton MD

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    Gourmet Inspirations is a nice and big Chinese restaurant right off of University Blvd in Wheaton and serves a great selection of Chinese and other Asian cuisine. Having but 2, but of their own parking spots saved this shoot because otherwise parking there is a complete nightmare.

  • Good East Carry Out, Suitland MD

    Good East Carry Out, Suitland MD

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    Good East was another Chinese carryout shoot without any frills besides being pretty out of the normal way for me.

  • Good Danny’s Restaurant, Temple Hills MD

    Good Danny’s Restaurant, Temple Hills MD

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    Good Danny’s was another, standard Chinese-American carryout shoot.

  • Kumo Asian Bistro, Alexandria VA

    Kumo Asian Bistro, Alexandria VA

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    Kumo Asian Bistro – one of my to-date fave shoots that I got to do several times over the years and the owners as well as staff were some of the best I’ve met. Plethora of creative and amazing looking and tasting dishes with plenty of Japanese offerings, like gallery above, and then Chinese and…

  • Masa Hibachi Steakhouse and Sushi, Silver Spring MD

    Masa Hibachi Steakhouse and Sushi, Silver Spring MD

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    All of the locals know Masa, but man shooting them was absolutely something else! First they forgot about the shoot so we rescheduled. On round #2 – they scheduled themselves during their lunch into dinner downtime hours, so I had to go kill time a few doors down as I was intent on getting this…