Great steak hibachi @ Benihana Bethesda. A great place to celebrate my birthday after going for a long swim at Walter Reed. Used the $30 Birthday certificate. … [Read more...] about Benihana
DC
MOAPIA Foodelicious Night
Photos by MOAPIA Foodelicious Night at the Navy Memorial, DC Chef Qinh Hai Zhang from Wok and Roll Owner/Chef Nina Nguyen from Pho Viet is making a savory, authentic pho Cassava Cake topped with crab fat, lardo, and smoked trout roe made by Chef Paolo Dungca from Pogiboy! Chef Henji Cheung from Queen’s English is showing us a unique ingredient called celtuce … [Read more...] about MOAPIA Foodelicious Night
Barcelona
From the corner of my eye, I saw her. She looked Vietnamese but then she looked half Caucasian. She had short brown hair with golden highlights and matching horned rim glasses. Dressed in a casual pink tank top and a pair of worn-out jeans, she seemed to be enjoying her Banh Mi. It was topped with carrots, jalapeños and cilantro and I noticed she had soaked the lemongrass pork … [Read more...] about Barcelona
Changemakers
It was October 23, 2015. The Manor was one of the few bars that served as a repeat venue. The event that we held here last November was a blast, but sadly this could be my last. When you first entered, you walked up a flight of stairs. The bar and dance floor was on the first level with several ottomans and couches. The empire chandelier and the antique fireplace … [Read more...] about Changemakers
Startup Weekend
Senodja and I decided to propose RUNINOut at Baltimore’s first ever Startup Weekend on April 17-19, 2012. On Friday afternoon, I arrived at the Emerging Technology Center, Baltimore's Technology Incubator at 8pm just in time for the pitches and a quick drink of something. I chugged an Amstel Light down as I glanced around the burgeoning crowd of 150 plus of Type-A … [Read more...] about Startup Weekend
Meskerem
When Meskerem opened on March 15, 1985, there wasn't much of Ethiopia in DC. Its owners were amongst the first wave of immigrants who fled their homeland after a Marxist military junta overthrew the Emperor Haile Selassie in 1974. That coup triggered the the civil war between Ethiopia and Eritrea that lasted until 2000 with the final peace agreement not been signed until … [Read more...] about Meskerem