hsian foong -- lemon chicken beef w/ broccoli hunan no. 1 -- wide flat noodles with chinese broccoli hope key -- platter w/ roast duck, pork or chicken Rob B. wrote: > > Does anyone have recommendations for good chinese food in the Ballston > area? (places that deliver if possible). I used to order from Hunan > Gate alot, but for the past year or two, the chicken always tastes like > it was cooked a long time ago. The beef too. It is disappointing since > I used to think that they were quite good. > > Anyway, I want to find a new favorite chinese resturant. I want > something that has distinct flavors, where the dishes taste different > and not just like ingredients covered in a brown goo. > > Suggestions? > > Rob Bennett
Washington, DC
Looking for good chinese in Ballston
NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 14:23:38 PDT Organization: @Home Network Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu dc.dining:17765 Alex D. wrote: >hsian foong -- lemon chicken beef w/ broccoli >hunan no. 1 -- wide flat noodles with chinese broccoli >hope key -- platter w/ roast duck, pork or chicken I've been to Hunan No. 1 a few times, and definitely liked it a lot, and Hope Key is far and away my favorite Chinese restaurant in NoVA. I've never been to Hsian Foong, though, since Hope Key _is_ just around the corner (so is Hunan No. 1, but they do Dim Sum, which Hope Key doesn't); how would you describe their food? Also, all of these restaurants are technically in Clarendon, not Ballston, as the original poster asked; does anyone know of good Chinese (or Thai or Vietnamese, for that matter) places in Ballston proper? (While I'm asking questions--I remember going to a Lebanese (? I think) place in Ballston called Food Factory a while ago, but the last time I got a craving for it, I couldn't find it anymore. I later found a similar place with the same name in College Park; does anyone know if the two are related, and if the one in Ballston still exists?) -- Sweth.
NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Apr 2000 20:20:19 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 Xref: usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu dc.dining:17779 Universe wrote: >Sweth C. wrote: > >Have those looking for good Chinese considered Thai, as in Tara Thai in >Ballston and Sala Thai near Clarendon. > >Or have they considered Vietnamese as in Nam Viet in Clarendon (very good) >around the corner from Queen Bee (an ok, Vietnamese restaurant). There is >another Vietnamese place on Clarendon (in the same block as the Red, Hot and >Blue express and Hard Times Chili), though I haven't been there. Also there >is a good one in the same block as Queen Bee on Clarendon Blvd. > ># (While I'm asking questions--I remember going to a >#Lebanese (? I think) place in Ballston called Food Factory a while >#ago, but the last time I got a craving for it, I couldn't find it >#anymore. I later found a similar place with the same name in >#College Park; does anyone know if the two are related, > >Pretty sure a commercial on cable said they were related. Also you probably >know there is a decent kabob place in Clarendon in the same block as Queen Bee >or in the next block east. > >There is an Algerian/Tunisian place around the corner on Washington Blvd. from >Queen Bee. The only north African place I know there is A Taste of Casablanca. That's Moroccan. Are you saying there's a restaurant I haven't noticed? >Finally there is a kabob place on S. Eads in the block south of >23rd St. I haven't been to either of these places. > >Elliott