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WTF Delicious: Pork Belly, Ramen & A Pad Of Butter

by Jennie Tai May 20, 2013

Pork belly. Chashu. Bamboo. Sweet corn. Soft boiled eggs. Seaweed. Butter. Because adding butter to anything just makes it that much more magical–I’m a little disappointed in myself for not having thought of this as a necessary ramen topping before. I couldn’t say no to any of the toppings listed on Daikaya’s hot pink menu, [...]

Chug & Chew: LoCo’s One-Stop Spot For Summer Brews & BBQ

by Jennie Tai May 9, 2013

{ Corcoran Brewery & Monk’s BBQ } Tucked behind a seemingly ordinary suburb of cookie-cutter castles is a grilling, growler-filling duo in Waterford, VA. About an hour from D.C., Corcoran Brewery & Monk’s BBQ serves flights of local brews and plates of fresh-smoked barbecue every weekend to visitors who make the trek down the twisty two-mile trail of [...]

WTF Delicious: Fried Halloumi Cheese & Pear Mostarda

by Jennie Tai April 29, 2013

Apparently… you can have grilled cheese with just the cheese! A few months ago, I was driving home, listening to Lavar and Dukes when Dukes mentioned something about finding one of the best things at Whole Foods the other day–grilling cheese. Apparently, all you do is just toss the block of cheese onto a pan and fry [...]

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Holland in Haymarket

by Jennie Tai April 29, 2013

This past Sunday in Virginia was a little gloomy. With the clouds threatening to rain all afternoon, I wasn’t sure if it would be a good day to go tulip picking at Burnside Farms, but I had been looking forward to it all day, and this past weekend was the peak of the picking season [...]

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22 Things On My Foodie Bucket List

by Jennie Tai April 23, 2013

1) Eat a dozen belons at Chez Jacky from the Belon River in France. These are the rarest, most flavorful oysters in the world. Belons are available a few times a year and at Pearl Dive in DC, but once they tweet about it–dozens of belon lovers come in and normally sweep them away before the [...]

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Matchbox Merrifield Now Open At Mosaic District

by Jennie Tai April 12, 2013

Famous for their DC hot spots, DC3, Ted’s Bulletin and Matchbox–the MatchBoxFoodGroup‘s very first restaurant in Northern Virginia, Matchbox Vintage Pizza Bistro is now open at the Mosaic District next to the Angelika Film Center. Under the direction of Executive Chef Jacob Hunter, the 220-seat bistro furnished with rustic accents of aged barnwood from Rochester, NY will be the [...]

Drool Worthy: Gelato & Espresso Float (aka “Affogato”)

by Jennie Tai April 5, 2013

We did it with ice cream and root beer… the Italians did it with gelato and espresso. What’s affogato? It’s an Italian dessert that involves a scoop of gelato smothered in hot espresso, topped with whipped cream and shaved chocolate. The one pictured above is served with a chocolate pirouette at L’Arte de Gelato inside [...]

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WTF Delicious: Pork & Crab Roe Soup Dumplings

by Jennie Tai April 1, 2013

There are 3 things you should know about soup dumplings: A) There is no soup involved. You were probably imagining the all-american chicken and dumpling soup when you read “soup dumplings”, but just know–if you order “soup dumplings” at a Chinese restaurant–you won’t get a bowl of soup. Instead, you’ll get a bamboo steamer basket lined [...]

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NYC Eats: 5 Things To Try At Morimoto’s

by Jennie Tai March 28, 2013

Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto’s restaurant at the edge of New York City’s Chelsea Market earned only one star in the New York Times in 2006, calling the restaurant a “big fish in a big pond.” This is why I don’t snub restaurants simply based off yelp, magazine or newspaper reviews. I’ll admit I was a [...]

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5 Wines To Try At The Winery At Bull Run

by Jennie Tai March 28, 2013

My boyfriend was telling me about a little winery he passes by every day on his way home from work when he asked if I wanted to go one Sunday afternoon. We had just finished cooking lunch together after playing two football games earlier that morning, so I had to do a double take when [...]

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