Tag Archives: Seafood

Where and how to eat in Cape Town, South Africa

Don’t laugh, but basically you want to eat in the restaurants with the beautiful women. And with the views of the waterfront. You may recall those are usually the opposite of the correct recommendations. But in Cape Town, there is … Continue reading

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Shinwari Namak Mandi

Shinwari Namak Mandi, web site, FB, 5884 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, 703-347-8311 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | RoadTrippers | Restaurant Guru] Yet further evidence that this area’s Pakistani restaurants are better than the Indian … Continue reading

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Aditi

Aditi (Aditi Streetside Indian), web site, the new version, same location at 405 Maple Avenue East, Vienna, VA, 703-938-0100 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | TripAdvisor | Ylp] Aditi has had many incarnations, and many at … Continue reading

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Isabella Eatery

Isabella Eatery, web site, Tysons II, 2001 International Drive, McLean, VA, 571-489-8505, top floor food court (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Zagat | WaPo | Washingtonian | TripAdvisor | WTOP | City Paper | NoVA Mag | … Continue reading

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The Riggsby

The Riggsby, web site, 1731 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC, 202-787-1500, open many different hours as it is a hotel restaurant too (in The Carlyle). (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | Washingtonian | TripAdvisor | … Continue reading

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Fiola Mare

Fiola Mare, web site, 3050 K Street NW, Washington, DC (Enter at 31st St NW & Waterfront), 202-628-0065 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | WaPo | Washingtonian | Ylp | Don Rockwell | Zagat] Here’s a … Continue reading

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Should you scorn seafood in the American Midwest?

Bruce Arthur, a loyal MR reader, writes to me: I grew up in a Polish immigrant neighborhood in Chicago, where I was raised on a diet high in seafood. My mother was raised close to the Baltic Sea and we … Continue reading

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Blue Sand Seafood

Blue Sand Seafood, 4231-H Markham Street, Annandale, VA, 703-914-1004 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google] This is now the best Korean place for seafood, especially those spicy stews and soups which hardly anyone likes (but I do). … Continue reading

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New Orleans Cajun Seafood

New Orleans Cajun Seafood, web site and here, too, 6168 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, VA, in Willston Shopping Center across from Mark’s Duck House, 703-536-2288 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Don Rockwell | Yelp] Run by Vietnamese … Continue reading

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