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From: neve@ursp06.csb (Leif Neve, CEB)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: wanted: source for basmati rice
Date: 7 Apr 92 20:02:35 GMT
Reply-To: neve@ursp06.csb
Organization: National Library of Medicine

In article 702267407@mwunix, m14430@mwunix.mitre.org (Lawrence Larson) writes:
>Sorry for the off-subject post, but this group seemed to make more sense
>for a local area inquiry than rec.food. Does anyone know of a DC-area source
>for basmati rice in units of two pounds or larger? The 8-oz. boxes in
>supermarkets are getting awfully expensive, and we like basmati a lot.

I would imagine any Indian grocery store would do.  So it depends on where you live. 

There's one I like in Congressional Plaza in Rockville.  It's right behind a fun little Indian quasi-fast-food
place on Rockville Pike, and also behind  the stupendously underpriced Greek restaurant, Ambrosia.
Sorry I don't know the name of either the  Indian restaurant or the grocery store. The owner is the
same for both, however, so if you find one they'll direct you to the other.

--Leif Neve
neve@nlm.nih.gov
From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: 5 Apr 92 17:35:05 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: National Library of Medicine


Mike St. Johns is ISO good Thai and/or Italian food, near the beltway,
between Rockville and and Greenbelt.

Joan Korenman recommonds Dusit, on University, near Georgia.

Also good, and very close to Dusit is Thai Amarin, on Georgia Avenue,
just north of the beltway, shortly after Viers Mill forks off to the
left.  Thai Amarin has less attractive decor (in fact, it looks pretty
much like the Italian restaurant that occupied the building many years
before) but I think the best dishes at Thai Amarin are better than the
best dishes at Dusit.  I am particularly fond of their Duck in Black
Bean Sauce and their Mussels Hot Pot.  I also think the Tom Ka Gai
(coconut milk, chicken and Ka soup) is better at Thai Amarin.   I do
go to both places on occasion, though.  

Another excellent asian restaurant in that neighborhood is Nam's, an
excellent if often crowded Vietnamese place.

For good authentic Italian food, try Marcella's on Connecticut Ave,
just south of the Beltway (It has a very small sign, so don't miss it;
it's past the gas station after Mannor Rd on the right as you head
south on Connecticut).  Be forewarned that they stop serving at
8:30pm, and that you can't really talk to the manager unless you speak
Italian.

Good eating....

		Larry
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From: Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Rice)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 13:59:47 -0500

 MS> I'm looking for recommendations on a good Thai restaurant near the
 MS> Beltway in MD somewhere between Greenbelt and Rockville.  "near" and
 MS> "somewhere" are somewhat subject to broad interpretation :).

Can't help on the Thai, but there's a good Indonesian place called Sabang, that
I enjoyed a lot the one time I was there.  I was in a group and we ordered what
was supposed to be a rijstaffel -- it was not a rijstaffel, but it was a many-
course dinner with some really delicious dishes.  Next time I go, I plan on
just
ordering from the regular menu, and finding out if they're always that good.
From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: 8 Apr 92 12:20:56 GMT
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA

In article <702662417.F00004@blkcat.UUCP> Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Rice) writes:
>I enjoyed a lot the one time I was there.  I was in a group and we ordered what
>was supposed to be a rijstaffel -- it was not a rijstaffel, but it was a many-
>course dinner with some really delicious dishes.  Next time I go, I plan on
>just
>ordering from the regular menu, and finding out if they're always that good.

I thought a rijstaffel was supposed to be a meal with a variety of
different dishes.
Anyway, you should try the Sarinah Satay House for good Indonesian food.
It's on Wisconsin Ave near O St. in G'town.
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From: perez@beno.CSS.GOV (Ricardo L. Perez)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Baltimore Inquiry
Keywords: Little Italy
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:50:25 GMT

My wife and I are planning to go to an Orioles game one
weekend, and we'd like to tour "Little Italy".  We're
unfamiliar with the restaurants.  Do any of you have any
recommendations?  My wife's Italian and has to have gooood
Italian food. But, then again, I'm a Filipino, and I like
goooood Italian food, too.

