Hi,
These are all my notes so far before I started blogging!
Bonus pic of my mountain bike!
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Go-to food spots
Peri peri in LaurelPizza 786
Mimi’s kabob
Masala Kitchen
Krispy Krunchy Chicken (boned chicken is halal)
Urban Plates (halal steak and lamb)
Naz’s
Zauq’s
Kumari
Roaming Rooster
Jalapeño
Flavors of India
Elevation burger
Mezeh
Cava (halal braised lamb)
Chopathi (dosa wrap with malai chicken)
Glory Days - cedar plank salmon
Royal Indian Cuisine - Tuesday night dinner buffet
Indochine
Jinya (halal chicken)
Ekiben (halal chicken)
WOW Cafe (Saturday’s only, not halal)
Bonheur
Los Portales (not halal but good Mexican food)
Villagio
Busboys and Poets
Ottoman Taverna
Chipotle
Amoo's
Amina Thai
Silver Diner
Kome Sushi
Baja Fresh
Paradise biryani
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Butter Chicken
- Chutney, 7/12/21: 8/10 butter chicken and 8/10 naan but really expensive!! $18 for the butter chicken and $5 for the garlic naan. That’s outrageous. Don’t get their spicy level, get their medium. Spicy is too spicy.
- House of India - $17 and $4. Butter chicken is a 2/10. It shouldn’t even be called butter chicken. It tastes nothing like it. Don’t ever get it again. Garlic naan was good. Also their spicy isn’t spicy.
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Amina Thai
- Pad kee mao with beef
- Pad kaprow with beef
- Panang curry with chicken
- Try next time - Kaprow fried rice with beef
- Pad thai here is alright, not great
- Most dishes here taste better with beef
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Baja Fresh
- Try their nacho burrito next
- After that try their burrito ultimo enchilado style
- Burrito ultimo with crispy fish
- Pronto queso
- Their queso is amazing!! 3 oz may not be enough, probably should get 8 oz
- I like the baja salsa, verde salsa and the molcajete salsa.
- Crispy wahoo taco
- Don't ever get any burrito that's not that burrito ultimo from baja fresh
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Caspian Kabob
- Caspian combo is really good. Koobideh and chicken fillet. Chicken fillet is juicy.
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Charcoal chicken
- Lamb chops with white rice and potatoes
- Chicken tenders
- Fajitas
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Chipotle
Veggie with 3 crunchy tacos on side
White rice
Black beans
Queso
Guacamole
Fresh tomato salsa
Green tomatillo salsa
Corn
Sour cream
Cheese
Get chips on side if you want
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Chopathi
- Get everything mild! It is really spicy
- Dosa wrap with chicken with malai sauce
- Chicken chatpat
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Sauces available
- Malai
- Chettinad
- Vindaloo
- Malabar
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Chutney
- butter chicken is great but expensive
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Dangerously Delicious
Best pies
Pecan pie
Baltimore bomb
Lemon chess
Mediocre pies
Coconut chess
Pineapple right side up
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Domino's
- pan pizza is best
- stuffed bread is gross
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Earls
- 6 oz filet with peppercorn sauce
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Ekiben
- Spicy bird chicken sandwich
- Tempura broccoli
- Side of chicken
- Side of tofu nuggets
- Red beans and rice
- Thai iced tea
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Elevation burger
- Tomato
- Creamy sriracha
- Swiss cheese
- Carmelized onions
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Flavors of India
- Chicken 65
- Butter chicken
- Chicken manchurian
- Masala dosa
- Samosa chaat
- Idli
- Vada
- Chicken tikka dosa
- Garlic naan
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Indochine
- Chicken corn and hot and sour soups are good
- Mehak really enjoys Manchurian chicken
- Sweet and and sour chicken is great
- Chicken fried rice is pretty good. The orange chicken is also good, it has real orange slices in it and is tangy. Get the sesame chicken next time. Spicy fried chicken wings are great. Teriyaki beef is good too. Hakka beef is great but must be eaten fresh. Kung pao chicken is good.
