Hello, All!

Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most authentic
Indian restaurants in the Washington DC metropolitan area? To
take an example, where would, say, a Bengali go for homestyle
cooking? There are a number of Indian restaurants that I like
but I know little about their authenticity and I will never
learn Hindi or Urdu.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:03:44 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>Hello, All!
>
>Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most authentic
>Indian restaurants in the Washington DC metropolitan area? To
>take an example, where would, say, a Bengali go for homestyle
>cooking? There are a number of Indian restaurants that I like
>but I know little about their authenticity and I will never
>learn Hindi or Urdu.
>
> James Silverton

james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in case you
don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler cowen's guide to ethnic
restaurants in the metro area:

this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional cuisines:

<http://www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/2006/09/welcome_1.php>

this is most of the same information in a different format, along with
some comments about eatin' that kooky ethnic chow:

<http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>

as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance, on joe's
noodle house in rockville:

Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and they bring it
to your crowded table. As close to real Chinese food as you are going
to get around here. A very exciting place to visit, highly
recommended. Plus the best dumplings around.

he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot of places.

good luck.

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:38:07 GMT:

??>> Hello, All!
??>>
??>> Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most
??>> authentic Indian restaurants in the Washington DC
??>> metropolitan area? To take an example, where would, say, a
??>> Bengali go for homestyle cooking? There are a number of
??>> Indian restaurants that I like but I know little about
??>> their authenticity and I will never learn Hindi or Urdu.
??>>
??>> James Silverton

bm> james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in
bm> case you don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler
bm> cowen's guide to ethnic restaurants in the metro area:

bm> this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional
cuisines:

bm> <http://www.tylercowensethnicdininggu...2006/09/welcom
bm> e_1.php>

bm> this is most of the same information in a different format,
bm> along with some comments about eatin' that kooky ethnic
chow:

bm> <http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>

bm> as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance,
bm> on joe's noodle house in rockville:

bm> Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and they
bm> bring it to your crowded table. As close to real Chinese
bm> food as you are going to get around here. A very exciting
bm> place to visit, highly recommended. Plus the best dumplings
bm> around.

bm> he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot of
bm> places.

bm> good luck.

Thanks Blake. I'll look at the URL a little later. We had a
power outage and I have just gottten everything back. The
internet connection took the assistance of a Verizon tech to
bring back up.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

blake wrote on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:38:07 GMT:

??>> Hello, All!
??>>
??>> Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most
??>> authentic Indian restaurants in the Washington DC
??>> metropolitan area? To take an example, where would, say, a
??>> Bengali go for homestyle cooking? There are a number of
??>> Indian restaurants that I like but I know little about
??>> their authenticity and I will never learn Hindi or Urdu.
??>>
??>> James Silverton

bm> james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in
bm> case you don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler
bm> cowen's guide to ethnic restaurants in the metro area:

bm> this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional
cuisines:

bm> <http://www.tylercowensethnicdininggu...2006/09/welcom
bm> e_1.php>

bm> this is most of the same information in a different format,
bm> along with some comments about eatin' that kooky ethnic
chow:

bm> <http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>

bm> as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance,
bm> on joe's noodle house in rockville:

bm> Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and they
bm> bring it to your crowded table. As close to real Chinese
bm> food as you are going to get around here. A very exciting
bm> place to visit, highly recommended. Plus the best dumplings
bm> around.

bm> he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot of
bm> places.

bm> good luck.

I tried the first URL but the response was glacially slow.
Perhaps, I'll give it another try at a different time.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:45:39 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> blake wrote on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:38:07 GMT:
>
> ??>> Hello, All!
> ??>>
> ??>> Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most
> ??>> authentic Indian restaurants in the Washington DC
> ??>> metropolitan area? To take an example, where would, say, a
> ??>> Bengali go for homestyle cooking? There are a number of
> ??>> Indian restaurants that I like but I know little about
> ??>> their authenticity and I will never learn Hindi or Urdu.
> ??>>
> ??>> James Silverton
>
> bm> james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in
> bm> case you don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler
> bm> cowen's guide to ethnic restaurants in the metro area:
>
> bm> this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional
>cuisines:
>
> bm> <http://www.tylercowensethnicdininggu...2006/09/welcom
> bm> e_1.php>
>
> bm> this is most of the same information in a different format,
> bm> along with some comments about eatin' that kooky ethnic
>chow:
>
> bm> <http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>
>
> bm> as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance,
> bm> on joe's noodle house in rockville:
>
> bm> Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and they
> bm> bring it to your crowded table. As close to real Chinese
> bm> food as you are going to get around here. A very exciting
> bm> place to visit, highly recommended. Plus the best dumplings
> bm> around.
>
> bm> he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot of
> bm> places.
>
> bm> good luck.
>
>I tried the first URL but the response was glacially slow.
>Perhaps, I'll give it another try at a different time.
>
>James Silverton

hmm, i just tried it, no problem.

i take it, then, that you're not familiar with it? it's a fine
resource for restaurants in the d.c. area.

your pal,
blake

blake wrote on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:08:20 GMT:

