Author Topic: Food and How you Cook/Eat it (2009-2012) (Read 105233 times)

Galah · « **Reply #1150:** October 18, 2011, 02:04:09 PM »

Slice 'n Dice donuts are awesome, get them 1st thing in the morning when they are warm (or pop them in the microwave for about 20 seconds) - very nice.
Only thing I don't like is buying a dozen for the office and having to carry them out in a pizza box....

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #1151:** October 18, 2011, 03:27:16 PM »

if we're talking Donuts, Mrs Donut is awsome

http://www.myfamilybakery.com/

the best donuts in the area- very worth the trip early in the morning

hammondsnats · « **Reply #1152:** October 18, 2011, 04:40:03 PM »

has anyone been to graffiato in DC yet? it's operated by mike isabella known for his seasons on top chef.

thinking about going there soon.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1153:** October 18, 2011, 06:52:55 PM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 18, 2011, 03:27:16 PM

if we're talking Donuts, Mrs Donut is awsome

I'll have to check that out. I just blew my "free food" tonight on crappy Papa John's pizza so I'll have to wait to next week for a break from my usual foodz.

Terpfan76 · « **Reply #1154:** October 19, 2011, 11:45:50 AM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on October 18, 2011, 06:52:55 PM

I'll have to check that out. I just blew my "free food" tonight on crappy Papa John's pizza so I'll have to wait to next week for a break from my usual foodz.

I love Papa Johns pizza, especially the Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza... nomnomnom...

comish4lif · « **Reply #1155:** October 19, 2011, 11:48:36 AM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 18, 2011, 03:27:16 PM

if we're talking Donuts, Mrs Donut is awsome

http://www.myfamilybakery.com/

the best donuts in the area- very worth the trip early in the morning

The Thai place a few doors down - Thai Nakorn - is really good.

comish4lif · « **Reply #1156:** October 19, 2011, 11:49:16 AM »

Quote from: Terpfan76 on October 19, 2011, 11:45:50 AM

I love Papa Johns pizza, especially the Hawaiian BBQ Chicken Pizza... nomnomnom...

That's not real pizza. Not Papa Johns. And not Hawaiian BBQ.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1157:** October 19, 2011, 11:54:28 AM »

Quote from: comish4lif on October 19, 2011, 11:49:16 AM

That's not real pizza. Not Papa Johns. And not Hawaiian BBQ.

It's good for crappy suburban delivery sugarrushfatattack. Anyone got a favorite pizza place in the Pentagram City/Crystal City arena?

Terpfan76 · « **Reply #1158:** October 19, 2011, 11:56:01 AM »

Quote from: comish4lif on October 19, 2011, 11:49:16 AM

That's not real pizza. Not Papa Johns. And not Hawaiian BBQ.

In your opinion... I like it, so piss off!

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #1159:** October 19, 2011, 11:57:30 AM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on October 19, 2011, 11:54:28 AM

It's good for crappy suburban delivery sugarrushfatattack. Anyone got a favorite pizza place in the Pentagram City/Crystal City arena?

Can't remember the name, but the place on the corner of 23rd and s eads is decent (and they deliver beer) Try ledo if they deliver to you- IMHO the best of the chain pizzas around here

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1160:** October 19, 2011, 12:02:24 PM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 19, 2011, 11:57:30 AM

Try ledo...

Probably what we'll get next weekend for our friends that help us paint. That's the square pizza place, right?

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #1161:** October 19, 2011, 12:04:26 PM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on October 19, 2011, 12:02:24 PM

Probably what we'll get next weekend for our friends that help us paint. That's the square pizza place, right?

Yep- decent sized wings and their fried ravioli is good too

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1162:** October 19, 2011, 12:08:25 PM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 19, 2011, 12:04:26 PM

...fried ravioli is good too

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1163:** October 19, 2011, 01:44:01 PM »

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I'll have to check that out. I just blew my "free food" tonight on crappy Papa John's pizza so I'll have to wait to next week for a break from my usual foodz.

Newb.

If you are going to go for pizza, then you have go to Cafe Pizzaiolo on the corner of 23d and Eads.

And if you are looking for a splurge on Tuesday, the half price wings at CCSP is worthwhile. If you are a heat freak, order them "Wayne" style. I usually get the jerk wings, but the thai wings (really just a pepper jelly sauce) are good if you like sweet and spicy, too.

comish4lif · « **Reply #1164:** October 19, 2011, 01:48:44 PM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on October 19, 2011, 11:54:28 AM

It's good for crappy suburban delivery sugarrushfatattack. Anyone got a favorite pizza place in the Pentagram City/Crystal City arena?

Have you tried Pete's Apizza - New Haven style pizza in Clarendon?

