Best Authentic Ethnic Food/Neighborhoods

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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.

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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

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

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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.

OMG way to miss the point, idiot.

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

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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.

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Not Clyde's PP.

What specific Ethiopian restaurants in Silver Spring do you recommend?

Any Afghan restaurants to recommend?

Any recommendations for the Rockville Pike Chinese restaurants?

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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!!

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Honey Pig for KBBQ

Shop at Little Thingamajigs after

Shilla or Breeze Bakery for dessert: cake, bingsoo, boba, etc

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This is OP. I haven’t posted since my initial question.

What was appealing about Eden Center was the cultural experience, not just the food. There are some good suggestions here.

Thanks.

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My Vietnamese family (who regularly visit the Eden Center) also like to go eat and shop at the H-Mart in Fairfax (the one on 50 with the food court, not the one in Merrifield.)

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I haven’t posted since my initial question.

What was appealing about Eden Center was the cultural experience, not just the food. There are some good suggestions here.

Thanks.

I'm honestly having a hard time understanding what you mean by "cultural experience". Can you explain that better, please. Do you want to eat Vietnamese food surrounded by Vietnamese people? Is that a cultural experience for you?

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I haven’t posted since my initial question.

What was appealing about Eden Center was the cultural experience, not just the food. There are some good suggestions here.

Thanks.

I'm honestly having a hard time understanding what you mean by "cultural experience". Can you explain that better, please. Do you want to eat Vietnamese food surrounded by Vietnamese people? Is that a cultural experience for you?

Op is looking for something like Eden center but for other ethnic groups like China town in NY, or what used to be little Italy, or the middle eastern shops / restaurants in Dearborn. I don’t think there is such large ethnic groupings in DC though.

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Anonymous wrote:Not Clyde's PP.

What specific Ethiopian restaurants in Silver Spring do you recommend?

Any Afghan restaurants to recommend?

Any recommendations for the Rockville Pike Chinese restaurants?

Read the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I haven’t posted since my initial question.

What was appealing about Eden Center was the cultural experience, not just the food. There are some good suggestions here.

Thanks.

This area has some areas with higher concentrations of some ethnic groups but there are enclaves/ghettoes where immigrants have been siloed. When that happens, people around here start with the whole “I don’t want to live in a place where it’s all (insert random ethnic group). They don’t assimilate”.

And since immigrants are spread out, so are there stores and shops.

If you want a “cultural” experience, go to a festival when there is one for different groups.

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Anonymous wrote:Not Clyde's PP.

What specific Ethiopian restaurants in Silver Spring do you recommend?

Any Afghan restaurants to recommend?

Any recommendations for the Rockville Pike Chinese restaurants?

Beteseb Ethiopian restaurant.