5 more Awesome iPhone Apps for International Cuisines

October 3, 2010 by Leave a comment

Here are 5 more iPhone Apps on top of the previous 5 Apps for those of you into international cuisines:

1. Yum Cha Dim Sum

Those push carts with the steaming bamboo baskets are such a beautiful sight and smell. But when that cart comes by with the mile-high stack of steamers, the lids come off and it can be hard to know what exactly you’re looking at. The Yum Cha Dim Sum app is a great dim sum decoder, and even provides color photos, calorie counts and key ingredients for a variety of dim sum fare. Read more of this post

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5 Awesome iPhone Apps for International Cuisines

October 1, 2010 by Leave a comment

If you are into international cuisines, here are 5 Awesome iPhone apps that comes pretty handy:

1. Mexi-Pedia


What’s the difference between a burrito and a chimichanga? The latter is a fried version of the former. The Taco Bell chihuahua actually did a good job of improving the Mexican food vernacular in pop culture, but there’s so much more to the cuisine than the fast food chain offers. The Mexi-Pedia app provides overviews of popular Mexican dishes and includes color photography as well. Read more of this post

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Washington, D.C. Restaurants Becoming more and more International

June 6, 2010 by 2 Comments



Since the rise of our new president, Washington has certainly attracted more international cuisines to the city. In recent years, diners looking for a less predictable menu have migrated to the inventive and ethnic restaurants opening on and around the K Street strip.

These new entrants borrow from the rigorous authenticity of the nearby suburban immigrant communities — where Korean, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Burmese, Salvadoran, Cantonese and Thai restaurants flourish in strip-mall storefronts. The Capital is also in the midst of a shift in food culture: new farmers’ markets; celebrity chefs, both home-grown and imported; and the healthy and engaged date-night meals of the first couple.  Here are a few we recently tried: Read more of this post

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