Founding Farmers Restaurant in Potomac, MD

My friends and I wanted to grab something to eat after a special early morning service at our church. HC led us to "Founding Farmers" saying that they have nice brunch. Turned out that they open later than usual on weekends. We were so hungry and angry. We ended up going to a different cafe for a quick breakfast.

H.C. promised he'll take us back there for the real Sunday Brunch and his treat!

So finally we went...
He made a reservation, just to make sure we can get a seat.  FYI, you can make a reservation online.

I am sure he wouldn't dare taking that risk with me again ...since
we tend to get really grouchy when we get hungry and no food...

well... maybe just me...my friends know to steer clear of me when I'm in that state...seriously...

Anyhow...we went there on Sunday around 11am. Nice atmosphere.

I didn't have chance to take pictures of the interior but it was nice and fresh. They are supposed to be eco-friendly and casual setting. We got to go upstairs, which felt more homey and warm. Felt like we were sitting in someone's dining room. Nice~ I liked how the servers had all different aprons on too. Cute.

On the way up to the upper dining area, I spotted this small mouse hole with fake mouse lighted... haha cute touch.
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Iron Age All-you-can-eat BBQ grill Restaurant @ Wheaton, MD

Yes, I'm still here and I'm still going around eating and eating...
Sometimes I get too hungry and forget to take pics of it and realize it afterwards....
but i have tons to share with you...

I heard about this new place through Montgomery County friends.

All you can eat BBQ grill place. The interior was nice. It yelled iron... metal... steel... whatever they wanted....

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Full Key Chinese Restaurant Restaurant

We went to Full Key restaurant for dinner. The restaurant is small and tightly spaced so don't plan on going there as a large group. About 6 of us went and it was really tight and awkwardly spaced.

I don't really like how the tables are set there, but I loved the food. It's not greasy and with hodge podge of decorations, I felt like I was somewhere out of country...Ha ha...

I love their price and the food is great!
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Tian Korean-Chinese Restaurant in Ellicott City,MD

Went to Tian Korean-Chinese restaurant for lunch today. I posted several reviews of this restaurant since the restaurant's chef seems to change very often...so the taste seems to change often too...It seems like it's new restaurant everytime I go..ha ha ha...I haven't been there for a while since the bad experience I had last time.

Last time I went, their noodles for jjajangmyun seemed to be linguini pasta... And the sauce was weird too. I didn't go back after that.

But I heard that they started handmade noodles plus I was running late. I ate SamsunJjampong- seafood spicy noodle soup. Noodle was little thinner than I expected but it was chewy. Soup wasn't too spicy and just enough for me with lots of veggies. And our server was very nice and polite. Overall my experience today was good enough.

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Cheesecake Factory in Columbia, MD

Wow... I haven't been to Cheesecake Factory for a while. Whenever I get to go there, I always order Thai Lettuce Wrap. Love that.

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I love fresh vegetable wraps. I always cut up chickens to smaller pieces and put lots and lots of veggies. I always ask for more lettuce too.

I just wish they provide chopsticks too. Ha ha. That would be nice and convenient... well for chopsticks experts... I always find it little hard to get the veggies neatly in the lettuce with fork...so I give up and use my hands. It's nice that they give you a wet towel to clean your hands.

Kyu ordered DaVinci? Pasta.

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That day the pasta sauce was perfect!!!! I don't know what the cook did differently that day but oh my! It was DELICIOUS!!!

We ended our meal with two cups of coffee each and a red velvet cheesecake~! Perfect.

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Ruan Thai

I went to Ruan Thai restaurant with my church cell group after the bible study. I don't know much about Thai food so I started to panic when I couldn't decide. I ended up ordering what others recommended.

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We ordered...

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Chicken Pad Thai... this I knew... Haha
Love the chewy noodle with the fresh crunchy sprouts... Yum ... I wish I had sriracha hot sauce drizzled all over this.

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Satay for Appetizer. This was very good with the sweet peanut sauce.At first we found it odd to see two bread slices with the satay but we figured that it was meant to be eaten like a sandwich?!?

