tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23185949.post1962138498343139998..comments2023-06-30T06:58:45.008-07:00Comments on Food: Le Pain QuotidienNaka and Rajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11389057455258067462noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23185949.post-3444855429935543622008-03-09T06:46:00.000-07:002008-03-09T06:46:00.000-07:00I've just discovered your blog on the Foodbuzz sit...I've just discovered your blog on the Foodbuzz site. It's great to find another food guy in the Alexandria area. <BR/>Based on looking through your blog entries, I've found that we ended up in Alexandria at about the same time. My girlfriend and I moved here to Old Town in August from Denver, for many of the same reasons: less crazy than the city, King Street, so forth. And I look forward to sharing new food and restaurant discoveries with each other. <BR/>My blog is at pigsandgrapes.blogspot.com, but mostly I'm just writing on Foodbuzz now. My screen name is Professor Corn. I just sent a Friend Request thingie there.<BR/>In terms of restaurants I don't see here yet, you need to try Farrah Olivia, Restaurant Eve, The Majestic, Eammon's: A Dublin Chipper, and Royal Thai. My two favorite restaurants so far in Old Town are Bastille and Ichiban. The second is a sushi house that delivers! - If you're in Old Town that is--we're close enough, so we spend too much money every month ordering from them. The first there is a French bistro on North Royal. I'll admit it, I'm biased because I work there a few shifts a week, in addition to my day job. The chef is amazingly talented, doing classical French stuff with Mediterranean, Continental, even Moroccan influences. It can get up to $50 or $60 a head, but if you want to try it on a budget, we've got a $29 prix fixe on Monday and Tuesday, and a nice $24 Sunday dinner.<BR/>Also--and finally, I promise--there are grocery stores you need to check out. You may have been to them, but I didn't see them listed on your blog yet. Balducci's on Franklin and St. Asaph is interesting. It's overpriced for a lot of things, but you can buy a whole rabbit from them. You can get wild boar, duck confit legs, and excellent #1 tuna. The cheese counter is wonderful, and the prepared foods counter is very good. Also, I saw that your wife is at Georgetown and, in Georgetown, is an honest to God Dean and Deluca. Very expensive, but a food lover's delight. I go every now and again just to wander about.<BR/>Sorry for the ridiculously long comment, but I got carried away and couldn't find a way to comment to you directly. Keep up with the blogging; I've subscribed to the feed. I look forward to sharing my findings on the Northern Virginia/DC area food scene.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622698780045242427noreply@blogger.com