Delhi Club - Arlington, VA

Monday, I decided to eat some vegetarian Indian food.  My favorite Indian dish is Baigan Bhartha.  So, I went to Delhi Club at Clarendon.  I arrived pretty early, so the restaurant was empty.  They also had a lunch buffet.  The food came out pretty quickly.  I ordered extra naan.  The rice was a little plain, I think they could have added some spices.  The Baigan Bhartha was very good and so was the dal.  They were both a little bit spicy.  There was a good amount of food.  Enough for two lunches, so it was quite a good deal.  Overall, I enjoyed this meal and will be coming back.

Bulgogi Cart - Washington, DC

I've been on a Korean food kick for awhile, so I ventured down to McPherson Sq. to the Bulgogi Cart.  I was hoping for a vegetarian version, but they only had chicken or beef.  So I got the spicy chicken Bimbimbap with egg on top.  The chicken was ridiculously spicy but had nice flavor.  The kimchi tasted good also.  It was hard to mix in the styrofoam container.  But it was very good.  The lettuce on the bottom was wilted by the time I got back.  Overall, I like this one better than at the Oak Street Cafe, because you got more meat and the kimchi was better.  They also had kimchi and bulgogi kimbap which I will try next time.

Pho 98 - Chantilly, Va

I have found my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Western Fairfax County.  Pho98.  The owner of this restaurant is the brother of owner of Viet House in Fairfax.  As expected the food tastes very similiar.  I actually haven't eaten the pho here.  I've been getting the Bun Thit Nuong, which is Rice noodle with Pork.  This is a great dish.  The pork as a lot of flavor, and they give me much more pork than I would usually eat.  The vegetables are fresh and the noodles cooked perfectly.  Overall, I really like this restaurant and will be back.

Tian Chinese - Centreville, Va

I'm glad the Koreans have moved to Centreville, because now I don't have to drive to Annadale for good Korean food.  This is really a Korean restaurant that serves Korean-Chinese food.  I ordered the Champong, which is a spicy seafood noodle soup.  It was the biggest bowl of noodle soup I have ever seen.  There was a good amount of seafood.  Although only one huge clam, and two large mussels.  There was squid and shrimp also.  There was a lot of nappa cabbage in the soup.  They didn't ask me how spicy I would like it, and it was very spicy.  The noodles were good, they had a nice chewy texture.  The broth was also very flavorful.  Overall, I really enjoyed this meal and will definitely be back.

Giuseppi's Pizza - Bluffton, SC

We went here because we want to eat something cheaper.  Overall, it is good pizza and decent sized.  Although I would have to say I can get better pizza in Virginia.  Not a bad place to eat,  it really wasn't anything special, but I would probably come back.

Fiddler's Crab House - Savannah, Ga

This was our only meal in Savannah, and it really wasn't that good.  On top of that, it was quite expensive.  This little restaurant is located on River St.  So it is kind of touristy place.  I ordered the steamed Seafood Platter, which came with snow crab legs, shrimp, oysters, mussels, clams, and crawfish.  It actually came with a decent amount of food.  The thing I didn't like about it, was the the food was not hot when it came out.  So was it cooked ahead of time?  Actually the seafood was decent and I did enjoy eating it.  Even the crawfish which I don't eat too much of.  But I probably wouldn't come back.

Peppers's Porch - Bluffton, SC

If you've ever been to Hilton Head, you quickly realize that it is quite expensive to eat out.  Especially if you are a group of 6 people.  But we found some great restaurants to eat at.  I wanted to eat some authentic low country cuisine.  I found this little restaurant outside of Hilton Head.  This is a little restaurant, in a tiny town called Bluffton. 

We ordered the fried green tomatos and calamari as appetizers.  The fried green tomatoes were very good.  They came with a creamy spicy sauce.  The calamari was also good.  For my meal, I ordered the seafood lovers paster in a scampi sauce.  Although the the seafood was good, I didn't really enjoy the scampi sauce.  It really just tasted like an oily buttery sauce.  H got a fried grouper which came with a sweet pepper sauce which he really enjoyed.

Overall, I still enjoyed this restaurant.  It seemed like a place the locals would hang out.  The ambiance was very down to earth.  And most of the food was pretty good.

Passion Fish - Reston, Va

We went her for a special occasion.  We ordered some oysters from Cape Cod as an appetizer.  I've had oysters before and enjoyed some more than others.  These oysters were the best I've had.  The were juicy and plump.  We also ordered the Kamikaze Roll (Tempura Prawns, Avocado, Spicy Ahi Tuna).  The sushi roll was good, but a little odd.  I would probably pass on it next time.  For my main meal, I ordered the Fishermans' Wharf Cioppino.  Now this dish was great.  It include many huge prawns, some clams, mussels and fish.  This dish tasted delicious.  The broth had great flavor and was perfect for dipping with bread.  The other main dish we ordered was the Red Thai Curry Lobster "Claypot".  Although this dish was good, it wasn't great.  There were big pieces of lobster, but it was basically thai curry with lobster.  I can easily make this dish at home.  So that was not a homerun.  Overall, I really enjoyed this meal and the service at the restaurant was very good.  Definitely a place to come back to.

Oyamel - Washington, DC

 

We finally got a chance to try out Oyamel without having reservations.  We just happened to be in DC around lunchtime and decided we would have lunch here.  At first the prices seemed pretty cheap, until we learned they were more of a tapas size.  As most mexican restaurants, the meal came with chips and salsa.  They were pretty decent.  I ordered the Camarones al Mojo de Ajo Negro (Shrimp sauteed with shallots, arbol chile, poblano chile lime and sweet aged black garlic).  This shrimp dish was very good.  The shrimp were cooked perfectly and the sauce made it a little spicy.  I also ordered the Mejillones al tequila con chipotle (Steamed mussels with tequila, sauteed garlic and chipotle sauce).  This mussel dish was delicious.  The mussels were cooked perfectly and the sauce was a tomato sauce which was good enough to eat alone.  A little bit of bread would have made it perfect.  I also ordered a chicken soup.  This soup was just average, nothing special.  Overall this was a great meal.  Although the portions were quite small, being a tapas style, we were able to try several dishes.  Next time we will try the ceviche. 

Lighthouse Tofu - Centreville, Va

I just found out this place opened in Centreville.  I used to have to go all the way to Annadale to get the great Tofu soup.  I ordered the seafood Soon Dubu.  It came with several sides which were all good.  I ordered a medium spicy, which was a little milder than I would have like, but it was a great meal of Tofu soup.  The clientele was all hard core Korean.  However the service was very good.  I really enjoyed this meal and will be coming back.

AW Shucks - Charleston, SC

We decided to stop in Charleston on our way to Hilton Head.  Charleston is a nice city.  Very pretty buildings and nice restaurants.  At this restaurant, I ordered the Market Street Platter.  It had shrimp, oysters, scallops, and a filet of flounder.  The seafood was just broiled so, it was cooked in any special way.  However the seafood was very good and I enjoyed it.  The other dish pictured is the Seafood Jambalaya.  Although H said it was good, he didn't finish it all, so perhaps he didn't like it.  Overall this was an interesting restaurant experience.  We sat outside, which was covered.  I enjoyed this restaurant, although it probably wouldn't qualify for fine seafood.