174089 Mon Apr 18 13:29:04 -0700 2005 12 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 935944 Could anyone point me in the direction of good versions of any of the following foods? 1. Korean BBQ 2. Chinese dim sum 3. Bubble tea Thank you! Mon Apr 18 13:29:04 -0700 2005 0 Angela 1 935950 Best bet for dim sum is China Garden, in Rosslyn in the old Gannett Bulding (tallest building there). On the mezzanine level, weekends only. Mon Apr 18 14:37:08 -0700 2005 935944 0 Pan 1 935952 The best bubble tea in the area is in Rockville. Ten Ren in the Wintergreen Plaza, a shopping strip off of 355. I'm not sure where you can get Korean BBQ but a friend of mine goes to a Chinese restaurant called New Fortune (16515 S. Frederick Ave) in the Food Lion shopping center Link: http://www.tenren.com/maryland.html Mon Apr 18 15:01:51 -0700 2005 935944 0 txaggie 1 935953 1. For Korean, try Sam Woo in Rockville (1054 Rockville Pike, just south of Wintergreen Plaza). I've linked their website below. I also like Woomi in Wheaton. 2. For dim sum, the closest good spots to Bethesda/Rockville are in Gaithersburg (New Fortune, on Rt 355 just north of I-370 in the Walnut Hill shopping center) and Wheaton (Good Fortune). A&J Restaurant in Rockville has northern Chinese dim sum, which is different from the classic Cantonese dim sum you normally see (but go anyway, the food's great). 3. For bubble tea, try Ten Ren in Wintergreen Plaza. There's supposedly a kiosk in Montgomery Mall that sells bubble tea, but I keep forgetting to look for it. If you're going to have an Asian food fetish, Rockville is one of the best places to nurture it! Link: http://www.samwoorestaurant.com/index.htm Mon Apr 18 15:02:02 -0700 2005 935944 0 coastcat 2 935954 I have not had the dim sum there, but Good Fortune in Wheaton is very good. Might as well also throw in Joe's Noodle House for good chinese also. Mon Apr 18 15:31:48 -0700 2005 935953 0 Dennis S 2 935956 A&J actually makes a pretty good bubble tea. They have limited flavors. Of the fruit options, the whole family (ages 5 to 46) prefers passion fruit. Mon Apr 18 15:52:03 -0700 2005 935953 0 PollyG 3 935959 Thanks for the tip, I'll have to try A&J's bubble tea if I can ever manage to leave enough room! Did Maria's Bakery relocate? I've forgotten where it is, or was, and haven't gotten a chance to try their bubble teas. FYI, i.Cream in Wintergreen has closed. Maybe the bubble tea at Ten Ren was better, but i.Cream did have good shaved ice. Mon Apr 18 16:38:59 -0700 2005 935956 0 coastcat 4 935966 As I passed through Kensington on Conn Ave. yesterday, I noticed a new-looking bakery which I believe was named Maria's, in a store which still has the old audio shop sign on top, just up from the hardware store on the West side of Conn. Could that be the Maria's you are asking about? It is clearly hispanic-oriented, offering cakes for, among other things, 15th birthdays (a major milestone for hispanic teen girls). Mon Apr 18 17:45:41 -0700 2005 935959 0 johnb 5 935969 Wrong Maria. The one I'm referring to, which I think was just south of Congressional Plaza, was a Chinese bakery. I think it was in the same strip mall that used to house Ambrosia. I meant to look for it on my last trip to the area, but instead I was daydreaming about the salty squid at the nearby Joe's Noodle House. Mon Apr 18 18:00:12 -0700 2005 935966 0 coastcat 6 935991 Maria's has reopened on Halpine where Armands, Mosiac Cafe and a new noodle place are just around the corner from its old space. Tue Apr 19 07:54:00 -0700 2005 935969 0 Terrie H. 3 935960 Do these use powder mixes or real fruit? Mon Apr 18 16:39:47 -0700 2005 935956 0 RL 4 935963 They use real fruit juice for the fruit juice versions. I've had powdered mixes and they're nasty. Even the 5 year-old won't finish those! Mon Apr 18 17:25:18 -0700 2005 935960 0 PollyG 1 935973 Ten Ren in Rockville for bubble tea. Maria's is still in Rockville, it's moved right across the road from the Whole Foods and is in the complex where all the construction/new apts are. I can NOT keep all the names of the shopping centers straight, I'm sorry. I know someone can fill in the blanks here. Good Fortune in Wheaton for dim sum (the classic choice). My new favorite, however, is Oriental Manor in Ellicott City. A bit of haul for some, but totally worth it. The chef used to be at Hollywood East. If you do go to Wheaton, there is a good chinese bakery near Marchone's. You can get to it from Georgia, or park behind it and walk up the back stairs, kind of in an alley. Don't know the name though. Good pork buns. How ridiculous that I lived in the area my whole life and I don't know the names of any roads, shops or shopping centers. I stopped myself from giving directions in Wheaton as "behind where ReRun used to be." Mon Apr 18 19:25:02 -0700 2005 935944 0 Adrian