The coming weekend features a traditional crawfish boil, a showcase of Arlington food and drink, and two outposts of a Halal dining favorite.

If you’re willing to brave the Metro, then Ballston has a food festival for you this weekend.

Over 40 restaurants and area businesses, as well as a large crowd, descended on four blocks of Wilson Boulevard yesterday for this year’s Taste of Arlington food festival.

Photo by GmdVT The sun was shining, a gentle breeze was blowing, and it was an all-around perfect day for this year’s Taste of Arlington food festival on Sunday. Attendees gathered quickly for the noon start time to pick up their $20 tickets purchased online earlier, or to grab $25 day-of tickets. Each ticket allotted you eight “tastes” to be used to sample the offerings of the various participating restaurants. But what a “taste”…

Photo by avlxyz. Dish of the Week: Poached eggs Everybody knows that the best part about eating a poached egg is cutting into the runny, golden yolk with your fork and letting it ooze all over the plate. Poached eggs are usually served in a brunch setting, perched atop an English muffin and smothered in Hollandaise sauce, or lounging on a bed of corned beef hash. There is something decadent about the soft-cooked yolks,…

So much to taste this past weekend—so little stomach space. And so little time on a Sunday afternoon before the food runs out, the tables get broken down, and the crowds thin. As we tipped you off to in our Weekly Feed, eaters had the chance to eat their way through Taste of Arlington , Taste of Wheaton, and a local church’s 2009 International Vegetarian Food Fair on Sunday, all with a decidedly different feel…

Dish of the Week Whole Roasted Lamb For many Washingtonians, the bloom of the cherry blossoms signals the changing of the seasons. But for outdoor food fans, nothing says spring quite like a weekend full of outdoor food festivals. The whiff of grilled pork, charcoal, and butane filling the air, styrofoam plates piled high with pad thai, pupusas, and eggplant parmesan; you can walk, eat, and drink your way clear into next week. Taste of…