6286B Arlington Blvd (at Wilson Blvd), Falls Church, VA
Vietnamese Restaurant · 7 tips and reviews
Christen Duong: My Vietnamese grandmother commands you to order the Banh Hue Dac Biet - a selection of Hue rice cake concoctions, with tasty shrimp and pork bits. Listen to Grannie!
Seafood Restaurant · Sheepshead Bay · 43 tips and reviews
Christen Duong: fffarrr, but it's the only lobster shack-like place in new york, and feels good to be on the water. combine it with a russian banya visit in sheepshead bay.
Chinese Restaurant · Chinatown · 76 tips and reviews
Christen Duong: Great roast duck. The noodle soups are hard to come by, Cho Lon, Chinese-Vietnamese style. Worth trying if you haven't, though full of MSG (just like it is in Vietnam).
990 Washington Ave (btwn President St & Empire Blvd), Brooklyn, NY
Botanical Garden · Prospect Park · 322 tips and reviews
Christen Duong: Make a Saturday of it: check out the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket, take a stroll around the botanic garden, then laze around in Prospect Park.