I LOVE to eat...I enjoy food. There's so many varieties out there. I'm crazy about Thai food, especially the dishes Thai Square makes! It's a family owned restaurant in Arington, VA. I've been going there with my friends for over 6 years now ever since I realized there's more to food than the campus cafeteria. The owner expects to see me at least once a week! Every time we go, we always order the Crispy Duck and Drunken Noodle. Their Drunken Noodle is just amazing. The noodles aren't too hard but not overcooked. They almost melt in your mouth. The basil, chicken, chili peppers and garlic are infused into the noodle. Then I take a bite of the duck and I think I'm in heaven. The duck's coating is crispy, a bit spicy, sweet and salty all in one piece. The meat inside is tender and melts like butter.
The next thing my girlfriends and I do is go to Seven Corners for Boba! I've gotten to know the owner's son pretty well. I should, I've been dating his store for the past 7 years. We should just have Boba children. He always ask us what we're up to today and we reply the same way --we just came from eating. He laughs and asks yea, what else would we be doing? Yes, we spend quite a bit of time eating our day away. You would think we're elephants but we're not :)
We love all the smoothies available that come with tapioca bubbles on the bottom. They actually taste like nothing but are fun to play with. They're squishy and sort of jelly-like. It gives the smoothie a different texture because there's something smooth, round, and chewy riding around in your mouth as you're slurping down a nice, ice-cold smoothie or ice coffee. You can get the regular watermelon, avocado, mango, strawberry flavors or the more exotic ones like--durian, guava, taro, and Viet coffee! All the fruit is fresh so you know you're getting the real thing. It's just so refreshing after a heavy meal or on a hot day! Although we get it in the winter too :)
We recently went to My Bakery in Falls Church for Bolivian saltenas. Oh lord, those saltenas are big as sandwiches filled with beef, chicken, potatoes and peas. The dough is baked but still light and flaky. It's a bit sweet tasting and blends perfectly with the saltier ingredients inside. It's usually eaten as a snack (street food in Bolivia) but I'm full from one as a meal!
The week just doesn't feel right if we don't go out for Pho or Super Pollo. On a cold or rainy day, the Vietnamese noodle soup with different slices of meat is the perfect comfort food. The soup is piping hot and infused with onion, cilantro and garlic flavors (and probably other stuff that makes it oh-so-good). It doesn't look like anything special, more like a high class bowl of ramen but it's just so comforting! And well, Super Pollo makes the best rotisserie chicken. The skin is crunchy and the chicken is so juicy. It's definitely not bland. I always get the rice and plaintains as sides. I use a huge dollop of the restaurant's special mayonaise sauce and ahi sauce. The ahi sauce is a bit spicy but doesn't burn your mouth. It just adds this amazing kick to the rice and chicken. Ahhh I'm in love!
There's more food out there I love but these restaurants are the ones my girlfriends and I continuously stalk. :) We just feel weird if we haven't gone to at least one of them during the work week (or maybe 2). And if we're celebrating or feeling down, you'll definitely find us there with mouths watering. We always overeat and act like starved children. Our eyes are always bigger than our stomachs. Or, maybe our mouth just break away from the food orgasms happening in our mouths. Whatever reason, we always leave feeling kind of sick. But not regretting anything! Hehehe...I'm considering going there after I finish this post!
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