Tag: lo mein
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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 Really Fun Spot – Taste of the Caribbean Restaurant & Lounge, Capitol Heights MD
Taste of the Caribbean Restaurant & Lounge is to this day one of the few places that I’ve returned to actually party at following a shoot, and it was a great time both times! Food here is on point, and there’s plenty of room for evening partying as well!
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Professionalism I Haven’t Seen In a While – China Sea, Frederick MD
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…
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Variety and Spices of Life – Spice Village, Herndon VA (Kallisto Steakhouse, Peri-Peri Original, Khyber Shinwari, Mandarin Halal Chinese)
Quite the mouthful of a post title, but Spice Village almost rivals the relatively new Asian food halls in the sheer variety of the food they offer here! Kallisto Steakhouse has grills and fries of shmeat; Peri-Peri Original adds some competition to Nando’s and Galito’s African grilled chicken; Khyber Shinwari is your good old Indian…
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Asian Cuisine & Seafood, Gaithersburg MD – Tiny New Spot In Town
Brand new Chinese spot right off of Snouffer Road in Gaithersburg past Taco Bell and Checkers that offers quite a bit of proper seafood unlike most similar spots. Seems like they got tuckered out by all the other delivery shoots and forgot plates for little old me today, otherwise things went smoothly.
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Asian Spice Cafe, Ashburn VA – Another Hidden Gem
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!
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Hunan No One, Arlington VA – A Great Spot Gone
Hunan Number One was one of my very, very early shoots outside of the later corpo routines and I got to know the amazing owners quite well over the years. This place had good happy hour, hosted various events and gatherings, and was an overall solid spot for a good meal and a good time.…
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Good Fortune Chinese Restaurant, Arlington VA
Good Fortune in Arlington was a normal and prompt Chinese restaurant shoot, with usual parking nightmare that is that area.
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Jason’s Sub Shop, Takoma Park MD
Jason’s Sub Shop is a Chinese takeout with other standard fare like subs, sides, wings, and more. Quick shoot and very-well presented dishes unlike an almost unholy amount of similar places that just don’t seem to care about their own image.
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Sarku Japan, Springfield VA
Sarku Japan is your standard Japanese-style chain that offers predominantly grilled eats and some sushi rolls. Definitely not bad for the price, but even in the area there are far, far better offerings in the same category. Quick and easy gig, and at least this place bothered with plates instead of styrofoam takeout containers most…
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Hunan To Go, Rockville MD
Actually one of the better takeouts in the area with much more authentic offerings than your run-of-the-mill Americanized dishes, and another spot I used to pass right on by until getting to shoot and taste it – absolutely worth it in its range of restaurants.
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Dragon City Restaurant, Silver Spring MD
Dragon City is definitely one of the better Chinese takeout/small dine-in restaurants downtown Silver Spring. Items are simple, but very good especially for the prices! Highly recommend this if you are in the mood for some quick American Chinese food. Besides potentially abysmal Silver Spring parking, this shoot I lucked out with like 2 restaurant…