Thanks in advance,
Rick P.
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From: neve@ursp04.csb (Leif Neve, CEB)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: 6 Apr 92 13:39:32 GMT
Reply-To: neve@ursp04.csb
Organization: National Library of Medicine

Howdy,

I second the Thai Amarin recommendation. Also,  Thai Derm  on Bonifant just off Georgia Avenue
in Silver Spring is fine dining  and cheap, even if a  little unassuming in appearance.

For Italian, we always go back to Amalfi's.  It's a little farther from the Beltway (shoot up Rockville
Pike and across on Randolp  and up on Parklawn and take your  second light left), but the price and
quality are right.

Last week was the first time I read this newsgroup and someone was lambasting Amalfi's white
pizza.  I happen to be very fond of their white pizza, and urge you to try  it, along with their calamari
salad and that  deep-fried  thing on the appetizer menu that comes smothered in anchovy sauce
( its name escapes me!).

Leif Neve
neve@nlm.nih.gov
From: Joe.Chelena@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chelena)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: PASSOVER WINES
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 14:58:00 -0500

 > Passover.
 > Check the label, of course, but as a rule this is the case.

 
Rabbi, if I may ask a question about Kosher.  I have noticed in years past that
Giant sells "Kosher Coca-Cola".  Forgive my ignorance, but what makes Coke
Kosher/Non-Kosher?  I thought Kosher had to do with not mixing milk/cheese with
meat and also how an animal was slaughtered.    
 
Thank You for any reply.
From: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: dim sum/ ramen
Date: 9 Apr 92 16:18:01 GMT
Reply-To: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.dining, ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder) writes:
In article <702792058.F00006@blkcat.UUCP> Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet
.org (Edward Rice) writes:

.>I can also recommend Pho Hoa, in a shoppng center that's just east of the
>big Seven Corners intersection.  It's on the road that goes into Seven Corners
.>from the east, that is /not/ Route 7 or Route 50.  It's a little place, in a
.>shopping center that's full of (mostly) Oriental specialty places.

>Do you mean the Plaza Seven Shopping Center on Wilson Blvd and Roosevelt
>Blvd (the road that heads towards the East Falls Church Metro)?

I think Pho Hoa is located in the shopping center just off Seven Corners
on Wilson Blvd. before Roosevelt Blvd. Most people refer to this shopping
area as Eden Shopping Center.. However, the Ames Dept. Store is in the
same complex which is technically called Plaza Seven Shopping Center..

The Eden complex is an older strip of stores which were taken over a
few years ago by mostly Vietnamese merchants and is an excellent place to
find Oriental food/merchandise... Very crowded on weekends!!
.
.
.
...
From: m1alm00@fed.frb.gov (Audrey Lee McVean)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Looking for best pizza in metro DC
Date: 3 Apr 92 22:09:13 GMT
Organization: Federal Reserve Board
In-reply-to: Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org's message of 29 Mar 92 06:00:56 GMT


The best pizza "to die for" is Listrani's.  It's on MacArthur Blvd. and it
is the best.  Second best is out in VA -- a place called Primo Pizza just
off of Lee Highway in Fairfax, just past West Street.

Audrey
From: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Italian (was Re: Thai restaurants - MD?)
Date: 6 Apr 92 19:08:07 GMT
Reply-To: warsaw@nlm.nih.gov (Barry A. Warsaw)
Organization: Century Computing, Inc.


Another good Italian place is Peppinos(sp?) in Burtonsville.  Its on
Md 198 just west of rt29.  I've eaten there twice and find the food
quite good.  Reasonably priced, but the atmosphere leaves a bit to be
desired (who cares, right?).  I know the name sounds like it must be
some local pizza joint, but in fact its a respectable Italian
restaurant.

Particularly good was the white pizza, which we've ordered as an
appetizer.  Lots of good, stinky fontina and garlic, and (thankfully)
not too oily.  The mussles in red marinara, eggplant parmesian, and
various specials are excellent and the portions are quite ample.

