Dd33 reminds me of l33t-speak, the practice of using letters and numbers in combinations for the sake of cryptic writing. Instead, it denotes the initials and age of the chef at a far west-end restaurant that I have now visited a number of times, including this past weekend. First-up is their appetizer of fried oysters, among […]
Archive for September, 2007
Sep17
Vietnam 1 Revisited
This weekend I returned to Vietnam One, near the Tan-A Supermarket in Richmond’s west-end. To be had was their restorative chicken-noodle soups, this one with shrimp dumplings: Two varieties of rolls were ordered while the noodle soup came: This (above) are the fresh shrimp-based spring rolls. They were delicious. Below, are the pork-filled fried rolls, also, tasty as […]
Filed in: Asian Restaurant Review
Sep8
Mixed Grill: East Meets West
The Messy Chef does it again… For larger (and additional pictures), click on any one in this post and see more detail courtesy of Flickr. For the MessyChef show on September 8, 2007, we elected not to take video. Instead, we took photos, which I may turn into a video. Nevertheless, I will outline the meal […]
Filed in: In the Kitchen
Sep2
Lucky Buddha
Downtown Richmond has a new Asian-fusion cuisine restaurant, located in the former home of 1421, a very good Italian restaurant. 1421 on Cary Street did not last, and I wonder if the Buddha, too, will. Among our favorite things were the $3/piece steamed buns; we sampled the vegetarian and the AsianBBQ Pork versions, which both came […]
Filed in: Asian Restaurant Review
Sep2
Got Mushrooms?
Shopping at Elwood Thompson’s, I spied their mushroom collection, and bought crimini and shiitake varieties. “You have chicken at home,” I heard in my head, and so it would be. Mushroom Chicken Chicken Breast Olive oil, butter Salt, Pepper Mushrooms, chopped One-half Sweet Onion One clove garlic Sun dried tomatoes, chopped Mushroom broth Marsala Wine I first cooked the chicken with no coating in a mixture […]
Filed in: In the Kitchen