Tag: restaurant reviews
Markham Street Cafe: a new Annandale favorite
Plenty of room to spread out at the Markham Street Cafe. By Adam Goldberg My wife and son along with another group of parents had the pleasure of visiting the recently opened Markham Street Café the other day for dinner. Located in the same shopping center as other Annandale favorites, such as Tanpopo and A&J … Continued
Two menu items from Annandale are on the Washington Post’s list of ‘essential dishes’ of 2017
Seafood pancake [Joanne Lee for the Washington Post] Two menu items from Annandale restaurants are on the list of the “40 most essential D.C. restaurant dishes of 2017” published June 8 in the Washington Post’s Going Out Guide. There’s also a dish from a Bailey’s Crossroads restaurant. The list, compiled by recommendations from readers, industry … Continued
BonChon: Korean fast food in Annandale
By the editors of the Northern Virginia Restaurant Blog The first time we tried BonChon chicken wings was at Northern Virginia Magazine’s Chicken Wings NoVa Wars. They were so flavorful, so perfectly baked, and the spicy wings were way out of this world terrific, that we just had to follow our taste buds to their … Continued
Huong Viet: Authentic Vietnamese dining at the Eden Center
By the editors of the Northern Virginia Restaurant Blog This is as authentic as it gets. No question Huong Viet is the flagship restaurant of the famous Northern Virginia hub of Vietnamese food – the Eden Center at the busy Seven Corners intersection in Falls Church. This is arguably the best and certainly the oldest … Continued
Chuy’s: Tex-Mex with a quirky twist at Springfield Town Center
The Elvis and Priscilla Presley booths. [Photos by Mark Heckathorn] By Mark Heckathorn Chuy’s, the quirky Tex-Mex restaurant from Austin opened at the new Springfield Town Center Oct. 28, joining Maggiano’s Little Italy on the mall’s restaurant row facing Loisdale Road. It’s the 59th Chuy’s since the first one opened in August in 1982 and … Continued
Maggiano’s brings Italian classics to Springfield Town Center
By Mark Heckathorn Maggiano’s Little Italy opened at the new Springfield Town Center, formerly the Springfield Mall, on Oct. 17. This is Maggiano’s 49th restaurant and joins others in Tysons Corner and D.C. The Springfield restaurant seats 279 in two dining rooms and the bar and another 28 on the patio. It added about 150 … Continued
Thai by Thai: another great casual dining option at Bradlick Shopping Center
By Louise Del Maestro The new Thai by Thai restaurant in the Bradlick Shopping Center in Annandale is a welcome addition to the neighborhood. The Annandale restaurant, as well as the smiling staff, is invitingly Thai. The menu is priced right for a casual place where you order up front, then sit, relax, and be … Continued
Ara Fusion: A great spot in Annandale for a late-night party
Sujaebi Jampong By James Moon The “fusion” in the menu at Ara Fusion Restaurant (7137 Little River Turnpike, Annandale) may be better described as “not your grandmother’s Korean food.” But if you want to understand the culinary genres Ara straddles, you have to know what anju is. Anju is food eaten while drinking alcohol and, … Continued
Sorak Garden, longtime Annandale landmark, offers standard Korean fare
By James Moon Sorak Garden (4308 Backlick Road) has been a landmark for the Korean American community for a long time, practically as long as I’ve known Annandale existed. The restaurant is named for Korea’s famous Mount Sorak (commonly known as Seoraksan). The national park nearby is an autumnal mecca for leaf peepers in … Continued
Explore Korean cuisine at Seoul Garden’s do-it-yourself buffet
By James Moon Enter any respectable Korean restaurant and as soon as you’ve ordered (if not as soon as you’re seated), servers bus to your table a core element of the traditional Korean meal—the little side dish accompaniments called banchan (pronounced “bahn chahn”). They’re kinda like tapas, but they’re included with your meal, and what … Continued
To Sok Jip offers homestyle cooking at reasonable prices
Dak kalguksu, a noodle soup in chicken broth. By James Moon To Sok Jip (pronounced roughly as “toe soak jeep”) is a hole-in-the-wall Korean dining hall at 7211 Columbia Pike that could be described as a refuge for homesick foreign students on F-1 visas. The prices are relatively cheap, the portions are large, the food … Continued
Take a coffee break at Le Matin de Paris: Annandale’s Korean-French cafe
By James Moon Looking to meet friends for a cup of coffee or buy a cake for a celebration? Then you might want to swing by Le Matin de Paris, a Korean-operated French-inspired bakery and coffee shop at 7326 Little River Turnpike. Of the many Korean-styled cafes in Annandale, which to the untrained eye aren’t … Continued
Try Miso for unique fusion cuisine
When one thinks of “fusion cuisine,” Asian foods and techniques with a Western influence usually comes to mind. But Miso, a Japanese-Korean restaurant in the Safeway shopping center at 7410 Little River Turnpike takes the concept in a different direction, incorporating such ingredients as mozzarella and curry on its menu. Miso is a Japanese soybean … Continued
Lighthouse Tofu and BBQ: Korean comfort food in a friendly atmosphere
With the approach of cold weather, one yearns for a hot, filling soup. The small Lighthouse Tofu & BBQ restaurant on Chatelain Road (tucked away behind the Columbia Pike Burger King) is known for its sundubu jjigae, a filling tofu soup served in stone bowls that can be had in several varieties, such as seafood, … Continued
The Honey Pig: a good spot for Korean BBQ
The Honey Pig (7220-C Columbia Pike) was packed when we arrived at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night. Open 24 hours a day, the ambience at the Honey Pig, also known as the Gooldaegee Korean Grill, is very loud, with techno music bouncing off the concrete floors and metal walls. The specialty may be pork, … Continued