Baltimore Restaurant Notes, cat edition
N: Not ~~~ M: Middling ~~~ Y: Yummy
- Large menu of authentic Szechuan food. Some American-style Chinese food also
- Very spicy.
- We had a hard time placing an order via the app.
N: Way too much sugar in Thai dish. Not a big fan on the Chinese dishes either.
N: eggplant was odd/weird. Thai food had way too much sugar.
M: crispy beef is good. mala chicken was great. Tso tofu was too sweet. Honestly, the whole experience had a lot of too much sugar. Mai fun not impressive. Hot & Sour Soup boring, bland, and uninspired.
M／Y: closed during pandemic, opened, but possibly not as good? used to have great vegetarian menus and fake meat. wonderful, spicy Hot & Sour soup. Lo Mein only decent.
Website Offers dim sum experience on weekends!
Thai Street: smaller entrees, all very delicious. drunken noodles esp. ~street style, in broadway market.
Y/M: we enjoyed it! Had 3 flavor chicken, Larb Gai, Pad Krapow, drunken noodles, Panang Curry Bowl. K liked Tom yum and Tom gha. Panang chicken 8/31/22 was not great, way too much peanut flavor, no complexity.
larb yum. Papaya salad yum. Chicken special 3 flavor okay, Mark likes. Krakow disappointed. So far nothing super spicy, but OK. Drunken noodles nice tingle, spicy and yum. Unexpected red rice yum.
Y: yummy vendor! found at farmers markets. maybe do catering sometime?
M: not the best experience.
M: decent, tasty, bit too small portions. sauces small amount too sweet--we asked for 2 and 3 out of 0-5 spicy. it wasnt death hot, and we could have gone a tiny bit hotter for more flavor. the crispy chicken wasnt able to maintain crisp in thin basil sauce.
N: sir fries were burnt, not enough flavor, nothing was spicy.
Y: simple and good! drunken noodles yum. [looking for new building]
N: expensive, small portions, but tasty. Has crying tiger! Mark says everything too much sugar. Not impressed.
M: KT liked, though not huge portions. Mark was okay with it but not blown away.
Y: quite delicious. good naan and pasanda.
Y: Very good! also awesome people.
Y: Delicious--the bread was obsessive levels of good! Rice and main dishes all very delicious as well, though M was not as impressed with the hummus, eggplant dip, and spinach dip as he wanted to be.
Y: very delicious, not huge menu.
Y: delicious!
Y: Great! [in 2023 KT had a middling experience =\ ]
Y: Delicious!
Y!: everything is delicious, lamb kebabs especially good. grilled veg ask for extra. mixed grill, fries, ali baba bread all amazing.
Y!: everything is delicious, bread especially good! chickpeas are spicy. good pricing. cheaper falafel side is exactly the same as less cheap side. lamb kebab not as amazing as other places, all chicken seem really good.
Y: Viccino's: ask for well done. basic, but good and NY adjacent! good crust, nice sauce. close by! when i put garlic on the form, unclear what happened if anything.
Y: Birroteca: great space, music, pizza--crust is firm and thick and strong enough to hold up a lot of toppings. good beers. (duck fig pizza is in fact too much richness for us)
Y: Paulie Gees Hampden: very good. not much cheese, NY style, high quality. quite thin crust. droopy crust, maybe wont hold toppings well. no delivery. (hidden) back room bar. cute industrial building, warm and nice.
M: Ribaldi: only okay. too crispy crust; mostly acceptable. sauce isn't outstanding, but not offensive. respectable garlic knots. tiramisu was frozen, and not great.
M: Kechy: Mid, no socks were blown off.
N: Zella's: tried thin crust, but boring, not actually thin, and cheese and sauce also unimpressive.
N: Homeslyce: got worse. way too oily. sandwiches are said to be good!
Y: Noonas: A Winner! good sauce, crust (excellent crust!), toppings. the mushrooms are fantastic. (sadly this is no longer the case after new owners)
M: good. perhaps better not as delivery?
M: good! want to try in person as well.
M: try again in future, promising but not blown away.
Y: fun and yummy.
M: Decent. Nothing stand out. Nothing is spicy, even if labeled as such. Un-complex sauces in things like Gen Tso. But still tasty. Relatively large sized portions. Spicy yellowtail was K fav roll of the usual suspects.
Y: Great variety of burgers! Special sauce is horseradish and nice. Maybe ask less salt on fried pickles.
