We know that many of you are skeptical that worthwhile culture could somehow bloom amidst the barren asphalt expanse of suburbia. But for those of you willing to maintain an open mind about such matters, we propose an evening raid of three of Annandale’s cultural gems in a series of lightning strikes that will enable you to get in, get out, and be back in your Mt. Pleasant basement apartment just in time for Charlie Rose. And all three of our recommendations in this tour of decadence are on the same half mile stretch of Little River Turnpike.

Though Annandale is lately known as “Little Korea,” it also happens to host one of our favorite Afghan Kebab joints, Food Corner Kabob. For those in need of a truly regal feast, we recommend their “quabili palau,” a monstrous dish of rice bejeweled with sweetened, fried, and glistening strips of carrot and plump raisins. Though the rice is flanked by a generous portion of lamb stew, or what they curiously term “meat sauce”, dig beneath the mound of rice and discover another heaping portion of succulent pieces of roasted lamb.