Charcoal Kabob - Herndon, Va

This is one of my favorite restaurants. I don't usually get the Kabobs here. I come for the chicken curry. It is a little bit spicy, but the sauce the chicken is cooked in is very good. It also comes with a side of vegetables. I always get the curry vegetables. It comes with bread and rice. It doesn't seem like a huge amount of food, but it's a belly buster.

394 Elden St
Herndon, VA 20170
(703) 435-2400

Teocali Tamale - Herndon, Va

I think I found the worst fajita salad in Herndon. I ordered the chicken fajita salad and should have realized something wasn't quite right when it only cost $7. Well the salad was just iceberg lettuce with some onions and bell peppers. That part was OK. But the carrots they added was sour and tasted rotten. The chicken was dry and tasted a day old. I was just hoping I wouldn't get sick and was seriously contemplating throwing everything out and getting another lunch. Well I think I'm done with that place which is unfortunate because they had a pretty good grilled chicken dish.

Reston Kabob - Reston, Va

I had a chicken kubideh kabob salad for lunch yesterday. I've been trying to eat more salads and the kabob salad sounded healthy. It was basically the regular kabob on a bed of salad. The kabob was very good as usual. The salad was average, basically a green lettuce and a few peppers. I didn't like the putting the salad dressing all over the salad, something I would prefer to do myself. The salad was way too much food for one serving, but it was good.

11844 Sunrise Valley Dr # A
Reston, VA 20191
(703) 390-9070

Red Rock Canyon Grill - Centreville, Va

This is one of my favorite restaurants. We order the crab dip as an appetizer and it was very good as usual. There were big chunks of crabmeat served with bread. I ordered the Ahi Tuna salad. When it first came out, it looked a little cheesy. Only a few slices of tuna, on a bed of lettuce. But it was very tasty. It has slices of marinated ginger on the side. The croutons and pine nuts were sweet. The salad was more than enough for one serving. It also included a slice of corn bread. Another great meal at Red Rock Canyon Grill.

5815 Trinity Pkwy
Centreville, VA 20120-1921
(703) 830-6600

Tarin Thai - Herndon, Va

I think I found the worst Thai restaurant in Herndon. I came in this restaurant because I wanted to order the Thai Beef Salad. Well it wasn't on the menu. So I decided to get the buffet. It was pretty awful. They had a beef salad. The beef was poor quality and tasted like it wasn't fresh. Actually it tasted more like beef jerky. They also had a drunken noodle, which had no flavor at all. Some of the curries were ok. The watermelon was probably the best part of the meal. Overall, the food was not very good and I probably won't be coming back.

1106 Herndon Pkwy
Herndon, VA 20170-5521
(703) 435-7618

Cajun Experience - Leesburg, Va

We tried this restaurant for lunch on Monday. It's nice small restaurant in a historic building in Leesburg. The chef was the waiter today, because he didn't have a wait staff. He was a pretty good waiter.

We ordered the boudin balls as an appetizer. It was minced pork and rice which was deep fried. It was actually pretty good. I ordered the seafood gumbo. My husband got the lunch special which included chicken and sausage gumbo, shrimp po boy, and beignets. The seafood gumbo was pretty good. It was a little spicy, but not too much. It was actually a little soupier than I've had before. My husband's shrimp po' boy was very good. The beignets were good also. Overall we enjoyed this place. It was a little pricey for lunch and the portion sizes could have been a tad bigger considering the price.


14 Loudoun Street SE
Leesburg, VA 20175

Present Restaurant - Falls Church, Va

I decided to try this place for lunch after reading some reviews about the place. It's a nice restaurant in a Falls Church. The waitress was very friendly and suggested we get the cha gio re, which is similar to cha gio but it had a flakier wrapping. It tasted pretty good nonetheless. I decided to try the Bun Bo Hue. This is the first time I've actually had this soup. My mom used to order it all the time when we were growing up. My first impressions, was it wasn't spicy at all, even after I put in the crushed chili which came on the plate. Granted I didn't put in the cut up jalapeno, because I know that would have made it too spicy. The soup had a nice lemongrass flavor. It had pork cha, pig's feet, and a lot of brisket. Too much brisket, if that is possible for a beef noodle soup. The noodles were nice and chewy. My husband got the bun thit nuong cha gio, grill pork with egg rolls on vermicelli. He said it was pretty good, but nothing special. Overall, I enjoyed this restaurant. The waitress was very nice and the food was good, but nothing spectacular.

www.presentcuisine.com
6678 Arlington Blvd
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 531-1881