Tag Archives: Anthony Bourdain
Eating my way through Falls Church’s Eden Center
The Eden Center is a baffling bit of Asia in the middle of Falls Church. It's as overwhelming as a foreign country. However, having lived down the street from Eden Center, I've managed to eat my way through many of its restaurants. I've braved the jellyfish salads, avocado smoothies and the spicy crawfish. Here are my recommendations and map:
Posted in DC Fringes, Virginia Also tagged Asian, DC, Eden Center, ethnic, Fairfax County, Falls Church, food, map, No Reservations, Northern Virginia, seafood, Song Que, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Virginia 6 Comments
The great Arlington chicken taste-off
I’ve heard it called Peruvian chicken, roasted chicken or chicken ala brasa. However you name it, it’s delicious. That spit-roasted chicken with spiced, crispy skin is served with standard potato or yucca fries. And maybe a salad of iceburg lettuce too, if you are lucky. Cooked chickens are hacked into quarters — as you watch [...]
Posted in DC Fringes, Virginia Also tagged ala brasa, Arlington, chicken, Crisp and Juicy, El Pollo Rico, No Reservations, Northern Virinia, Peruvian, Super Pollo, The Chicken Place, Virginia 2 Comments
Bourdain does Nothern Va.
Author and chef Anthony Bourdain’s travel show No Reservations was the inspiration for this blog. So, it’s no small event when the show features D.C. In the episode Bourdain paints this capital as a city of “haves and have not.” And in We’re Out of Here style, Bourdain hits up the dining places of the [...]
Posted in DC Fringes, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Also tagged Arlington, El Pollo Rico, No Reservations, Virginia Leave a comment
Finding West China in Flushing, Queens