Chef Alex McCoy’s Khao Soi Nok Noi is popping up Wednesday and Thursday nights inside Tchoup’s Market.

The preview is operating out of the old Mothership space in Park View until they open in September.

In the immortal words of Marge Simpson, “Fruit is nature’s candy,” and few things are sweeter than ripe mango over a bed of sticky coconut milk-laced rice.

If your idea of a good Thai meal involves fruity cocktail drinks served in cartoonish, neon-colored surroundings, then Nava Thai in Wheaton is not the restaurant for you. There are no punny names, no sushi bar, and no fried bananas here, just excellent, authentic Thai food. Yes, the ambiance leaves something to be desired (the walls are a nauseating shade of green), and the location is less than glamorous (practically hidden in the back of…

Dish of the Week Cherry drinks from here, there and everywhere With cherry blossom season, tons of restaurants are incorporating cherries and blossoms into their food. But with the recent warmup, I’d rather have my cherries in cool liquid form. Starting with beer, head to Brasserie Beck or Granville Moore’s for a Lindemann’s Kriek or Kasteel Rouge. These may not appeal to a typical beer lover’s taste – they have a very strong cherry flavor…

Finally legal and ready to party This week the Washington Post published an article featuring three local pastry chefs creating recipes around exotic fruits. The article was a nod to the recent change that allows the legal importation from Thailand of rambutan, litchis, longans, new varieties of mangoes, and the “queen of fruits”, the mangosteen. Many of these fruits were available fresh in Asian markets, but were often smuggled from Canada. The fruits will begin…

Disoriented and Seeing Stars WaPo reviewer Tom Sietsema has released his 2007 Washington Post Dining Guide online. You can catch it on newsstands this weekend. At the top, Cathal Armstrong’s Restaurant Eve has broken through to the four-star category, and his revamped Majestic also made the list. Newcomers Central Michel Richard (3 stars), Proof (2.5), Farrah Olivia (2.5), and Hook (2.5) also made it onto the list. A surprising omission was Brasserie Beck, which Sietsema…

There was very little else for Londonist to be concerned with when the threat of a Tube strike became a very unpleasant reality. The inconvenience was extreme: there aren’t many alternatives to the Tube in London despite the best efforts of the Londonist team to get everyone from A to B. Brighter news came in the form of the first ever female Yeoman Warder, or Beefeater as the position is more commonly known, and…

FRIDAY: >> Maybe you check in with DCist only occasionally to get a few tips on which concerts to see, but tend to stick to touring acts for the most part, and still haven’t really exposed yourself to the local rock scene. If so, confess tonight and all your sins will be forgiven. Three of the best local bands are playing a show together on the Black Cat’s main stage at 9 p.m. — catch…

This post is by DCist Food contributor Mike Roscoe Sushi restaurants are everywhere. When you feel the need to indulge your appetite for fresh, clean, simple food, chances are there’s a sushi bar not too far away. So how to distinguish between them? Some feature pan-Asian fare where you can mix Chinese, Japanese and Thai cuisines to suit your mood, while others go high-class and offer extravagantly priced omakase tasting menus and expense-account-level sakes. But…