Best place for me in Chinatown is a restaurant called Hop Kee. It's down in the basement of a building. 21 Mott street if memory serves. Whenever I'm back in NJ I make trip into the city and chinatown for their food.
I have been to Hop Kee. They go on record for making the best Hot and Sour Soup I have ever had. And I love me some hot and soure soup. Yes, it is in the basement. And yes, it is really good.
Indeed. Alas, DC and NYC are not exactly an easy commute for casual dinner gatherings. That requires planning, heh.
And really, it's not a good meal unless you make it extraordinary. Whether that means ordering 12 rounds of sushi and sake, or eating eyeballs, you've got to take it up that extra level. ;-)
Coooooome to DC!ladylyonesseOctober 24 2006, 20:22:01 UTC
Accept the siren call of Olives and Vidalia, and other restaurants named for food items!
Jaleo...(tapas joint, residing beside the Shakespeare Theatre, not to be confused with the Folger, which lives near the Indian restaurant of Loooove whose name I can't recall.)
I'll trade you couch surfaces if you want to fly down this way and then we can finally afford to go play in NYC for a weekend? :) (DUDE! It's 4:20; don't let the stupid LJ clock eff with your brain.)
1. Those eyeballs could have been used to create a perpetual motion machine. I think we have found a truly frictionless surface.
2. I cut it in half with a spoon. It stuck to the spoon, apparenly by the weak nuclear force or whatever it is that allows ultra-smooth things to stick to other smooth things a la Colorforms.
3. It was not a semi-sweet center. That was an illusion created for those of you who consumed the entire thing. Since I cut it in half, I got a taste of the center straight up, and it tasted like very harsh tea leaves with no sugar. In short, nasty.
That's a pretty accurate description of the stuff. Except for the yak piss; I'm not too sure about the flavoring on those guys. But he might well be right. Sugary yak piss.
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And really, it's not a good meal unless you make it extraordinary. Whether that means ordering 12 rounds of sushi and sake, or eating eyeballs, you've got to take it up that extra level. ;-)
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Jaleo...(tapas joint, residing beside the Shakespeare Theatre, not to be confused with the Folger, which lives near the Indian restaurant of Loooove whose name I can't recall.)
I'll trade you couch surfaces if you want to fly down this way and then we can finally afford to go play in NYC for a weekend? :) (DUDE! It's 4:20; don't let the stupid LJ clock eff with your brain.)
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1. Those eyeballs could have been used to create a perpetual motion machine. I think we have found a truly frictionless surface.
2. I cut it in half with a spoon. It stuck to the spoon, apparenly by the weak nuclear force or whatever it is that allows ultra-smooth things to stick to other smooth things a la Colorforms.
3. It was not a semi-sweet center. That was an illusion created for those of you who consumed the entire thing. Since I cut it in half, I got a taste of the center straight up, and it tasted like very harsh tea leaves with no sugar. In short, nasty.
4. At least nothing came out my nose this time.
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Also, yeah, I forgot that it stuck to your spoon. Even more insidious!
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Ah China, how do you do it?
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