🚀 go-pugleaf

> The problem we had?  The food. It just wasn't very good.
> It wasn't a matter of bad preparation - it just seemed
> that some items just sounded better on paper than in
> reality....  The
> standard, hard-to-get-wrong stuff was fine (i.e, fried
> calimari), but their more "unusual", signature items
> were another story.  BTW, I had the chicken-and-
> avocado sandwich (Navajo sandwich?)...

Actually, I rather liked the Navajo sandwich, although I do remember thinking
"I'd like it even more if the spices came through more." The salads are pretty
good, but I seem to remember the pastas (from long-ago visits) as pretty
forgettable.

Truth be told, the problem I have with TCF is that I just don't care for the
cheesecake that much! I was enthralled the first time I went, but I've since
decided that, in the end, you can't beat plain cheesecake, maybe with
strawberries on top. (Raspberries, blueberries and other fruits on top if
you're really feeling racy.) All this Double-Chocolate-Mocha Jack Daniels
Cuervo Gold Tomato-Crust "cheesecake" garbage just isn't _right_. (My favorite
bar, Col. Brooks' Tavern, has the same idea that you need to flavor cheescake.
I get the Mrs. Brooks Tollhouse Pie instead.) I wish I could tell you where to
go for the really good stuff, but this "flavor it to death" ethic is pretty
common in these parts.

Go across the street to the Taiwan-Tokyo Cafe (in Rockville), get good Chinese
(I can't vouch for the sushi... yet), and come back to Kohr Bros. for dessert,
IMO. 

Of course, I think Rio Grande is pretty good for Mega-Restaurant Mexican, so
what do I know? :-)
 
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