I ordered Drunken Noodle, but I accidentally deleted it...sigh...

My drunken noodle was spicy... But it was just spicy enough to enjoy... I just munched on too much junk foods right before... So I couldn't fully appreciate the dish. But it was good even with not so empty stomach.

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Catfish something...It was okay.
I must have not been in mood for fish. I can't say much about this dish.

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And chicken yellow curry... or was it pork? Hmmmm...

Everyone loved the curry except that I found it to be little too sweet to my taste. But it was good.

I drank cups and cups of Jasmin Tea too. Unfortunately, I couldn't finish my dish even with the tea but overall food was good, service was good enough, and the place was clean. So go check it out!

We saw a Japanese Ramen House next door so we will be trying that restaurant next week!! Can't wait!

Ruan Thai is located at:
11407 Amherst Ave
Wheaton, MD, 20902
301-942-0075
http://ruanthaiwheaton.com/

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Asean Bistro Lunch Takeout

For today my sister Helen got us a takeout from Asean Bistro, Chinese restaurant in Columbia, MD. They have good price range lunch menu and if you dine in, they have a small appetizer buffet for you to enjoy.

We ate Sesame Chicken, Stringbean with chicken, and shrimp lomein. And I think egg rolls and the soup came with the entree.

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I like to mix the sesame chicken sauce with the rice than just plain soy sauce.

Try not to think about the healthy eating when you eat Chinese and just enjoy like I did. Just don't do it too often.

Asean Bistro is located on:
8775 Centre Park Drive
Columbia, MD 21045-2177
(410) 772-5300
http://aseanbistro.com/home.htm

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Pei Wei Asian Diner in Columbia, MD

I was driving around and got hungry...what to get ...what to get...need to eat...now...

My options I could think fast in Columbia, MD for a quick meal was Chipotle, Cosi, Pei Wei, Noodles & Company...etc.

I was near Pei Wei so I checked out their website since I've only been there once years ago.

So, Pei Wei was created by PF Chang people and seem to have Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese, Chinese...
And to my surprise they had 'Limited Time Only' (is that for real...?) Korean BBQ. Hmm...'Korean"??
I gotta go check that out and review that dish. LOL.

I know people just name our Korean BBQ to whatever sauce they invent. Just hoped that this one is not another new creation afar from the original Korean BBQ. [Read more...]

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Hasung Korean Chinese Cuisine@ Hanoori Town in Catonsville, MD

This was one of my RECOVERY menu from the flu. Ha ha... I was craving Jjajangmyun for days...I've tried Jjajang Ramyun to ease my craving but had to go get the real one.

My friend Q and I went to Hasung Korean Chinese Restaurant/Carryout in Hanoori Town food court (this food court used to be Beseto located next to Catonsville H-Mart).  We think they have the best Jjajangmyun in Maryland.

Every Korean Chinese has 2 main dishes; Jjajangmyun and Jjamppong and it's not the regular Jjajangmyun but Gan Jjajang Myun that you gotta try at Hasung.

First of all, in case you are not too familiar with Jjajang Myun itself, it's made with black bean paste, called chunjang. Chunjang is cooked with veggies and meat and later mixed with noodles. Usually Jjajangmyun comes out in one bowl with Sauce over the noodle.

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Honey Pig Gooldaegee Korean B-B-Q

For Christmas, I went to Gool daegee, Honey Pig 2, Korean BBQ Restaurant in Ellicott City with my good friend June. This is the only restaurant around this area
that's 24hours open. Their main specialty is BBQ but they have many other
dishes and Entrees. June and I usually go for Pho to Pho Dat Thanh so a server there remembers us ha ha ha... but we decided to eat something different for
the Christmas.

I haven't had Samgyupsal for the longest time... so
we headed to Honey Pig. Samgyupsal(direct translation meaning Three layered meat) is like bacon but fresh not smoked. Oooooo~

We ordered 2 servings of Samgyupsal and each of us ordered cold noodle soup, Nangmyun. I ordered Mul Nangmyun and June ordered spicy Bibim Nangmyun.
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