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Bruce Mackey (brucem@cinops.Xerox.COM) wrote:
: My wife and I will be relocating to Vienna in a couple of weeks and
: would like some recomendations for good restaurants in the area for:
: 	1. Chinese
: 	2. Thai
: 	3. Mexican
: 	4. Italian

: Quality food at reasonable price is more important than atmosphere,
: but no dirty glasses, please!  :-)

: Thanks!

I.  Chinese 
	Try Hunan Lion II at Tysons II Galleria - good authntic cooking, 
mainly northern, but with some Shanghai dishes.  Try their soup noodles, 
'xiao long bao', 'kofu', and other Chinese appetizers.
	Oriental Regency on Rt 7 near Sheraton Premier.
	Wandering a bit further, there is Mark's Duck House in Eden 
Center at Seven Corners/Wilson Blvd.  Good roast pork, roast duck, Hong 
Kong style noodles and other dishes.  Inexpensive.
	Then there is Peking Gourmet on Rt 7 near Bailey's Crossroads, 
actually at Culmore.  Superb Peking Duck, black pepper prawns and Sichuan 
beef.  A bit pricey.
	Also Fortune Seafood Restaurant, diagonally across from the 
Peking Gourmet.  Best for 'dim sum'.

II. Thai
	Duangrat on Rt 7 near Bailey's Crossroads (just down the street 
from Fortune).
	There's one I like in Old Town near the King Street Metro station 
called Sorng Dang which use to have a great buffet at lunch hour during 
the week.
	There are plenty others in the District.  Like Ploy, Thai Town, etc.

III.  Mexican
	Slim pickings.  Anita's is okay, but doesn't hold a candle to the 
good Mexican restaurants in Texas and California.  I have heard that the 
Rio Grande at Ballston is very good, also the Austin Grill in Old Town, 
but have not tried either.

IV.  Italian
	My two favorites are Il Borgio at the Marketplace in McLean (Old 
Dominion and Beverly Rd) -- an excellent new restaurant, and Tivoli in 
Rosslyn.  Further afield, there is Geranio's in Old Town on King St.

What happened to French?  Indian?  Japanese?  Vietnamese?

Bon appetit!