- I think the sesame chicken was alright. Not bad but not great. The orange chicken should probably be the go to.
- 5/23/21: the orange chicken is fantastic. Even better when you eat it fresh at the restaurant. I ordered Hakka crispy beef and they gave Hakka crispy chicken instead. It was pretty good but I don’t know if I’d get it again. Tastes kinda like orange chicken but more crispy and thinner pieces of chicken.
- Try the Mongolian chicken, beef chili, kung pao chicken, Szechuan beef, hunan beef, beef in garlic sauce or chicken in cashew nuts next
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Jalapeno
Always try to order in person and get taco salad bowl and tacos to go
Bowl
Burrito
Tacos
Taco bowl
White rice or brown rice
Black beans or pinto beans
Ground beef, chicken, steak, fish or shrimp
Green peppers and onions
Queso
Corn
Cheese
Lettuce
Pico de gallo
Medium green salsa
Mild brown salsa
Red hot salsa
Fresh Jalapeño
Pickled jalapeño
Guacamole
Cilantro
Sour cream
Mehak’s bowl
Black beans
Chicken
Corn
Lettuce
Medium green salsa
Pickled jalapeño
Cilantro
Taco Shell Bowl
White rice
Ground beef
Steak
Queso
Cheese
Pico de Gallo
Mild salsa
Medium salsa
Fresh jalapeño
Cilantro
Mucho Quesadilla
Steak
White rice
Cheese
Corn
Queso
With mild salsa and sour cream on side
Crunchy Tacos (can always get a bowl and get the tacos on the side)
Ground beef
Queso
Corn
Cheese
Tomatoes
Mild salsa
Sour cream
Mucho nachos with ground beef and everything including corn and mild salsa
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Jinya
- Get the ramen with thick noodles, not thin
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Kome Sushi
- You can only eat 3 rolls max, don’t order more than that for yourself
- I like -
crazy salmon roll
salmon avocado roll
spicy salmon
spicy tuna roll
- Mehak likes -
crazy salmon roll
shrimp tempura
dynamite roll
- Poke bowl - no seaweed, no cucumber, no mushroom
- Good rolls
Tokyo roll
Ministrel way roll
Snowden river roll
- Not good rolls
Kome roll
Fuji roll
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Kumari
- Butter chicken
- Chili chicken
- Fried Momos better than steamed unless you like steamed
- Garlic naan (get 1.5 naan per every 1 butter chicken you order, round down if decimal)
Don’t get
- Chicken choila
- Butter naan
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Kung fu tea
- Winter melon milk green tea
- 50% syrup with boba
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Little Miner Taco
- bulgogi beef burrito
- beef consomme
- birria quesotacos
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Los Portales
- Bean nachos
- Cheese dip
- Jalapenos con queso
- Burrito del pacifico (no scallops)
- California tilapia (no pico de gallo or sour cream for Mehak)
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Naz’s Halal Food
- Cheeseburger
- Combo over rice, no salad with one piece kofta kabob
- Hot wings with spicy bbq sauce on the side
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New Dynasty
Indonesian fried rice is good
Kung pao chicken is good
Mongolian beef is good
Orange chicken is good
Szechuan beef is good
See u noodles is good
Chicken corn soup is great
Thai iced tea is too sweet
Beef on a stick is bad
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Noodles and Company
- Spicy Korean beef noodles aren't great. Good but only for a little. I wouldn't get again.