-Barry
From: regli@cs.umd.edu (William C. Regli)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: 6 Apr 92 16:34:05 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: Yoyodyne Industries

In article <STJOHNS.92Apr4203538@hamlet.umd.edu> stjohns@hamlet.umd.edu (Mike St. Johns) writes:
]Hi -
]
]I'm looking for recommendations on a good Thai restaurant near the
]Beltway in MD somewhere between Greenbelt and Rockville.  "near" and
]"somewhere" are somewhat subject to broad interpretation :).
]


You may want to chack out a place in Bethesda called Bangkok Garden.
I'm no conissour (sp) of Tai food but I enjoyed it and it was reasonably
priced.

b
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From: chetmans@cs.umd.edu (Chris Hetmanski)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Bahamian Rests
Date: 13 Apr 92 18:57:50 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Does anyone have any recommendations for Bahamian/Carribean
resturants in the DC area (if they exist)?

Thanks
Newsgroups: dc.dining
From: cboes@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Christopher Boes)
Subject: all you can eat sushi
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax Va.
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:17:48 GMT

Are there any all you can eat sushi places in
Northern VA for $15.00 and under?

Chris Boes
cboes@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Monday, 13 Apr 1992 02:59:25 EDT
From: RABBI CHARLES ARIAN <CARIAN@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: PASSOVER WINES

In article <703094475.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>,
Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Rice) says:
>
>I'm afraid I don't understand the distinction you're drawing -- I said that   e
>win
>was exempt, and you indicate that a special certification is required, which
>sounds to me like the same thing.  Wine is, obviously a fermented product.
>
>Any idea on the reasoning behind certificated wine being acceptable, whereas
>beer isn't?  Simply an historic distinction between fruit and grain??
>
Yes, exactly.
Until I went to rabbinical seminary I didn't understand this either. It's
complicated and technical.

Most people think the Passover rules are something to do either with yeast or
with fermentation. It's not exactly so -- it has to do with grain coming into
contact with water, a situation that leaves the *possibility* of fermentation.
But this only applies to grain, not fruit.
From: neve@ursp06.csb (Leif Neve, CEB)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:20:22 GMT
Reply-To: neve@ursp06.csb
Organization: National Library of Medicine

In article 92Apr8121712@daedalus.dcrt.nih.gov, weisen@daedalus.dcrt.nih.gov (Neil Weisenfeld) writes:

>I enjoyed Thai Orchid on Fenton in Silver Spring and it was cheap!
>(which may be why I liked it). This is right across from the new City
>Place mall.  The food was good (not the greatest I've ever had, but
>good), the service was good, and it was $25 for 2 with 2 appetizers, 2
>main dishes, 1 dessert, coffee and tip.  Definitely a good deal.

I've heard it rumored that Thai Orchid was the result of a renegade chef from Thai Derm (around the
corner on Bonifant) striking out on his own. In any case, if you like the food/price at Thai Orchid,
you'll definitely want to  try That Derm. 

--Leif 
neve@nlm
From: harvey@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Betty Harvey)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Bahamian Rests
Date: 14 Apr 92 23:50:36 GMT
Reply-To: harvey@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Betty Harvey)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.dining, chetmans@cs.umd.edu (Chris Hetmanski) writes:
>Does anyone have any recommendations for Bahamian/Carribean
>resturants in the DC area (if they exist)?
>
>Thanks

I dined at the El Caribe in Bethesda several years ago.  If I
remember correctly the atmosphere was nice but I thought the
food was bland.  The fried plantain was tasteless.

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From: m14430@mwunix.mitre.org (Lawrence Larson)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: wanted: source for basmati rice
Keywords: rice, basmati
Date: 3 Apr 92 02:16:47 GMT
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

Sorry for the off-subject post, but this group seemed to make more sense
for a local area inquiry than rec.food. Does anyone know of a DC-area source
for basmati rice in units of two pounds or larger? The 8-oz. boxes in
supermarkets are getting awfully expensive, and we like basmati a lot.
Thanks for any email responses...

--
Larry
From: Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Rice)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: dim sum/ ramen
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 03:35:39 -0500

 AL> i'm looking for suggestions of some good dim sum places
 AL> in the area.  i grew up eating in the philly chinatown
 AL> area and miss the large variety/concentration of good dim
 AL> sum places.

Ah!  You sure hit my sweet spot.  China Garden, in Rosslyn, 2nd floor of the RCA
building.  Very good.

