Butler's Orchards, MD
Claire too me here today! I have never felt like such a kid in a candy shop. A candy shop full of raspberries! I'll definitely post photos next week, but there were several trays of berries all over her kitchen this afternoon, and the raspberry smoothies project looked like a bloody massacre. Can't wait for the raspberry tart project tonight!
At Butler's I also scored some apple butter and an ear of bi-color corn so fresh I could eat it raw. So good! I never get to eat corn raw. Most corn is disgusting raw, but a really fresh ear basically tastes like it's been cooked, except you don't have to boil any water.
Anyway, a few more DC restaurants. All good, though nothing so far that I would go way out of my way for except Cafe Atlantico's MiniBar.
Lavandou (near Cleveland Park Metro): we both had mussels in saffron cream. Very tasty, and I don't see rope mussels out in CA. They were the little black PEI mussels, but bigger (aka better).
Typhoon (near Dupont Circle Metro): great tom ka gai soup and appetizers, but my pad thai was middling at best.
El Pollo Rico (Arlington): cheap Peruvian roast chicken in delicious dry spices. Heck yeah.
We made pulled pork at home so I could try Claire's South Carolinian sauces, and we made dumplings so I could show her how to make the skins and get some freezer food put away. All in all, very relaxing so far. Tomorrow we hit Eastern Market.
At Butler's I also scored some apple butter and an ear of bi-color corn so fresh I could eat it raw. So good! I never get to eat corn raw. Most corn is disgusting raw, but a really fresh ear basically tastes like it's been cooked, except you don't have to boil any water.
Anyway, a few more DC restaurants. All good, though nothing so far that I would go way out of my way for except Cafe Atlantico's MiniBar.
Lavandou (near Cleveland Park Metro): we both had mussels in saffron cream. Very tasty, and I don't see rope mussels out in CA. They were the little black PEI mussels, but bigger (aka better).
Typhoon (near Dupont Circle Metro): great tom ka gai soup and appetizers, but my pad thai was middling at best.
El Pollo Rico (Arlington): cheap Peruvian roast chicken in delicious dry spices. Heck yeah.
We made pulled pork at home so I could try Claire's South Carolinian sauces, and we made dumplings so I could show her how to make the skins and get some freezer food put away. All in all, very relaxing so far. Tomorrow we hit Eastern Market.
posted by Pei at
1:42 PM
4 Comments:
thanks for the post. can't wait for the Eastern Market post.
Is there a Metro stop for El Pollo Rico?
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Anonymous, At
9/22/2007 10:21:00 PM
Nope! We drove there from the Ballston station. Like I said, I'm not great for info in DC because I've let myself get led around blindly. :)
Went to Lighthouse Tofu in Annandale yesterday. I wouldn't recommend it if you are coming from LA, but it was better than places like BCD Tofu so if you can't get good Korean food where you live and have a car in DC, look it up.
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Pei, At
9/23/2007 09:13:00 AM
El Pollo Rico is by the Virginia Square Orange line stop. We actually went to Super Pollo, which is by the Ballston stop. Super Pollo has better sides, but I think El Pollo Rico's chicken has a slight edge. Both are Google-able for exact addresses.
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claire, At
9/23/2007 04:14:00 PM
I think it would be great if you could post a link to your Minibar review to the Washington/Baltimore board of Chowhound. Thanks.
P.S. I read your blog everyday. I have no idea why. We have very, very little in common. But I'm hooked! Good luck with the wedding.
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Anonymous, At
9/26/2007 05:11:00 AM
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