Good Eat Locally!!!!

[Meerkat]

And when I'm in the mood for spicy, I don't head for Thai or Indian... I head straight to Mandalay and their CH13 (chicken 13). Bring your sphincter balm...you're gonna need it before you get out the door.

Name of the place: Mandalay Restaurant and Cafe

Address:930 Bonifant St.
            Silver Spring, MD 20910-4514

Your thoughts of the place: 10 years ago, this place was in College Park and got pushed out by better developments in College Park but ended up in the used to be "new" silver spring downtown. It was a hole in the wall in CP with a line out the door. They're much bigger now and there's not a wait as often. The good news is the food is still great!

and your fav pick off the menu:
About every fourth time, I say I'm going to get something new but I almost always end up going back to CH13, Chicken strips (white meat) boiled and served with lemon-soy, crushed peanuts, and sesame seed sauce. This dish is served room temperature and you'll be glad that it's not temperature hot because your oral spice sensors are about to be served! (This may have something to do with me reminding the guy that if I don't sweat when I eat it then I'm not going to pay for it.

To cool down afterward, I get the D01 ShweJi Cream of wheat, coconut cream, sugar, egg, milk, and raisins, topped with poppy
seeds, then baked until lightly golden brown...not particularly sweet, but absolutely delicious! Coconut milk, you can't go wrong with that!

[TitanMonsterS4R]

Here's one out there in Bal'mer:

Name:  Miss Shirley's
Address: 513 W. Coldspring Lane, Baltimore, MD

Thoughts:  This place rocks for one reason, breakfast food all the damn time.  It's like going to an upscale diner and iHop all rolled into one with your grandma in the kitchen cooking something the good old fashion way.  The food is unreal good and why no ones figured out to open a hotel next door so you can sleep off all that tasty goodness is beyond me.  Last time I was there I felt like I needed to adjust my shock for the extra weight I gained upon leaving.

Menu favorite:  Pancakes are the nice big fluffy kind, add two eggs over hard and some  and you're all set.  Not a fan or pancakes, sub that with their french toast or waffles and you are still good to do.  If I want something a little heavier I go with the steak and eggs (#WINNING). 

Here's the link to the menu just in case you want to drool. 
http://www.missshirleys.com/menu/breakfast.php

[tocino]

Name of the place: Mandalay Restaurant and Cafe
...
ended up in the used to be "new" silver spring downtown.

Bonifant is a block off of the "new SS" development, which is basically all chains. In fact it's the OG Silver Spring: it's also got Thai Derm and Bombay Gaylord - two other great restaurants (Thai and Indian).

+1 on the Mandalay - and when you answer "extra spicy" they don't mess around.

[Meerkat]

Thought I'd drop a couple of reviews in here:

1. Todd Gray's Watershed
1225 1st St NE
(between N M St & N Patterson St)

Food was great. Started with the calamari, which was very lightly breaded and perfectly cooked. I had a tile fish special with a really good wild mushroom sauce with lots of perfectly cooked fresh veggies. Was a bit pricy ($120/2 people), but not terribly out of line for the amount and quality of food.

2. Buddha Bar DC
455 Mass Av NW

The music and drinks were great. Typical DC prices for drinks. The appetizers were generally very good (Shrimp potstickers and spring rolls) and I wish I would have stopped there but we split the tuna tartar, which was totally unimpressive. My rockfish entree was well cooked and absolutely delicious...mizo and yuzu sauce: Yum!!!!! Generally thought the food was overpriced.

[Artful]

Here's one out there in Bal'mer:

Name:  Miss Shirley's
Address: 513 W. Coldspring Lane, Baltimore, MD

Thoughts:  This place rocks for one reason, breakfast food all the damn time.  It's like going to an upscale diner and iHop all rolled into one with your grandma in the kitchen cooking something the good old fashion way.  The food is unreal good and why no ones figured out to open a hotel next door so you can sleep off all that tasty goodness is beyond me.  Last time I was there I felt like I needed to adjust my shock for the extra weight I gained upon leaving.

Menu favorite:  Pancakes are the nice big fluffy kind, add two eggs over hard and some   and you're all set.  Not a fan or pancakes, sub that with their french toast or waffles and you are still good to do.  If I want something a little heavier I go with the steak and eggs (#WINNING).  

Here's the link to the menu just in case you want to drool.  
http://www.missshirleys.com/menu/breakfast.php

You're doing it wrong. Get the Chicken and Waffles.

Ok, here's one of my favorites.

Annabelle Lee's Tavern
601 S. Clinton St.
Baltimore, MD 21224

Smaller food menu, but everything, and I mean without exception is amazing. Beer menu outweighs the food menu in size, and they rotate it enough to grab something new each time. It's a smaller place, your typical Baltimore hallway bar/restaurant, but it's staffed by an extremely knowledgeable and polite group of folks. Maintains a very hometown bar feel while being sophisticated with ecelectic choices. It's honestly hard to recommend one thing, but if you go, my money would be starting with either the Duck Fat Fries or the Resurrection Mac n' Cheese. For sandwiches I usually go for the Annapolis (grilled chicken topped with their crab dip) and my favorite entree is the orange roughy tacos. Seriously though, you can't go wrong.

[rgramjet]

For you Montgomery County types, Nava Thai is a wonderful establishment.  Right around the corner from the Hagis joint we patronized a couple times.

Great food and wayy hotter waitresses than the Hagis place!

[twolanefun]

Cock and Bowl in Occoquan, Mussels and Belgian Beers, small place not for big crowds, and to get there you might find a few roads between Rt. 123 and Rt. 28/234 Northwest of Occoquan. - Gene

[DRKWNG]

Cock and Bowl in Occoquan, Mussels and Belgian Beers, small place not for big crowds, and to get there you might find a few roads between Rt. 123 and Rt. 28/234 Northwest of Occoquan. - Gene

About a five minute walk from my place.

[JoeP]

Cock and Bowl in Occoquan

Love that place. The beer is a bit pricey considering you can get most of that stuff at Total Wine, but at least there you get to drink it out of a matching glass. Makes it taste about 10% better!

[potomacduc]

Cock and Bowl in Occoquan, Mussels and Belgian Beers, small place not for big crowds, and to get there you might find a few roads between Rt. 123 and Rt. 28/234 Northwest of Occoquan. - Gene

Do they have feather bowling?

[twolanefun]

No they don't, not enough room even on the outside patio. And speaking for myself it would not interest me in the least and I don't recall that Trabollen was even that popular in Belguim when I spent 6 years over in Europe. Go up to Detroit if you want to play here in USA- Gene

[potomacduc]

No they don't, not enough room even on the outside patio. And speaking for myself it would not interest me in the least and I don't recall that Trabollen was even that popular in Belguim when I spent 6 years over in Europe. Go up to Detroit if you want to play here in USA- Gene

I used to live in Detroit and have fond memories of beverages and bowling at the Cadieux Cafe.  The thought of a capturing just a sliver of those memories prompted my query.  But alas, you can never go back......