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Washington, DC
Yelping SinceOctober 2007
Things I Love Find Me InWestwood to the Peninsula
My HometownThe Peninsula
When I'm Not Yelping...I'm saving a schoolbus full of orphans from falling of a cliff as Mishaman
Why You Should Read My Reviewswell if you're even reading this you probably already care what i think
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The Last Great Book I ReadThe Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Don't Tell Anyone Else But...I'm really bad at making popcorn
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Washington, DC 20009
(202) 462-3666
So's Your Mom
Categories: Delis, Specialty Food
Neighborhood: Adams Morgan
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 659-1544
Taj Mahal Restaurant
Category: Indian
Neighborhood: Dupont Circle
Sadly I think people in DC are afraid of spicy Indian food. This is the 4th place I've went where none of the curry really kicks you in the pants. And I'm all about getting kicked in the pants. Figuratively speaking of course.
Washington, DC 20016
(202) 966-1999
Z-Burger
Category: Burgers
Neighborhood: Tenleytown
Anyways. my cheese burger was only $1, or $1.10 cents because we gotta give Caesar is cut and it was damn near the closest thing to in and out i've had out east. So for the uninitiated that means fresh ass ingredients and lots of thousand island sauce. Excellent.
The fries were legit, a large order is a pretty obscene amount of food and there is plentiful malt vinegar for your enjoyment.
Even though I only paid a dollar, i think i'd pay like 8, which is what i think it costs. so i'll go back even when it isn't snowing
Washington, DC 20010
Senor Chicken
Categories: Fast Food, Sandwiches
Neighborhood: Columbia Heights
What they do lose a point on is that with the rice and beans it was obviously just nuked int he microwave cause the bottom of the styrofoam was warped (carcinogens much?) and i'm not down with that.
whole chickennnnn
Sadly the dim sum it self is just pretty average. Which isn't a bad thing unless each dish costs $5.
The exception is the baked bbq pork puff is great though. It's a good hybrid between the normal variety you get at dim sum and a turnover. The dough with the extra sugar really makes a great combination.
On the other hand their drinks are pretty cool. The Tennessee Tea comes with a sichuan pepper(?) which when you chew it for a while makes your mouth go numb and drastically alters the flavor of the drink. Pretty cool. Good cocktails in general though certainly not cheap.
I might go for dim sum one day. maybe.
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 835-2280
Luna Grill & Diner
Categories: Diners, American (New)
Neighborhood: Dupont Circle
My burger, which i ordered with blue cheese and mushrooms was pretty average. The only thing that saved this from being 2 stars was that the bread was excellent. It was like torta bread. Flakey and amazing. The rest of the burger was pretty mehhh. The quality of the meat was ok but the patties are thick to the point that the outer layers are really just to dry for my tastes. They were also sorta stingy with the toppings.
I work so close to there that I might give them another shot to woo me with a club sandwich. I'm big on club sandwiches.
Do get:
Lengua Tacos - actually among the better lengua I've had in DC. That doesn't say much but nothing wrong with being a big fish in a little pond when I don't have a car to drive to the better ponds (did that make sense?)
Barbacoa/Lengua/Pastor Torta - They make great tortas here. They have great bread and that stringy Oaxacan cheese that I have yet to see anyone else serve out east.
Don't Get:
Chicken Tacos - So dry!
Burrito - they don't wrap it well and the cheese melts funny.
Breakfast Burrito - same as the burritos above. don't bother.
If you follow my advice it's a 4 star joint. If you don't it's a 1 star joint. Trust me on this one.
Washington, DC 20009
(202) 462-8355
Shawarma King
Categories: Middle Eastern, Mediterranean
I'll go back to try the chicken. winner winner chicken dinarr
The fish sandwich was pretty dent, plentiful tartar sauce and cucumber.
The weird part was the fries. I think they put beef stock in the ketchup cause it makes the fries taste like meat. It's super weird. Not really good. Definitely overpowering. I'm not over Heinz so lets not be too clever Mr. Hoban
You are a successful business Brickskeller, so spend some money on extra waitresses and people will drink and eat more and you'll be even more successful. Easy math.
Date
Person A: "You are a lying sack of crap!"
Person B: "So's your mom!"
As we can see, Person B is acknowledging that they are in fact a lying sack of crap but that this also applies to Person A's mother. Perhaps a better retort would be "I'm not but your mom is" or something to that effect.
Anyways I digress. Great sandwiches, super fresh, great prices, and they have celery soda. One of the cashiers is cute too.
I kinda wish I could sit down there but like so many of the better places I've been in DC it looks like they have to trade seating for quality in some sort of bizarre zero sum game.