Friday, August 17, 2012
Foodie news from around Montgomery County.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair takes center plate: One Meat: The Montgomery County Agricultural Fair has only a nine-day run—not a whole lot of time for one person to sample all the culinary goodness (sweet, salty, fried and otherwise) that the fair has to offer. Nevertheless, intrepid Gaithersburg Patch Editor Greg Cohen tried out about $60 worth of fair fare—man vs. food style (see the video that accompanies this post)—so that he could tip us off to the best bites. Cohen's favorite: the $8 pulled pork barbecue sandwich with original and habenero sauces from Branded '72 Pit Barbecue. For slow …
Friday, August 10, 2012
BGR honors Katie Ledecky, Chompie surfaces in cupcake frosting, Voltaggio's restaurant opening is delayed, and "Washingtonian Magazine" praises a Korean chili sauce in Rockville.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, a Korean restaurant in Rockville takes center plate: One Meat: The spicy chili sauce at Moa, a Rockville restaurant (12300 Wilkins Ave.), got high marks from Washingtonian Magazine food critic Todd Kliman. "To rattle off the [chili sauce's] ingredients—soy sauce, chili and sesame oils, green onions—is to miss the magic of this sauce, one of those cases in which the sum is much greater than its parts," Kliman wrote. And, it's not just the chili sauce that is delicious. "The kitchen is putting out some of the most exciting Korean food in the area right now," Kliman added. Kliman also advised ordering the mandu …
Friday, August 3, 2012
This week's foodie news roundup looks at one reviewer's fried chicken picks, along with new restaurants at NIH and the 'Rodeo Drive of the East Coast.'
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, chicken takes center plate: One Meat: As debate over whether to eat chicken at a certain chicken restaurant continues across the nation, Washingtonian Magazine surveyed the fried chicken offerings at DC-area restaurants. In Montgomery County, Silver Spring's beloved Jackie's Restaurant made Anna Spiegel's list of restaurants serving top fried chicken dishes. Jackie's skillet-fried chicken dish, served on Monday evenings for $15, comes with three pieces of "plump Amish chicken" and sides of potato salad, collard greens and a "house-made hot sauce for dipping," Spiegel wrote. Not a fan of chicken? Try the duck …
Monday, July 30, 2012
This week's foodie news from around Montgomery County: mobile cheesecake, global burritos and a doughnut trend.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, mobile cheesecake takes center plate: One Meat: The region's celebrated food trucks are starting—finally—to branch out to Montgomery County. The latest one to venture north beyond Western and Eastern avenues is That Cheesecake Truck, the "Big Blue" purveyor of Sweetz Cheesecake of Gaithersburg. "Although Sweetz has had a shop and wholesale business in Gaithersburg since 1992, its mobile operation ... started rolling last summer," but only in DC, Carole Sugarman reported for Bethesda Magazine. “We really only started there because we felt there was more density," Sweetz owner Craig Barsi told Bethesda Magazine. But, "it was …
Friday, July 27, 2012
This week's foodie news from around Montgomery County: mobile cheesecake, global burritos and a doughnut trend.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, mobile cheesecake takes center plate: One Meat: The region's celebrated food trucks are starting—finally—to branch out to Montgomery County. The latest one to venture north beyond Western and Eastern avenues is That Cheesecake Truck, the "Big Blue" purveyor of Sweetz Cheesecake of Gaithersburg. "Although Sweetz has had a shop and wholesale business in Gaithersburg since 1992, its mobile operation ... started rolling last summer," but only in DC, Carole Sugarman reported for Bethesda Magazine. “We really only started there because we felt there was more density," Sweetz owner Craig Barsi told Bethesda Magazine…
Friday, July 20, 2012
