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December 11, 2009

The new html edition of Tyler Cowen's Ethnic Dining Guide

You'll find it here, namely on my home page (you may need to scroll down). This version of the guide has more revisions than any other new edition, mostly because there has been a lot of quality turnover. More than half of the "Top 20" list has changed in the course of a year. Currently my two favorite places are Sichuan Pavilion and Abay Market (you now can and indeed have to order vegetables in advance), with Thai X-ing a perennial. Komi is the "finest" dining and Bourbon Steak is the place most likely to be better than you think.

I should note that if you've been following the blog version of my dining guide [here at TCEDG.com], the html version is simply a print-it-all-out-at-once compendium, rather than a source of new information.

Originally posted on Marginal Revolution.

Posted December 11, 2009 08:27 AM | Permalink  |  Favorites - Current , General remarks , Some Places You Must Try , The Best , Updates  | Comments (0)

February 27, 2009

The countercyclical asset, northern Virginia edition

It is Little Seoul, mostly in Annandale, spilling over into West Alexandria. The number of innovative Korean restaurants continues to increase and they are usually crowded. I love the new place devoted to the many forms of Korean porridge. Seoul Gool Dae Gee Honey Pig on Columbia Pike has the best decor (and the pork neck) around. TodamSoonDooBoo (also known as Tofu House, next to the Giant, straddling 236 and Columbia Pike) has dumpling soup and tofu. The two branches of Shilla Bakery and Le Matin de Paris give Virginia a cafe scene. Much of my eating out is now Korean or in the new Vietnamese places in the Western Saigon interior branch of the Eden Center; either that or Ray's Hell-Burger, Hong Kong Palace, Thai X-ing, or the now-reopened Nava Thai, right next door to the shuttered old branch.

Annandale used to be a nice appendage to the peak places to eat. Now it's the epicenter, the main culinary show, and also the coolest place to hang out.

Addendum: Here is a good article, which mentions Korean food as the next trend to come. Let's hope not.

Originally posted on Marginal Revolution

Posted February 27, 2009 07:47 AM | Permalink  |  Annandale , Eden Center , Falls Church/Seven Corners , Some Places You Must Try , Virginia  | Comments (0)

October 17, 2008

Currently, what are you favorite places to eat in the D.C. metro area?

I love Thai X-ing (DC), Meaza (Baileys Crossroad), Nava Thai (Wheaton), Hong Kong Palace (Falls Church), China Star (Fairfax), Bombay Indian (Silver Spring) and Angeethi (Herndon), plus just about everything Vietnamese in Eden Center (Falls Church). The 9th Street Ethiopian row is very good as well, and also Zenebech, up on Florida/U/5th or so. Those places are very good and I can eat at them more or less without limit. There aren't many places around as good as those.

Here is much more:
"Chewing the Fat: Tyler Cowen and his Ethnic Dining Guide," by Alicia Mazzara, DCist, October 8, 2008

Posted October 17, 2008 08:27 PM | Permalink  |  Favorites - Current , Some Places You Must Try  | Comments (2)

February 17, 2007

Update - coolest place in DC right now

Thai X-ing

Posted February 17, 2007 12:07 AM | Permalink  |  Some Places You Must Try  | Comments (0)

January 01, 2007

Some Places You Must Try - December 2006

The list of Some Places You Must Try from the December 2006 version of the Guide.

Posted January 1, 2007 11:47 AM | Permalink  |  Some Places You Must Try  | Comments (0)

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