Wah Taj - Indian Chinese in DC, Hot Breads and more
We were in DC last weekend for our skin test (got an RFE from USCIS for that - even though we had submitted negative xrays last time and we are known positives for the skin test) and ate at Wah Taj, which is the complex neigboring the one with Minerva and Curry N Kabob.
The Indian Chinese at Wah Taj was fantastic - the Chili Paneer was exellent and reminded me of Bombay and the rest of the chinese food was really good to. We also got takeout Indian from there and that was also good but not really spectacular.
The next day we ate at Hot Breads in NoVA, which was a disappointment after the excellent experience with Hot Breads in Richmond the previous weekend. The NoVA one didn’t have much of a menu, no dosas, no Indian Pizzas, just a few sandwiches and Pav Bhaji. The Pav Bhaji was just ok, the sandwiches were also just ok. The Richmond Hot Breads dosas were good and Pizza was also nice.
An update on Curry N Kabob, our old favorite in Herndon from a friend who lives close by - he stopped going there because he once found a cockroach in his food. Yikes! It still tastes as good though but eat at your own risk.
On Sunday as a change from spicy Indian food we went to a brunch place called “Waffle King’s Virginia Kitchen” and I have to say I have never eaten such bad waffles. My waffle was chewy and leathery - I would rather eat a Frozen toaster waffle than this again. I though it might just be mine but everyone elses waffles were the same. The only good thing here was the fresh sqeezed orange juice.
I’ve noticed that most flavored yogurts in grocery sotes have gelatin in them. Now there is no particular reason Yogurt needs gelatin. I would venture to guess that gelatin is cheaper than yogurt and is a tasteless filler material that probably saves companies money and makes the consistency arguably better. However personally, I see no particular consistency difference in yogurts with and without gelatin so I say it is all a gimmick to save money and also cheat customers into paying more for so called “All Natural” products which have fewer nasty ingredients. Dannon is one major national brand which does this - try to sell you a more expensive “All Natural” yogurt.
For several years now, we’ve been addicted to Sabra Hummus. Our favorite is the Supremely Spicy but all the others are great too. No other Hummus even comes close. Over the last few months other brands have also started making their own creamy style hummus but none of these come close to the Sabra either.