Y: not amazingly cheap, but really delicious. Has (used to be) hard to find birria tacos!
Y: very yummy. ~14.50 for 4 chicken [very good!] tacos (biria good as well, steak less impressive, burrito yummy). fried plantains also caramel-y and delicious [get at least 2 orders].
Y: fun korean fusion place in Rotunda!
Y: delicious, somewhat greasy. eat quickly. broccoli is so delicious.
M: fun atmosphere, don't ask too much of the menu, and you will have a good time. 2022: KT mid on burger and fries oily/ soft/ not delicious. Fried pickles were nice.
Y: Fusion. Good. Spicy! Rice not impressive.
Y: nice place, green burger is K's fav. sweet potato fries are good, but ask for no salt (bring own rosemary?). garlic fries sometimes way too oily. housemade impossible blueberry sage vegan sausage is yum.
Y: small sizes, but delicious Afghan food! bread also yummy.
Y: hard to get a table, so get there early or prepare to wait and have a drink at WC Harlans (no food), but really delicious; also loud (bring Loops?).
N: cute ambiance, K did not like the food. being sold. [closed; reopened new management??]
M: chicken rico harbor location now called poyoteca: yummy except sauces could be better (spicy green could have more depth and yellow mayo could be less mayo) and sweet potatoes were floppy (10 mins drive). arroz chaufa not everything KT wanted. too simple. but still yummy! (but find better sauces)
Y: pho beef dip was not bad. would be better w cilantro vs basil. K wasnt a fan of the tea party gin drink. usually drinks here are great though!
Y: good tacos! could use a 2nd tortilla, especially in the veggie tacos. birria is yummy. red sauce is spicy and good. guac great, chips a bit too salty. i dont think they make their own tortillas? K not super into the chicken tacos, a bit understuffed, and nothing to write home about, but pork and chorizo were good. beans a bit salty but it worked as a whole. mexican chocolate is nice, sweet, smooth. not very complex.
Y: hole in wall, casual, authentic Greek food! yum!
Y: so so good! And easy for everyone to enjoy.
Y: all sauces good, green especially. yuca and plantains delicious. de-boned chicken is not as good as the whole chickens.
Y: always delicious.
- Make reservations; they have a nice outdoor space
Y: always delicious.
M: not K's favorite.
Y: tried the black forest cake--it was nice!
- Greektown: samos (good), ikaros, estiatoro plaka (bakery and fancy rest, KT likes, gorgeous sparkling orange wine sometimes), zorba, pupuseria,
- inca chicken
- sajoma
- shoyou
- penny black
- Cafe Los Suenos
- Jong Kak
- Kong pocha
- La cuchara
- Bodhi thai [fed hill -- bodhi corner in hampden not as well reviewed?]
- be more thai
- mali thai [glen burnie]
- my thai
- banthai
- winli chinese & thai restaurant
- thai landing [fancy]
- Guildford hall brewery
- Alma cocina latina
- food market [hampden]
- bluebird cocktail room (fun! dark! weird ice charges)
- le comptoir du vin
- Union brewery
- Waverly brewery
- Nepenthe
- Samos [cash only]: good!
- Be One Korean bbq: not bad.
- Peabody Heights: rare dark beers are good! arcades best!
- Good Neighbor: heard good things, wish to go.
- Ni Hao Baltimore: wish to go one day; heard good things, prepare to spend a lot of money. (went before a restructuring. enjoyed!)
- Horus Cafe
- king of koshary
- hey daddies jamaican https://www.heydaddys.com/
- home maid brunch on key highway www.homemaidbrunch.com
- koshary corner [columbia]
- gunther & co [fancy]
- cosima [fancy]
- chachis chicken in faddensonen [from clavel] (yum, limited, hunger is the best sauce)
- silver queen (high quality diner, make reservations)
- water for chocolate [signature experience suggested]
- blacksauce kitchen [enjoyed take out before]
- sally o (elevated comfort food)
- foraged [hyperseasonal, tiny plates]
- puerto 511
- harbor tandoor
- mama rosa's [filipino]
Ellicott City:
- Korean Way area
- Bon Chon
- Honey Pig
- Lotte Plaza food courts
- Iron Age
- New hot pot and korean bbq in H Mart location.
CLOSED. ### Thai Arroy: Y： Very delicious! Has mock duck. all the dishes have their own distinct flavors. drunken noodles, v good, maybe next time ask for vegetables in (has a lot of egg). mr green is earthy and yum.
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