DCist: The Weekly Feed: Fire, Burn, and Cauldron Bubble Edition

badtzmaru

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:27:13 -0500

I love Adam Express! I used to live a few doors away and I loved going there even though its basically a hole in the wall. Then I moved to the hill and ... well the food options aren't that great. I like Mandu but I don't think it's great. I like their eggplant appetizer. The rest is good enough but not stellar.

phosphorescent

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 03:02:36 -0500

As a frequent patron of Mandu and occasional patron of Adam's, due to its proximity to my house, I really have to recommend Mandu to anyone reading this post. In fairness, I haven't eaten at Lighthouse, but I have been to a number of Korean restaurants in Annandale, Japan and Thailand (Korea is next one the list.) Mandu may only offer haemul(seafood) soon doobu, but they make it, and all of their food, in very authentic Korean style. All the recipes are the same ones Mrs. Lee learned growing up in Korea and served to her family. Plus you get western style service in DC! Staff has never been anything but friendly, they've got a great happy hour, excellent music playing...it's one of my favorite local restaurants.

sashimi

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:57:48 -0500

There is another Korean restaurant in DC called Yee Hwa which also serves soon doo boo soup, fairly decent. Most korean people think that westerners wouldn't dig into their traditional dishes because either they smell too strong-thanks to garlic mostly- or are too spicy. But once you try you'd realize they are very unique from other Asian dishes and relatively healthy. Thanks for the post.

The Pumpernickel

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:57:31 -0500

Thank you for this post! As a recent import from the ethnic food Mecca that is Rockville, I've had a hankering for some truly decent Korean food. It seems as though there are fewer inexpensive, Mom and Pop Asian restaurants in the District, but maybe I just don't know where to find them. Adam Express is next on my list.

monkeyrotica

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:30:16 -0500

Brabo will also be serving BREAKFAST. Something Old Town sorely needs. It's like there's Table Talk and the Royal and that's it. WTF? Everything else is muffins and bagels and $h!t.