Bourdain Is Coming…

Bourdain is coming! Bourdain is coming!
Actually, to be specific, Bourdain already came, saw, and was molested by Jose Andres. Or, at least, that’s what the commercials currently being shown on the Travel Channel imply. (A key moment? Andres pushing Bourdain’s head, pimp-style, into a carton of peaches at the Penn Quarter farmer’s market and shouting, [...]

Scenes From a Midnight McDonalds

It was a dark, cold, not exactly windy night. Late night, 2 a.m. It was last night, to be exact. I had had a day. Mad errand running, long drive to get cheap Craigslist desk, long, hard hauling of the desk from car to apartment building, down stairs, around tricky corners, much getting stuck, and [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part 4: Aji Nippon

Do you recognize the name Aji Nippon? Despite the fact that I’ve been prowling the streets of Bethesda on my own for over 10 years now (ohhhh, I’m having an “old” moment), I had never even really noticed this gem of a sushi restaurant. Tucked into the corner next to the Post Office on Arlington [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part 3: Maki Maki

I’ve been terribly remiss in my sushi-reviewing duties here in Bethesda, a problem since when I’m not looking the sushi places have been multiplying. Two reviews this morning, part of the ongoing Bethesda Sushi Wars, in which I try to suss out which sushi place (of at least eight) in Bethesda is the one most [...]

Bye Bye Beignets…

The gumbo-serving, oyester-frying, coffee-pouring Bethesda institution, Louisiana Express, has closed after 20+ years in the business. There hasn’t been a more formal announcement than the simple sign on the front door that says “Closed” and the giant “FOR LEASE” sign in the window which I encountered on Sunday morning when I went for what I [...]

Mambo Italiano: Olazzo

I don’t know how many people who come to this blog (40 of you came yesterday! Wow!!) are actually from DC, but if you’re from around here you know the past two days have featured some seriously craptacular weather. It’s cold (good: it’s October); it’s steadily raining (bad: I hate being damp and I left [...]

Do You Know Gordon?

I don’t think anyone out there actually knows Gordon Ramsay (or no one that would read this blog, anyway), but I’m travelling to London the first week of December and for my splurge meal (every good, cheap trip has one splurge meal) I’ve decided to go to one of Mr. Ramsay’s restaurants for lunch. All [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part Two: Tako Grill

And we’re back for part two of Bethesda Sushi Wars. It’s taking me a little longer than I would like to do this six-part series, but you must understand that I do not have much in the way of monies (and I’m travelling to London and Amsterdam this December) and sushi is expensive, especially if [...]

Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part One: Matuba

So you’ve all heard my rave review of downtown DC sushi bar Makoto, but I don’t often drive myself down MacArthur Blvd. to get lunch there, especially by myself. But sushi is one of my favorite things to eat — it’s light, it’s very healthy (especially now that I’ve acquired a serious taste for sashimi, [...]

Matzoh Ball Soup for the Ailing Soul: Parkway Deli

So, folks, I got the flu. That’s right, the flu, in September. Don’t I feel special. It’s been a pretty miserable four days, with a lot of moaning and sleeping and gulping of various over the counter medicines. And, then there was the matzoh ball soup.
The Parkway Deli, located on Grubb Road in Silver Spring, [...]