Falls Church Dinnanigans (Pt. 1)

Yep… Slacker me has gotten a post up!. :p

After a long day helping to run a leadership conference and academic tournament at George Mason University, we went out to dinner. At first we wanted to try a place Kechara had seen on Triple D: La Caraqueña. It turned out we needed a reservation (We had dinner there the next day, which will be in part 2). We walked about a block or two, and happened upon a gastropub, Mad Fox Brewing Company. Unfortunately for us, it was busy at the time; a long wait for our large-ish party was pretty much guaranteed (the quoted wait time was indeed long). Our merry band was hungry, so we moved on to another restaurant and pledged to reconvene at the brewery for dinner and dessert.

Across the plaza from Mad Fox, was a Japanese restaurant called Koi Koi. It wasn’t nearly as busy, and the food there was tasty.

For starters, I had the shrimp/vegetable tempura combo. The tempura crust was light and crispy…

I’m a sucker for udon noodles, so I ordered a big bowl of udon soup with beef. My soup was likely in a miso base and laced with seaweed, mushroom, and scallion. It was a little sweet, but I ate it all up (as you will see in a later shot).

Yep. I’m trying to maneuver my noodles…

…and I’m making sure to slurp them all up.

It really hit the spot.

Dan and one of our companions across from us (maybe both) had the barbecue combo, It looked yummy…

When we came back to Mad Fox for dessert and drinks, it was a lot less busy.

Did you save room? Dessert pictures after the jump.
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