??>> blake wrote on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:38:07 GMT:
??>>
??>>>> Hello, All!
??>>>>
??>>>> Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most
??>>>> authentic Indian restaurants in the Washington DC
??>>>> metropolitan area? To take an example, where would, say,
??>>>> a Bengali go for homestyle cooking? There are a number
??>>>> of Indian restaurants that I like but I know little
??>>>> about their authenticity and I will never learn Hindi or
??>>>> Urdu.
??>>>>
??>>>> James Silverton
??>>
bm>>> james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in
bm>>> case you don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler
bm>>> cowen's guide to ethnic restaurants in the metro area:
??>>
bm>>> this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional
??>> cuisines:
??>>
bm>>> <http://www.tylercowensethnicdininggu...m/2006/09/welc
bm>>> om e_1.php>
??>>
bm>>> this is most of the same information in a different
bm>>> format, along with some comments about eatin' that kooky
bm>>> ethnic
??>> chow:
??>>
bm>>> <http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>
??>>
bm>>> as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance,
bm>>> on joe's noodle house in rockville:
??>>
bm>>> Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and
bm>>> they bring it to your crowded table. As close to real
bm>>> Chinese food as you are going to get around here. A very
bm>>> exciting place to visit, highly recommended. Plus the
bm>>> best dumplings around.
??>>
bm>>> he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot
bm>>> of places.
??>>
bm>>> good luck.
??>>
??>> I tried the first URL but the response was glacially slow.
??>> Perhaps, I'll give it another try at a different time.
??>>
??>> James Silverton

bm> hmm, i just tried it, no problem.

bm> i take it, then, that you're not familiar with it? it's a
bm> fine resource for restaurants in the d.c. area.

No, it was new to me! I tried again this afternoon and speed was
fairly normal. He certainly has gotten to an impressive number
of restaurants and I was pleased to find myself in agreement
with him on a few that I know, particularly "Passage to India",
Faryab and Minerva.

I have not studied the Guide in detail yet but there are
certainly some that I must try, particularly Indique and Ruan
Thai. I don't get over to VA much so I won't try a number that
he recommends.

Another thing I have wondered about that he mentions is the
"Chinese Menu" that is sometimes recommended. What exactly are
those? I don't suppose most of us can really read Chinese
characters.

It may not be the easiest place to get to but I have a personal
recommendation for Pho. I find Pho Nam on Shady Grove Rd to be a
standout for Pho, IMHO. I am surprised that it never seems
listed in the guides. It is quite popular, the service is fast,
the prices are good and they have a favorite of mine: Pho Ga,
chicken Pho with white meat

Thanks again!

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:46:44 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

> blake wrote on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:08:20 GMT:
>
> ??>> blake wrote on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:38:07 GMT:
> ??>>
> ??>>>> Hello, All!
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>> Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most
> ??>>>> authentic Indian restaurants in the Washington DC
> ??>>>> metropolitan area? To take an example, where would, say,
> ??>>>> a Bengali go for homestyle cooking? There are a number
> ??>>>> of Indian restaurants that I like but I know little
> ??>>>> about their authenticity and I will never learn Hindi or
> ??>>>> Urdu.
> ??>>>>
> ??>>>> James Silverton
> ??>>
> bm>>> james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in
> bm>>> case you don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler
> bm>>> cowen's guide to ethnic restaurants in the metro area:
> ??>>
> bm>>> this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional
> ??>> cuisines:
> ??>>
> bm>>> <http://www.tylercowensethnicdininggu...m/2006/09/welc
> bm>>> om e_1.php>
> ??>>
> bm>>> this is most of the same information in a different
> bm>>> format, along with some comments about eatin' that kooky
> bm>>> ethnic
> ??>> chow:
> ??>>
> bm>>> <http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>
> ??>>
> bm>>> as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance,
> bm>>> on joe's noodle house in rockville:
> ??>>
> bm>>> Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and
> bm>>> they bring it to your crowded table. As close to real
> bm>>> Chinese food as you are going to get around here. A very
> bm>>> exciting place to visit, highly recommended. Plus the
> bm>>> best dumplings around.
> ??>>
> bm>>> he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot
> bm>>> of places.
> ??>>
> bm>>> good luck.
> ??>>
> ??>> I tried the first URL but the response was glacially slow.
> ??>> Perhaps, I'll give it another try at a different time.
> ??>>
> ??>> James Silverton
>
> bm> hmm, i just tried it, no problem.
>
> bm> i take it, then, that you're not familiar with it? it's a
> bm> fine resource for restaurants in the d.c. area.
>
>No, it was new to me! I tried again this afternoon and speed was
>fairly normal. He certainly has gotten to an impressive number
>of restaurants and I was pleased to find myself in agreement
>with him on a few that I know, particularly "Passage to India",
>Faryab and Minerva.
>

he does seem to have good taste (that usually means 'he likes the same
stuff i do').

>I have not studied the Guide in detail yet but there are
>certainly some that I must try, particularly Indique and Ruan
>Thai. I don't get over to VA much so I won't try a number that
>he recommends.
>
>Another thing I have wondered about that he mentions is the
>"Chinese Menu" that is sometimes recommended. What exactly are
>those? I don't suppose most of us can really read Chinese
>characters.

just a guess, but i think he's talking about the list of specials in
chinese that is sometimes appended to the menu (or displayed on the
wall) in places with a heavily chinese clientele.

>
>It may not be the easiest place to get to but I have a personal
>recommendation for Pho. I find Pho Nam on Shady Grove Rd to be a
>standout for Pho, IMHO. I am surprised that it never seems
>listed in the guides. It is quite popular, the service is fast,
>the prices are good and they have a favorite of mine: Pho Ga,
>chicken Pho with white meat
>
>Thanks again!
>
>James Silverton

i don't get out that way too often, but i'll bear it in mind. have
fun with the guide.

your pal,
blake