The restaurant owner Zongmin Li is from Yunan Province and after noticing a gap in the market for a restaurant serving Yunan style mixian rice noodles, she opened this restaurant in 2019. The restaurant has since had a full-page review in the Washington Post and was awarded Best Cheap Eats 2019 in Northern Virginia. The …
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This used to be your classic American-Chinese food restaurant with the typical sesame chicken, orange chicken, and beef and broccoli menu items. Last year the restaurant had a complete revamp, and now offers many authentic dishes in a more spacious and chic setting. While still serving many of its western-style Chinese dishes, the restaurant also …
If you enjoy Korean cuisine, whether Korean bbq, bibimbap, bulgogi, or japchae, then you have to visit this little establishment out in Annandale. The restaurant is also next door to Breeze Bakery under the same ownership, and I highly recommend you try out the deserts here after eating at Yechon. To get the broadest taste …
Since Queen Amannisa closed it doors last year, there are only two Uyghur restaurants left in the DC beltway. Dolan Uyghur is a great choice for trying the food of China’s Xinjiang region. Upon entering the cozy little restaurant at the entrance of the Cleveland Park Metro station, you quickly realize this cuisine is more …
This new restaurant opened its doors about a month ago and I had heard that their Sichuan dry pot dish was worth a visit. They currently have a deal that is perfect for 2 people which includes a cucumber salad, celery and bean curd, fried pork gyoza, Xinjiang beef and chicken skewers, spicy fried crabs …
After eating pho at Caphe Banh Mi in Old Town Alexandria, I had to try the upscale version run by the same owner at Sunday in Saigon. This place has only been open since 2017, but the dishes on the menu have been perfected. For an appetizer I ordered the summer roll (Gỏi cuốn) filled with …
At first you might think that this is just another Japanese ramen restaurant, but this is actually a fusion of different Chinese cuisines. The most popular dish is of course the Lamen–handmade noodles that are the precursor of the Japanese ramen noodles everyone loves. The nooldes are made in-house, as are the soup broths and …
New York City, along with Los Angeles has a very diverse selection of authentic Chinese food. During a short weekend trip to NYC I decided to visit a few of my favorite foodie spots. The first stop on my NYC food trip was Flushing in Queens. My favorite hot pot joint is Haidilao. This chain …
This is the second time I have written about Hunan Gate, but I wanted to write a post about the authentic Dongbei dishes served here. While the lady who runs the restaurant is from Nanjing (maybe try the Nanjing cold duck dish), the chef is from Dongbei, so these dishes are what you should order. …
The chef and owner of this restaurant used to have a small restaurant in Alexandria that I would visit often, but moved to this new location earlier in the year. The chef being from Chongqing, the specialty dishes are of course Sichuan. Although the restaurant maintains the name that the previous owners chose, I would …
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