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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Ants on a Tree

Today's NY Times has an article about the renaming of Chinese dishes so as not to frighten the Olympic visitors. "Ants Climbing up a Tree" should now be called "Sauteed Vermicelli with Spicy Minced Pork". But, um, isn't vermicelli literally "little worms" in Italian? Is that less scary?

We had this very dish last evening at Sichuan Village. Very tasty, whatever they call it, but the rendition we were served last night had too much sauce if you ask me. It was more like "Ants Swimming in Chili Sauce".

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Thursday, November 15, 2007

More Pizza: American Flatbread

Last night we visited American Flatbread in Ashburn/Broadlands for the 3rd time. We've been impressed on every visit. The menu is salad, pizza, pizza, pizza and dessert. The tasty, crispy-chewy crust pizza is baked in their wood-burning clay oven in full view of the entire attractively-furnished dining room. The toppings are fresh, local, and organic (as far as possible). So why isn't this place mobbed? It's been practically empty every time we've been there.

For the record, the pizzas we've tried so far are: New Virginia Sausage, Sun-Dried Tomato & Mushroom, and Pepperoni & Peppers. They also have nightly specials - haven't tried any of these although they sounded good. If you don't like their combinations, you can design your own.

The only drawback for us, and maybe a lot of the demographic who would be their enthusiastic customers, is that the place isn't all that conveniently located. We'd be there a lot more often if it was easier to get to. It's in a new shopping center off the Dulles Greenway, and that's a $3 toll one-way for us :-(


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