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 SS> From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)

 SS> I second Ed Rice's motion to explore DC gastronomically.

That's easy for you and me to say... we're out here in Reston, culinary
center of the universe.  Sort of.
 
That was once a major joke -- two Thai restaurants, a McDonalds and a Roy
Rogers was all we had out here.  These days, it's actually possible to eat
very well -- or very expensively -- in and around Reston.  There's a good
place at the International Center, called "A Taste of the World" (or something
like that), that's Thai or Chinese owned, but which features a different
"specialty" cuisine each month.  So each month, their basic menu has five or
six dishes added from some new part of the world.  I've been there for lunch
a few times, and always eaten very well.  VERY reasonable prices, just a
little off the beaten track.

And on the way up to Herndon, there's... Cathay (good Chinese), Etoya (great
Japanese), Siam (great Thai), and The Tortilla Factory (best Mexican food in
the DC area, or possibly east of the Mississippi), all in a mile or so of
Elden Street.  And scattered along the same stretch, Outback (Aussie-flavor
steakhouse) and Le Peep (oily, huge breakfasts) and half a dozen other places.

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