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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 […]
Filed by MessyChef at September 24th, 2007 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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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 by MessyChef at September 17th, 2007 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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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 by MessyChef at September 2nd, 2007 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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Today we had dim sum, that venerable ceremony of tea and small foods. At Full Kee, we dip about every last one into a mixture of soy sauce and hot chili oil. My favorite was available today, the fried turnip cake, although it was a bit mushy for my taste. It is, after all, difficult to […]
Filed by MessyChef at August 4th, 2007 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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This PF Chang’s is located at Stony Point Shopping Center, in Richmond, Virginia. P.F. Chang’s demands your attention with the smell wafting out from the building, and the decor and drama of the place. Everytime I’m disappointed on some level, even though I want to love it and make it a favorite. “But it’s a chain!” they […]
Filed by MessyChef at June 6th, 2007 under Asian, Restaurant Review
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