Fortune, just west of Bailey's Crossroads on Route 7 in Virginia -- the very
best dim sum I've ever had in my life.  But call before going, find out what
time they start serving -- and get there 10-15 minutes before that.  Once they
open, although it's a big place, the line gets very, very long and people wait
for an hour or more.  REALLY good.
 
Tung Bor, up in Silver Spring area -- very good, very small, and tends to crowd
up very early after they open.

Avoid the China Inn down in "Chinatown" -- not very good.
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wednesday, 8 Apr 1992 22:10:32 EDT
From: RABBI CHARLES ARIAN <CARIAN@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: wanted: source for basmati rice
 <WEISEN.92Apr8120708@daedalus.dcrt.nih.gov>

I've seen large bags of basmati rice at Shemali's, a Middle Eastern
grocery in Upper Northwest DC. It's in the Giant shopping center on
Wisconsin Ave and Macomb St., but it's not accessible from Wisconsin,
only from the parking lot behind the shopping center.
From: neve@ursp06.csb (Leif Neve, CEB)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: dim sum/ ramen
Date: 7 Apr 92 14:55:38 GMT
Reply-To: neve@ursp06.csb
Organization: National Library of Medicine

>also, are there any ramen shops (a la tampopo) around here??
>i've been to a few on my last sojourn to the bay area.
>i'm open to any suggestions in the dc,md or northern va

Phylis Richman reviewed an honest-to-goodness  downhome Japanese restaurant in the Post
a couple of weekends ago, with real ramen, domburi's, the works...only it was in NYC. I got the
impression that such was not to be found in these parts.

If anyone knows otherwise, please inform.

--Leif Neve
neve@nlm.nih.gov
From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: dim sum/ ramen
Date: 7 Apr 92 03:32:39 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: National Library of Medicine



Angelito Lucena is ISO dim sum and ramen shops.

For Dim Sum, I recommend the China Chef, on Georgia Ave, just inside
University Blvd, in Wheaton.   Also good, and near that, is Tung Bor,
which is inside the Wheaton Mall (don't let that deter you, though). 

Although I haven't found a great ramen shop, there is an excellent Pho
place on Viers Mill road, at the corner of Randolph Rd in Rockvile.
It's in the back corner of the little shopping center on the NW
corner.  It has a yellow sign, and is easy to miss.

						Larry
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From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: dim sum/ ramen
Date: 9 Apr 92 14:23:48 GMT
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA

In article <702792058.F00006@blkcat.UUCP> Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Rice) writes:
>
>I can also recommend Pho Hoa, in a shoppng center that's just east of the
>big Seven Corners intersection.  It's on the road that goes into Seven Corners
>from the east, that is /not/ Route 7 or Route 50.  It's a little place, in a
>shopping center that's full of (mostly) Oriental specialty places.

Do you mean the Plaza Seven Shopping Center on Wilson Blvd and Roosevelt
Blvd (the road that heads towards the East Falls Church Metro)?

-Steve-
From: m14430@mwunix.mitre.org (Lawrence Larson)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Looking for best pizza in metro DC
Date: 1 Apr 92 16:10:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: The MITRE Corporation

cboes@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Christopher Boes) writes:

>What I intended to say is that the best pizza in the Washington area
>can be found at Generous George's Positive Pizza located at
>3006 Duke St.  Alexandria VA.

Now I don't mean to flame Mr. Boes in particular, but this type of post, which
seems to dominate this type of thread, is ridiculous! "Best" is a meaningless
adjective without a frame of reference. It is one thing to talk about the 
best local approximation of a particular regional style of pizza, or a
particular restaurant's pizza, but quite another to decree even which style
is "best"! Please, folks -- inform by >describing< and recommending,
but remember "De gustibus non disputandum est."

Now, as to Generous George's -- it bears no resemblance to pizza I've had
anywhere before, except for the fact that it consists of some foodstuff
served on top of a pizza crust. I live near there, go there occasionally, 
sometimes even enjoy their food, but I certainly don't consider it typical
of anything. It's unique in my experience.