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Potbelly's
Mediterranean Square
Feta, Ciabatta, Roasted Red Peppers, Egg
Tuna Salad
Flatbread, Swiss, Tomato, Mustard, Hot Peppers
Pizza Roma
- Italian hot cut, spicy no lettuce, no tomatoes,
- deluxe pizza is terrible
- Only meat lovers pizza is good and it is just alright
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Pizza 786
-The pizzas here are easily a 10/10
-Highly recommend the meat lovers pizza
-Will try a pepperoni pizza next
-Large pepperoni pizza: great but not a lot of pepperoni
-Grilled chicken Caesar wrap no onions no tomatoes: great but too much sauce
-Large curly fries with gravy on side: this was the best
-Italian hot cut on white bread with fried onions: don't order again
-Mashed potatoes with gravy on side: this was amazing
-Greek beef pizza: this was really good
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Ono Poke
white rice
salmon
spring mix
chili garlic sauce (premium topping)
jalapeno
sesame seeds
scallion
ichimi togarashi
fried shallot
ono garlic sauce
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Shamshiry
Koobideh kabob is great
Boneless chicken kabob is bad
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Silver Diner
Good
- Pancakes are great
- Build your own burger with bbq sauce, greens and tomato
- Meatloaf great
Not good
- Hickory smokehouse cheddar burger is great but don't ever order it because it is terrible since the bottom bun falls apart
- Chicken and waffles
- Shrimp scampi
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Spice and Curry
Get goat pepper fry next time
Mango chicken is good
Chicken chili is good
Goat biryani is bad
Chicken kadhai is bad
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Subway
Tomato basil wrap with tuna
Swiss cheese
Tomatoes
Spinach
Banana peppers
Creamy sriracha
Sweet onion
Pepper
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Taco Zocalo
- The tacos are great. Anything beef is good. Chicken is alright. Don’t get the chimichanga
- Their burritos are pretty good. I got the chorizo burrito and really enjoyed it
- They forget to include the chips often, make sure they include the chips.
- Taco Zocalo next time order
1. burrito bowl with barbacoa, no pico de gallo
2. chimichanga with pulled chicken
3. chimichanga with pulled beef
4. 3 tacos with chorizo
5. 3 tacos with bbq brisket
6. Quesadilla with steak
7. Quesadilla with bbq brisket
8. chips and gucamole
9. chips and queso
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Trader Joe's
- Key lime bars from Trader Joe's aren't that good
- Hash brown rectangles are fantastic
- Cheddar cheese from New Zealand is bad
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Wegmans
Amazing
- Beecher’s 26 month New York cheddar cheese intense
- Shrimp scampi
- Coconut macaroons
- Chocolate chip cookies
- Sticky buns
- Sourdough bread
- Lemonade
Good
- vegetable fried rice
- Teriyaki salmon
- Sashimi
Alright
- tangerine juice
Bad
- sushi
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Yoya sushi
Poke inside hospital 10/10
Sushi rice, spring mix, salmon, avocado, scallions, fried onion, spicy mayo, eel sauce, wasabi sauce, gojuchang
Spring mix, salmon, avocado, scallions, sesame seeds, fried onions, sweet soy, gojuchang, wasabi
Grilled salmon roll is alright. Not bad but not great, 6/10.
Alaskan roll (salmon and avocado) is okay.
Dynamite roll was a 5/10. Not good. Pretty sure non of their rolls are good.
Don’t ever get any sushi from here. They raised their prices and it’s not worth it.
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Zauq’s
Get the lamb flatbread pizza and chicken flatbread pizza next time
Great
- spicy chicken quesadilla
- loaded fries
Good
- Zinger burger
Alright
- beef burger
- Fried boned chicken
Not good
- Tenders are absolutely awful
- Wings
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Grocery notes
- Nates honey is great
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Gross food
- Any old El Paso sauce
- Rockfish
- Shan butter chicken
- Yellowtail sushi
- Al safa popcorn chicken
- Al Safa Chicken Hotlinks
- Harmless harvest dairy free yogurt
- Gnocchi
- Cajun jambalaya pasta from Cheesecake Factory
- Evergreen coconut milk sucks
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Don't ever go here
- Sushi Q
- Sushi nari
- Shawarma Hut in DC
- Mazza kabab and Afghan grill in Catonsville
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Not halal
- curry and kabob only the lamb/goat is halal
Food notes
- I don’t like French toast with thick bread. Only with thin slices of bread.
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