What does it even mean?? Thai at Corner? It sounds even funnier when you say it out loud. Thai at Corner. The food is great though, and for its convenience, we’re definitely coming back. And I’d definitely want to take others there or recommend it to people who happen to be in the area. Overall better than most of the restaurants around here.

Granted, if it were far, I’m not sure I’d go out of my way to come here. There are a good amount of decent Thai places in this general area that it’s not that necessary to travel far for good pad kee mao. I guess this doesn’t sell this place very well does it? Well, still, I think it’s up there amongst the Thai places in this area.

Their pad kee mao was wonderful with a decent level of spicy to it. Their penang curry was good too, but I’ll admit, not great. Their fried tilapia, excellent! Tom yum soup was a bit on the salty side but still very tasty. This is our new Thai place for sure. Word of warning, it’s a very small place so get there early. We got there at 6 ish and by 7 they were filled and turning people away. It’s just that good!

Even though the weather got cooler this past week, we decided to head out for a food excursion in DC today. It was a bit overcast the whole day which actually made for better walking conditions. Our first stop, Luke’s Lobster. It’s Maine-style lobster rolls which means they serve the seafood cold. It was so amazing! We got a lobster roll and crab roll. They were both so good and the buns were perfectly toasted and buttery. The filling was surprisingly light, not overly mayonaisey.

We both loved them and could’ve easily ordered a second round!

Instead, we decided to continue on our food journey. Next stop, the Eastern Market to seek out its famous Crepe Guy, officially called “Crepes at the Market, Eastern Market.” I think Mitch is the chef and he makes some really tasty crepes. We got apple-ham-muenster and basil-tomato-egg. Thumbs up! He has an interesting and yet clever payment method. 4 glasses for $20s, $10s, $5s, and $1s. You put and take whatever you need to make your payment and tip. It’s good to see that he’s not handling the food and the money at the same time. We were definitely full after this so we strolled about the market. There’s so much to see there, crafts, produce, and tons of food stalls. I only ended up getting a bunch of scallions and a vegetable peeler. It’s just a simple Swiss peeler but the demo really had me convinced. Plus, I’m always looking for our current peeler so I figure it might be handy to have a back up.

In short, I would rather eat at PF Chang’s than here. Few places are worse than PF Chang’s. This is one of them. This was my first time eating at any Greene Turtle and if I can help it, I hope it’s my last. The food was so salt-laden it was barely edible. I tried their crab dip with soft pretzels and turkey bbq club sandwich. I tasted nothing but salt. 3.5 hours after the meal, I still tasted the salt, I think it burned the inside of my mouth and I didn’t even finish half of my sandwich. Granted this place is really more of a sports bar and for that, it’s pretty good. Besides the large screen TVs everywhere, there’s a dedicated smaller TV at every booth and table and they have a $3 beer selection during happy hour. So if you want to watch a game, maybe this place would be okay. For a non sports fan like me, it was awful.

This was a neat restaurant we visited this past weekend. It sits just about on the campus of Georgetown so getting there was half the fun. Except for the spooky part where we almost walked up the exorcist steps to get there. In the end, I was too chicken and we circumvented it by going up a parallel street. Which turned out to be a good thing anyway because when we got to the top, we saw a couple getting their wedding or engagement photos taken at the steps. Goodness knows why. What a creepy heebie jeebies kinda’ spot. I feel like I have to hold a bunch of burning sage while walking by it.

Anyway, overall, the food was very good. We ordered a salad and appetizer to share and they kindly split both for us so we were able to both enjoy sort of a three-courser. In the end both of us were stuffed to the gills so portion-wise it worked out nicely too.

Our favorite dish was the foie gras.

It was decadent, like eating a pork belly with just the fatty parts. I mean, it dissolved in our mouths. I relished every little bite, and a half portion was more than enough. I could almost feel my uric acid building up and my big toe about to swell up. But no, that was just my inappropriate footwear. I vainly wore 2 inch heels, which were comfortable for about a half a mile and then not so, the remainder of the mile walk from Rosslyn Metro.

For our entrees, we got rockfish and duck. Of the two, we liked the rockfish better.

It came with a grain called farro which we thought was barley. They’re pretty similar and I liked it a lot.

The evening was a fun adventure and I loved that feeling of going out for something special. Food-wise though, for what it offers, there are better places. Kudos for the service. It was fantastic.

The weather was so nice out tonight, there was a line for outdoor tables so we were the only ones sitting inside and got pretty good service. It was kind of hard for me to judge on the food tonight because I was HONGRY!! Too hungry to pause for any pictures. We ordered the Lamb Porterhouse (“Char-broiled & served with curried ratatouille, Jasmine rice & mint yogurt sauce” and Divers and Crab (“Pan seared Diver scallops, broiled crab cake, Mango Salsa, wild rice, citrus champagne sauce”). I didn’t notice any mint yogurt sauce in the lamb and the wild rice was replaced with white rice. I’m not usually a fan of sweet and rice but the mango salsa went well with the seafood. The only beef I have with this place is that I came out of it still hungry, even after practically licking the plate clean. For a $20+ entree, I wasn’t expecting that to happen, no matter how hungry I was to begin with. I really needed more food. Usually, after eating, if I just wait a while for it to settle, I feel full, but this time, I just felt like I could eat another entree.

For such an obscure little taco shop in a suburban/rural gas station, this place sure does get steady business. Of course, getting on Seitsema’s 2011 Fall Dining Guide as well as the Best Cheap Eats list in Washingtonian Magazine didn’t hurt. We went and got one each of pork belly, al pastor, chorizo, and lamb tacos as well as their lamb soup. It was good sure, but it wasn’t that good that I’d go out of my way for it. The tacos and soup were way too greasy and pork belly was not pork belly but rather, stomach. If I lived in the area, I’d come back. I mean, the food was good, flavors strong. We fought over the last bits of the soup. It’s just not an hour’s worth of driving good.