Now I'll stick >my< neck out. As a frame of reference, my standard is NYC
street pizza (I had my very first pizza at the 1963 World's Fair at Flushing
Meadows, and got sick as a dog from it...): thin crust, crisp on the bottom
but not cracker-like, small amount of thick, dark tomato sauce, medium amount
of mozzarella with some parmesan blended in. Topping sliced thin (pepperoni)
or crumbled fine (sausage), cooked on >top< of the cheese. The closest local
approximation of NY/NJ traditional pizza I've had around DC is Luciano's, in
Tyson's Corner Shopping Center. It's about as good, to me, as a good (but
certainly not great) chain store pizza in northern New Jersey.

Incidentally, for anyone who's in that area, there's a unique pizza
experience in Princeton, NJ. Very thin crust, slightly yellowish mozzarella
(not a cheddar influence, either!), >wonderful< thin pepperoni, and a
mystifying house tradition of Rolling Rock beer, at Conti's, on
Witherspoon Street. I consider it worth the trip from Alexandria, but I'm an
extremist.

Any opinions on the four-cheese or fontina-based white pizzas at either
DiFrancesca's (sp?) in Frederick MD (outstandingly herbed) or Pines of Italy
in Crystal City (nice, outstandingly cheap)?

-- Larry
From: stjohns@hamlet.umd.edu (Mike St. Johns)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Thai restaurants - MD?
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:53:18 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: UofMaryland, College Park
In-reply-to: Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org's message of 7 Apr 92 08:32:28 GMT

Thanks to all of you who posted info about Thai restaurants.  I ended
up at Dusit in Wheaton.  I strongly encourage all of you to stop by
and sample their wares.  The appetizers were good - especially the
nice crisp spring rolls - but the entres were excellent.  I had
Chicken in garlic, basil and chile - my friend had a veggie dish.
Both hot enough to sear the taste buds, but remarkably - no after
dinner gastric distress! ;)

Mike
From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: dim sum/ ramen
Date: 13 Apr 92 12:37:44 GMT
Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA

In article <703094475.F00002@blkcat.UUCP> Edward.Rice@p4214.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Edward Rice) writes:
>
>> I can also recommend Pho Hoa, in a shoppng center that's just east of the
>> big Seven Corners intersection. It's on the road that goes into Seven Corners
>> from the east, that is /not/ Route 7 or Route 50.  It's a little place, in a
>> shopping center that's full of (mostly) Oriental specialty places.
>> Do you mean the Plaza Seven Shopping Center on Wilson Blvd and Roosevelt
>> Blvd (the road that heads towards the East Falls Church Metro)?
>
>Yes.

  I ate there yesterday evening and it was delicious and inexpensive (my
favorite combination). Actually, the shopping center is called the Eden
Shopping Center, even though my map said Plaza Seven ...
  There is another restaurant I've eaten at before nearby called Xinh Xinh
that I can recommend, though it's been a while since I've eaten there.
It's in a small strip shopping center on Wilson Blvd directly across
Roosevelt Blvd from Eden Shopping Center.

-Steve-
From: avlb@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Louis Biggie)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: wanted: source for basmati rice
Date: 16 Apr 92 13:11:04 GMT
Reply-To: avlb@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu (Louis Biggie)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab

rice.  We eat rice several time a week, but still prefer to buy the smaller 
(5 Kg) bags as we have had problems with the "worms".  I have been told that 
it is best to keep the rice in the sack (don't transfer it to another 
container).

After long experience, we have found that ELEPHANT brand is the best by far!  
Right now we have a sack of a brand packaged in the UK - we thought it might 
solve the worm problem, but it just does not taste the same.  Sadly, Texmati 
is also disappointing.  

Remember that basmati rice has to be soaked and washed thoroughly before 
cooking.

Louis Biggie
From: rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: dim sum/ ramen
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:55:03 GMT
Distribution: dc
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

In article <17681@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, lito@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Angelito Lucena) writes:
> i'm looking for suggestions of some good dim sum places
> in the area.  i grew up eating in the philly chinatown
> area and miss the large variety/concentration of good dim
> sum places.

Tony Chengs Seafood in DC Chinatown is probably one of the most popular
Dim Sum places in the area.  Nice restaraunt with good food.  They use
carts (as opposed to places like Big Wong's where you order off a menu).

- Bob