Some out of town coworkers visited the area for a week and we wanted to try some restaurants in the area. One of the restaurants we tried was bindaas since we wanted some Indian food. I don’t know much about Indian cuisine, but it seemed like there was a good variety of food and they were doing some slight twists on known dishes.

Not pictured, but I ordered the Firecracker fries and the Pork Vindaloo Pao. The fries were hot and the seasoning looked like Old Bay, but it was a different mix of spices. Pretty decent of an appetizer. The Pork Vindaloo Pao tasted different than I wanted. The pictured pao was much tastier than mine. The pork in mine was a bit tougher than I would’ve liked and the the sauce wasn’t as flavorful. Also, I think some of the salad seeped into the bread because my bread was a bit sour.

The avocado golgappa was the best thing that I ate at the restaurant. We ate the piece in one bite and there was an explosion of flavor and textures. Really tasty and fresh.

I’ve had Lady M cakes before, at least once or twice in New York. This was the first time trying it in Virginia. Tasted pretty good and similar to what I remember. Lots of different options for crepe layered cakes. I got the matcha one because I think that it is one of their more classic flavors and I read a review that mentioned that the matcha cake and jasmine tea combo was good.

I don’t eat matcha very often so I’m not sure whether it was good quality or not. But the color was nice and the filling was not too sweet. The fork was able to cut through the cake really easily, but only from the pointed side. The strawberry one was tasty too. Fresh. There were a couple occasions that I coughed because of the amount of matcha on the top of the cake. The boutique was really clean and it was a good atmosphere. Fitting for the upscale section of the mall.

I watched 2 seasons of the Hospital Playlist kdrama and there were a bunch of scenes where people ate egg toast. So, I had to try it out when I saw that it was closeby.

This was the second time I ate a Korean corn dog and I thought this time was not as tasty. The previous time had really good seasoning and this one I put the seasoning on. I also should’ve chosen an option with mozzarella cheese because that would’ve added more flavor. I did not expect the teriyaki toast to have beef in it. Like I thought it was going to just be teriyaki sauce with egg and other ingredients. The beef was tasty and the bread was oily and buttery. The eggs on the top were not enough, I think if it was half egg half beef, I would’ve liked it better. The toast also seemed to have cheese in the bread or something that gave a more savory bite at the end. The cardboard that holds the toast should’ve also had perforations so then you can rip it apart and eat the remaining parts of the toast in a more convenient manner.

I went to Maine with my family for the July 4th weekend and was able to try out a bunch of restaurants. I’d been to Maine before, but it was a while ago, so my memory of it was faint.

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound

This lobster pound is my dad’s favorite and it did not disappoint. The lobster was big and the price was more affordable than other restaurants. They cooked the lobster in sea water, so it was more flavorful than using regular water. I started eating the legs first, then the claws, then the head, and then the tail. By the time I got to the tail, the meat was a bit tough and cold, so perhaps I needed to change the order of operations.

Stewman’s Lobster Pound

The next restaurant we tried was in Bar Harbor. We initially came for drinks but stayed for the food. The prices were definitely higher than the other lobster pound and the shrimp and mussels were not very large. The crab roll was tastier than I expected though and the fries that we got were solid.

Jordan Pond Restaurant

We had a small meal after hiking in Arcadia National Park. This restaurant is famous for their popovers. The popover is really airy. Pretty tasty for a piece of bread. My mom compared it to a croissant, but I think that this may have less butter and is made a bit different. The smoked salmon was good and I liked eating it with all the toppings.

La Bella Vita

The calamari was tasty, but the breading kept falling apart when we dipped it into the marinara sauce. The crab and lobster dip was really good. Lots of seafood. I was really disappointed with the number of ravioli I received. Like I’m trying to get full and I get four pieces. Damn. But the sauce was good, a bit spicy and fresh. The ravioli had some cheese inside. The sausage was more filling than expected. I hoped that it would’ve been more ravioli and less sausage, but turned out to be the opposite.

Luke’s Lobster

There was a good number of oysters and I wanted more afterwards. I didn’t have any of the rolls, but my family said that the mala roll tasted pretty good, not very spicy though. The lobster BLT was ok. The lobster taste was subtle and the bacon taste overpowered it. I don’t think that the lobster was seasoned very much.

I ate at Enjera recently and I thought that it was good. This was the second Ethiopian restaurant that I ate at and the type of food was pretty similar to the previous one. This time we got a meat lovers platter and some sambusas as appetizers. Sambusas are relatively similar to samosas. We got a lentil and potato sambusa and a meat sambusa. The vegetarian one tasted better.

There was a lot of food. We had 4 people and we were not able to finish it all. I liked the taste of the meat at the 4 o’clock and 6 o’clock positions the most. They were the most tender and flavorful pieces. The salad was also good, a bit salty though. The chicken leg and egg were nice additions to the platter. This time around, I was perfectly fine eating with my hands. I think that eating with my hands causes me to eat faster, which I would prefer not to do. It would’ve been nice to get some more vegetables, but oh well.