Best Authentic Ethnic Food/Neighborhoods

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silver spring for Ethiopian. There are also good west African restaurants too.

Start with Beteseb restaurant and Habesha restaurant in DC ( Habesha is more authentic)

Did Zenebech close? I used to go there often when they were in the Howard University neighborhood and then I know they moved. The food was the best.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic Caucasian food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar Caucasian restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - Caucasian food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

You understand Caucasian is not an ethnicity, right? I think you think you are being clever but instead you just look ignorant.

The Caucasus region of Russia, which gives its name to Caucasians, is indeed an ethnicity so you are the ignorant one. OTH, I have no idea what their food tastes like. lo

[Anonymous]

Ruan Thai in Wheaton.
Joe’s Noodle House, Peter Chang and A&J in Rockville for Chinese food

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic Caucasian food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar Caucasian restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - Caucasian food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

You understand Caucasian is not an ethnicity, right? I think you think you are being clever but instead you just look ignorant.

The Caucasus region of Russia, which gives its name to Caucasians, is indeed an ethnicity so you are the ignorant one. OTH, I have no idea what their food tastes like. lo

Intersting... I never knew that Olive Garden, PF Chang, and Outback all came from a specific region of Russia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silver spring for Ethiopian. There are also good west African restaurants too.

Start with Beteseb restaurant and Habesha restaurant in DC ( Habesha is more authentic)

Did Zenebech close? I used to go there often when they were in the Howard University neighborhood and then I know they moved. The food was the best.

Yes, they closed.
Chercher is very good food and ambiance.
Habesha is just very good food and takeout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aw, I offended the poor little white people. Let me rewrite to make your butts feel less hurt.

Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic American food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar American restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - American food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

Why don’t you instead reflect on why this thread is triggering you so much, that you feel the need to endlessly chip in with your “Clyde’s outing with your children”. Feeling threatened by others’ ethnicities? Interest in non-mainstream food & culture? Threatened by white and non-white immigrants with their languages, foods, songs, clothes, feasts and traditions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aw, I offended the poor little white people. Let me rewrite to make your butts feel less hurt.

Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic American food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar American restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - American food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

Why don’t you instead reflect on why this thread is triggering you so much, that you feel the need to endlessly chip in with your “Clyde’s outing with your children”. Feeling threatened by others’ ethnicities? Interest in non-mainstream food & culture? Threatened by white and non-white immigrants with their languages, foods, songs, clothes, feasts and traditions?

Because it's ridiculous that you are calling FOOD ethnic food. It's just FOOD, PP. Stop treating it like a novelty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aw, I offended the poor little white people. Let me rewrite to make your butts feel less hurt.

Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic American food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar American restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - American food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

Why don’t you instead reflect on why this thread is triggering you so much, that you feel the need to endlessly chip in with your “Clyde’s outing with your children”. Feeling threatened by others’ ethnicities? Interest in non-mainstream food & culture? Threatened by white and non-white immigrants with their languages, foods, songs, clothes, feasts and traditions?

Because it's ridiculous that you are calling FOOD ethnic food. It's just FOOD, PP. Stop treating it like a novelty.

NP
How could OP ask the same question differently?

[Anonymous]

NP- I also found it to be poorly worded. I’d say international cuisine or minority owned restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic Caucasian food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar Caucasian restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - Caucasian food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

You understand Caucasian is not an ethnicity, right? I think you think you are being clever but instead you just look ignorant.

The Caucasus region of Russia, which gives its name to Caucasians, is indeed an ethnicity so you are the ignorant one. OTH, I have no idea what their food tastes like. lo

It’s not. There is no Caucasus Ethnicity, unless you refer to the Soviet / Russian tradition of lumping all Caucasus ethnicities together under the (often racist) “person of Caucasus nationality” category. Caucasus includes several ethnicities like Circassians, Chechens, Adygey, and many many more who have distinct ethnicities, traditions, languages, and foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silver spring for Ethiopian. There are also good west African restaurants too.

Start with Beteseb restaurant and Habesha restaurant in DC ( Habesha is more authentic)

Did Zenebech close? I used to go there often when they were in the Howard University neighborhood and then I know they moved. The food was the best.

Yes, they closed.
Chercher is very good food and ambiance.
Habesha is just very good food and takeout.

Zenebech moved to Adams Morgan several years ago. Then it closed because of a fire, and then reopened, and now Elfegne is in the same place (and is supposed to be pretty good!) I haven't been, but I have enjoyed Letena in Columbia Heights, and Habesha and Dukem and Chercher in Shaw/U St, and Ethopic on H St. Tom Sietsma often recommends Rohobot in Silver Spring and Makeda in Alexandria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic Caucasian food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar Caucasian restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - Caucasian food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

You understand Caucasian is not an ethnicity, right? I think you think you are being clever but instead you just look ignorant.

The Caucasus region of Russia, which gives its name to Caucasians, is indeed an ethnicity so you are the ignorant one. OTH, I have no idea what their food tastes like. lo

Are you the same ignorant poster or is there another person this confused?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic Caucasian food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar Caucasian restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - Caucasian food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

You understand Caucasian is not an ethnicity, right? I think you think you are being clever but instead you just look ignorant.

OMG way to miss the point, idiot.

Not the PP but you are totally the idiot in this situation. On many different levels.

[Anonymous]

Brookfield Plaza in Springfield

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Earlier this week, I took my children to Clyde's for authentic Caucasian food. They really enjoyed it -- they have several locations, but I think you can find a lot of similar Caucasian restaurants in and around Arlington and Fairfax, VA. Highly recommend - Caucasian food is a little bland for my tastes, but there is a ton of variety and really something for everyone!!

You understand Caucasian is not an ethnicity, right? I think you think you are being clever but instead you just look ignorant.

The Caucasus region of Russia, which gives its name to Caucasians, is indeed an ethnicity so you are the ignorant one. OTH, I have no idea what their food tastes like. lo

It’s not. There is no Caucasus Ethnicity, unless you refer to the Soviet / Russian tradition of lumping all Caucasus ethnicities together under the (often racist) “person of Caucasus nationality” category. Caucasus includes several ethnicities like Circassians, Chechens, Adygey, and many many more who have distinct ethnicities, traditions, languages, and foods.

Yes, very different. There are Turkic, Indo-European and various autocthonic languages, for example. The mountains preserve enormous diversity.