It is hard to imagine how much the suburban food scene has changed in 30 years (which I guess is a long time so maybe not so hard) - when I was a kid out here, there was one Korean restaurant, one good Japanese place, a Vietnamese restaurant or two in Clarendon, and then the usual American 1980s fare. Today, I have upwards of ten pho res…
It is hard to imagine how much the suburban food scene has changed in 30 years (which I guess is a long time so maybe not so hard) - when I was a kid out here, there was one Korean restaurant, one good Japanese place, a Vietnamese restaurant or two in Clarendon, and then the usual American 1980s fare. Today, I have upwards of ten pho restaurants that I rotate through, each with a slight variation; Korean restaurants are here by the dozens. In fact, the unique nature of a cuisine (be it Burmese, Yemeni, or Lao) is always a draw out here, but now I have learn to calibrate my interests by trying to figure out which version of each nuanced cuisine is best.
It is hard to imagine how much the suburban food scene has changed in 30 years (which I guess is a long time so maybe not so hard) - when I was a kid out here, there was one Korean restaurant, one good Japanese place, a Vietnamese restaurant or two in Clarendon, and then the usual American 1980s fare. Today, I have upwards of ten pho restaurants that I rotate through, each with a slight variation; Korean restaurants are here by the dozens. In fact, the unique nature of a cuisine (be it Burmese, Yemeni, or Lao) is always a draw out here, but now I have learn to calibrate my interests by trying to figure out which version of each nuanced cuisine is best.