This week: berry-picking picks, Takoma brews and new directions for restaurants in Rockville and Silver Spring.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, summer berries take center plate: One Meat: The Washingtonian Magazine's berry-picking guide is out. Thanks to the hot spring and summer, the blueberry and blackberry seasons are already underway, "so act now or spend the next year as a fruit philistine, munching on lowly store-bought berries," Travis M. Andrews advised. Andrews' picks for berry-picking in Maryland include: Three Sides: The area's newest brewery—3 Stars Brewing in the Takoma, Washington, DC, neighborhood—is about a month away from having its beers on-tap in area bars, The Washington Post reported. "The opening lineup includes the Belgian-…
Monday, July 16, 2012
This week in foodie news from around Montgomery County and nearby neighborhoods of DC: restaurant closures, a great vegetarian pick and new life for an old restaurant.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with 1 Meat, 3 Sides. This week, restaurant closures take center plate: One Meat: Bethesda's Haandi and Sweet Basil will close in August. They are "the latest casualties of redevelopment on Bethesda’s Fairmont Avenue," reported Bethesda Magazine. (Foong Lin, at the corner of Fairmont and Norfolk avenues, is scheduled to close on July 31, as reported in last week's 1 Meat, 3 Sides column.) "A new apartment building with underground parking and street level retail space will replace that stretch of the street. Construction is slated to begin in late 2012, according to a representative from JBG, the developer of the project," Bethesda Magazine …
Friday, July 6, 2012
This week, a new restaurant from Jackie Greenbaum takes center plate, surrounded by news of the closure of a popular Asian restaurant, the opening of a new restaurant with not-your-average food in Gaithersburg, and where to take a date in Bethesda.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, Mexican street food takes center plate: One Meat: Fans of Silver Spring's beloved Jackie's Restaurant, Sidebar and Quarry House Tavern in Silver Spring now have another destination for trying restauranteur Jackie Greenbaum's famous restaurant creations: El Chucho Superior, which opened late last month at 3313 11th St. NW, in Columbia Heights, Washington, DC. Two years in the making, "El Chucho is finally bringing a street food-inspired Mexican menu, margaritas on tap and a roof deck to the 11th Street strip, a part of the neighborhood Greenbaum says she liked for its 'indie mom-and-pop feel,' " DC Eater …
Friday, June 29, 2012
This week, Hong Kong cuisine takes center plate, surrounded by news of oysters, "century eggs" and stolen cooking oil.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, Hong Kong cuisine takes center plate: One Meat: One of the newer additions to Rockville's lineup of Chinese restaurants received high praises from Todd Kliman in the July 2012 issue of Washingtonian Magazine. East Pearl (838-B Rockville Pike, Rockville—between Edmonston Drive and Wootton Parkway) is "the vision of Sue Li, previously owner of Wheaton’s China Chef," a forgettable restaurant, Kliman wrote. But East Pearl—which Kliman calls a "Gem of the Pike"—was anything but forgettable for Kliman, who—after puzzling over why there were always so many people clamoring for a parking space outside the restaurant—…
Friday, June 22, 2012
A roundup of foodie news from around Montgomery County and Washington, DC.
Get caught up with the food scene in Montgomery County and adjacent Washington, DC, neighborhoods with "1 Meat, 3 Sides." This week, the big barbecue showdown takes center plate: One Meat: Or—rather—lots of meat, which will be sizzling away this weekend at the 20th annual Safeway Barbecue Battle. Eighteen different vendors are lined up for the event, including Better than Carolina BBQ, Hill Country (which does Texas-style barbecue), Pork Barrel BBQ, Memphis Barbeque and Caribbean Corner (formerly RY Caterers)—the selection is pretty broad, so you're sure to find some style of barbecue that you like. And, the Kettle Corn Guys will be there, appeasing the vegetarians. (Vegans may enjoy the live music and cooking demonstrations.) The meaty …
Laura L Thornton
5:02 pm on Friday, August 3, 2012
I think it will not be as upscale as Rosa. It's Tex-Mex, and the menu looks like a standard Tex-Mex place with some house specials. It is a bit of an odd juxtaposition, but maybe that's just what Friendship Heights needs...? more ›