Pei Wei Asian Diner in Columbia, MD

February 20, 2011 By Anna 1 Comment

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

January 27, 2011 By Anna 2 Comments

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.

Gan Jjajang Myun comes out in two separate bowls, one noodle and one sauce bowl. [Read more...]

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Honey Pig Gooldaegee Korean B-B-Q

December 27, 2010 By Anna Leave a Comment

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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Pho Dat Thanh Vietnamese Restaurant in Columbia, MD

October 28, 2010 By Anna Leave a Comment

When it rains or cold wind blows, I love to eat steamy hot soup that warms me up and I usually end up at Pho Dat Thanh Vietnamese Restaurant in Columbia, MD. I think this restaurant has clean taste compared to other restaurants...or I just got used to this restaurant soup. Hah. Many Koreans also go to eat pho when one catches a cold or has a hangover. Koreans eat soup like Clear bean sprouts soup or pho like this for hangover.


Sometimes I get "Triple Delight" dish which is not a soup but has 3 different kinds of meat over the vermicelli. It's good with fish sauce that comes with it. But most of the time I usually get this D12...( I just love hot soup soooooooo much) [Read more...]

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Sushi King Japanese Restaurant in Columbia, MD

December 28, 2009 By Anna 3 Comments


For my mom's (Young) birthday I treated my parents to some Japanese. I like Sushi King Japanese Restaurant in Columbia, MD. Although it's not owned by Japanese...'there aren't that many Japanese owned restaurants here...' their sashimi (raw fish) are thick and fresh enough for me. Love it!
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Popularity: 4%

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Vit Goel-Lighthouse Tofu House-Korean Restaurant in Rockville, MD

October 15, 2009 By Anna 4 Comments

Menu for Vit Goel Vit Goel Restaurant Specializes in Soondooboo/Soondubu Jjigae, which is Soft Tofu stew. I love their stew. There's another Vit Goel in Virginia, but I think Rockville Vit Goel tastes better. Sometimes they expect you to order as soon as you seat down...(impatient servers as usual) but their service is pretty good.

Since it specializes in Soondubu, there are many different style of Soondubu Jjigae and you can choose how spicy your stew will be. You can even choose to make it not spicy at all.

This is the menu on the table. You might need to ask for a menu if you want to order sushi but most of what they offer will be on this small menu. Top half is your choice of Tofu soup and bottom half is different dishes like Galbi, other seafood dishes. They marked spicy ones and nicely described ingredients so you should have no problem.
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Update-Wong Gal Bi Restaurant in Baltimore, MD

October 8, 2009 By Anna Leave a Comment

I just drove by today and saw that this Restaurant is OUT OF BUSINESS.

They have tried to do different menus to attract customers but guess failed to do so.
Last time I went (I went back couple more times after the post) I was very dissatisfied and never went back again due to lack of quality. Maybe that's what others thought as well or maybe the bad economy. Or..did it just move? Anyone know anything about this?

If you want to see what kind of restaurant it was way back in January 2009 click here...

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Oregon Dairy Country Restaurant & Market- Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine near Lancaster, PA

July 19, 2009 By Anna Leave a Comment

Oregon Dairy Country Restaurant
We were in a hurry so we didn't check out the market section and just went right into the Restaurant.

It was a small lunch buffet with seats mostly filled with seniors (I don't know if it was a regular situation or it was Senior specials day or something.) Even the bussers were seniors. [Read more...]

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Tian Korean-Chinese restaurant in Ellicott City, MD UPDATE

June 10, 2009 By Anna Leave a Comment

I visited Tian today and they were doing another special. However, today I wasn't prepared...so no pictures...

(for past reviews of this restaurant click here...)

Current special deals are if you order special large entree, Tangsooyook (sweet and sour pork/beef/chicken) OR Gganpoongi (like spicy buffalo wings in that restaurant) you get a FREE bowl of Jjajangmyun (Noodle with Black bean paste sauce).

Well, Jjajangmyun tasted ok. I think it actually got better, but don't forget that their Jjajangmyun was REALLY YUCKY the first time LOL.

And Tian started to give out free desserts for everyone, Red Bean Paste with Shaved Ice called Ppatbingsoo.

Here comes our experience... [Read more...]

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Bonchon Fried Chicken in Annandale, VA

April 29, 2009 By Anna Leave a Comment

Yes, I went all the way to Annandale just for "the fried chicken." But this is not regular fried chicken you may know. It's actually Korean style fried chicken and they cook it very special. The cafe/restaurant sells other food too but the main specialty they are known for are their fried chickens.

Their fried chicken uses less oil and very crispy. They warn you when you order that the food will be out 30-45 minutes after so please call ahead or be prepared to wait. They sure take time cooking (draining oil out) and no one minds waiting since it really doesn't feel greasy but very crispy and a great flavor too! Worth the wait.

Bonchon Chicken
You can also order take out as well. I've tried taking a picture of dine in too but the pictures weren't good at all. Sorry. But basically you just get the same thing as the take out. My family started to attack the chicken so I kinda had to stop them and take a picture before all the chicken is gone LOL. Can you find the bone?

When you order the options you have to choose from are the following:
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