That's real pizza.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #1165:** October 19, 2011, 01:50:03 PM »

Quote from: comish4lif on October 19, 2011, 01:48:44 PM

Have you tried Pete's Apizza - New Haven style pizza in Clarendon?

That's real pizza.

A+B does not seem to equal C

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1166:** October 19, 2011, 02:17:18 PM »

Quote from: comish4lif on October 19, 2011, 01:48:44 PM

Have you tried Pete's Apizza - New Haven style pizza in Clarendon?

Not yet, but that's something we'll probably do this weekend.

MarquisDeSade · « **Reply #1167:** October 19, 2011, 02:25:03 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on October 19, 2011, 01:44:01 PM

If you are going to go for pizza, then you have go to Cafe Pizzaiolo on the corner of 23d and Eads.

JCA - we're still out in the far 'burbs until next Friday, hence the Papa Johns.

comish4lif · « **Reply #1168:** October 19, 2011, 04:21:37 PM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 19, 2011, 01:50:03 PM

A+B does not seem to equal C

Not sure I get your drift... Have you been to New Haven and tried pizza at Sally's or Frank Pepe's?

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1169:** October 19, 2011, 04:21:47 PM »

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Quote from: comish4lif on Today at 01:48:44 PM
Have you tried Pete's Apizza - New Haven style pizza in Clarendon?

That's real pizza.

A+B does not seem to equal C

I don't know if Pete's really pulls off a Sally's / Pepe's / Modern's / The Spot / Bimonte's, but New Haven pizza is widely regarded as the best. Frank Sinatra used to have it limo'd into NY when he'd play there. It is legendary. Any food channel / travel channel on the best pizza has to include New Haven right along with New York. I'm usually a Pepe's guy, but I'll admit I had some the Sally's I had last May was terrific.

When I've gone by Pete's, the menu looks a little too current to really duplicate Pepe's or Sally's. The pizza also is pretty pricey, and there are other concessions on the menu that make me dubious. I do intend to try Pete's.

JCA-CrystalCity · « **Reply #1170:** October 19, 2011, 04:25:34 PM »

If anyone says deep dish / Chicago style is pizza, all I have to say is that Ike Sewell was from Texas and wanted to design something heftier for his type of people (Texans, not Italians). That stuff is good in its own right, but calling it pizza is like calling Roy Halladay / Stephen Strasburg / Jordan Zimmermann a southpaw. It's just poor nomenclature.

HalfSmokes · « **Reply #1171:** October 19, 2011, 04:27:17 PM »

Quote from: comish4lif on October 19, 2011, 04:21:37 PM

Not sure I get your drift... Have you been to New Haven and tried pizza at Sally's or Frank Pepe's?

I've had it, to me Jersey Pizza is 'real' pizza

imref · « **Reply #1172:** October 19, 2011, 04:50:50 PM »

Quote from: MarquisDeSade on October 19, 2011, 02:25:03 PM

JCA - we're still out in the far 'burbs until next Friday, hence the Papa Johns.

where in the burbs? There are some very good pizza places now around manassas/fairfax (tony's) and gainesville (tony's and Pizza NY Margarita).

I had never heard of New Haven Pizza before reading this thread (I grew up in Long Island where you can still order a slice of "regular"). I did get a chance yesterday to stop at my favorite pizza place in NYC - the small joint across from the Amtrak waiting area in Penn Station.

comish4lif · « **Reply #1173:** October 19, 2011, 04:51:32 PM »

Quote from: JCA-CrystalCity on October 19, 2011, 04:21:47 PM

I don't know if Pete's really pulls off a Sally's / Pepe's / Modern's / The Spot / Bimonte's, but New Haven pizza is widely regarded as the best. Frank Sinatra used to have it limo'd into NY when he'd play there. It is legendary. Any food channel / travel channel on the best pizza has to include New Haven right along with New York. I'm usually a Pepe's guy, but I'll admit I had some the Sally's I had last May was terrific.

When I've gone by Pete's, the menu looks a little too current to really duplicate Pepe's or Sally's. The pizza also is pretty pricey, and there are other concessions on the menu that make me dubious. I do intend to try Pete's.

Wait... Bimonte's in Cheshire?

comish4lif · « **Reply #1174:** October 19, 2011, 04:54:12 PM »

Quote from: HalfSmokes on October 19, 2011, 04:27:17 PM

I've had it, to me Jersey Pizza is 'real' pizza

I grew up in NJ. I grew up on Mr. Assante's Pizza (Route 22, Green Brook). There's a pizza trip every time I get back to visit family. That kind of pizza is really hard to find in the DC area. As an New Jerseyan, I'd like to think that I know good pizza. And I think that the New Haven pizzerias make excellent pizza.