The 15th annual Taste of Wheaton merits a post, even though I’m a couple of weeks late.
The photo is from the local Gazette. It shows lemongrass chicken from the Saigonese Restaurant. The Saigonese stall was the first one I visited; we intend to have more of their food.
We enjoyed our first-ever pupasas. I forget which stall they were from, and more than one place in Wheaton does them.
We (mainly the kids) had noodles from Hollywood East Cafe. Hollywood East recently got a glowing writeup in the Washington City Paper, which recommends Wheaton over DC for dim sum.
There is, however, at least one vital ingredient missing from Wheaton’s restaurant scene. There is no Indian restaurant. From my review-surfing, it seems as though the nearest good non-veggie Indian restaurant is quite a way away. I hope you can tell me I’m wrong…
[...] Les Dames d’Escoffier foodies savor flavors of Wheaton’s diverse delicacies: that headline from the Gazette online says it pretty well. The Dames is a culinary society, the DC chapter of which recently visited the lovely and tasty community of Wheaton. [...]