Bubble Express

Bubble Express
765 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 545-1708 ‎ ‎

Price: around $9


Rating 4/5





I'm confused as you are. Jumbo Jumbo Cafe, Asia Taste, Bubble Express??? People have many different names for this place. Even the store says Bubble Express on the top and Jumbo Jumbo cafe in the window. One this is for sure. GREAT PLACE! I believe its Taiwanesestyle food, but it's missing Oyster pancake and stinky tofu, with that it would be a 6/5 rating! This small store serves up the best Taiwanese style popcorn chicken and bubble tea. The bubble tea is always good, although not fresh... it uses a good syrup and not that nasty medicine tasting powder..

Passion Fruit Smoothie and Blueberry Smoothie. Has tapioca starch bubbles inside of it. Make sure you always Shake well before drinking!

For the entree! Taiwanese style chicken with pork over rice! This was VERY Filling for me and could only finish half. Basically its Taiwanese fried popcorn chicken, and two scoops of rice with ground pork on top. Personally my favorite now. However it could use more rice..

Over all This place is nice to go to. Very relaxed and good for a quick good bite!

Tackle Box

3245 M St NW
(between N Potomac St & N Wisconsin Ave)
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 337-8269

tackleboxrestaurant.com

Hours:
Mon-Sun 11 am - 11 pmPrice: $11 - $15

Rating: 3/5

Seafood comes in only two different forms here, grilled or crispy (fried). First I thought about the original fish and chips, however it works differently here. Tackle box has a unique way of ordering. First you pick your meal, either the Maine meal or the Tackle Box meal. Maine has +2 sides and Tackle Box is only +1 side. You choose you fish from the menu, the fish are cooked either grilled or crispy, AKA fried. You than pick a sauce and a side. Although the portions were smaller than I would hope for the price, surprisingly the fish was fresh, tasty and well seasoned!

Tackle Box Meal, Fish: Crispy Haddock, Side: Mac and Cheese, Sauce: Pesto.
The Haddock was very good and perfectly salted on the outside yet the first was a bit sweet.
It really was the best fried piece of fish I have had! Very well seasoned without drying out your mouth. However the mac and cheese wasn't up to par, nor did the pesto sauce go good with this. Even though this was well seasoned don't be afraid to use old bay.
Price: $9.50


Maine Meal, Fish: Grilled Cod, Side: Fries & Corn Brad. Sauce: BBQ Sauce
This was the grilled fish and yes, once again I feel the portions are small, but still tasty.
Sides again missed the mark as some of the fries were paper thin..
Price: $13.50

Tackle Box Meal, Fish: Crispy Shrimp, Side: Coleslaw, Sauce: Tarter
Not a big fan of Coleslaw, however the shrimp was good and not fishy.
Price: $9.50

Tackle Box Meal, Fish: Grilled Trout, Side: Grilled Asparagus, Sauce: Lemon
Yes.. Lemon is considered a sauce... This was was all around good again. I'm pretty sure they catch the fish fresh and cook it right there and than. This time the side was good, but than again it was 4 pieces of asparagus. I guess you would go to this place if your trying to diet.
Price: $9.50

Tackle Box Meal, Fish: Grilled Blue Fish, Side: Fried Green tomatoes, Sauce: lemon-garlic Aioli.
Sides was once again disappointing, it looked good but it wasn't hitting the taste as its suppose to. Good fried green tomatoes are salty on the outside and sweet on the inside.. not bland on the outside and sour in the middle. I guess its not in season. The fish however was once again good, however I wasn't impressed by the skin being burnt like that. The sauce was also not as described and instead of a "lemon-garlic Aioli" it should just be changed to Mayonnaise.
Price: $9.50

All in all the food was all right.. Portions can be larger and equal to the price. Sides needs to be taken care of as much as the fish has been. Not sure why you can only have one sauce. Don't know why you would consider lemon as a sauce. All in all the fish was the best part, however this is the restaurant that you need to make a pit stop at a fast food place after. O yea, FYI the price does not include a drink, drinks are $2. ENJOY!

Matuba Japanese Restaurant

4918 Cordell Ave

Bethesda, MD 20814

(301) 652-7449

www.matuba-sushi.com/

Sit Down Hours:
Monday - Friday 11:30am - 10:00pm
Sat - 12:00pm - 10:30pm
Sunday 5:00pm - 9:30pm

Buffet Hours:
Thursday - Sunday 11:30am - 1:45pm, 5:00pm - 9:30pm

Price:
Buffet - Lunch $13 Dinner $18.50
Dinner Sit Down - TOO MUCH FOR TOO LITTLE +$20
Rating: Buffet 4/5 , Dinner Sit Down 2/5

Located in the heart of Bethesda, Matuba is a small restaurant that serves quality sushi in its buffet, but poor sushi in the sit down. To start the sit down seating consist of two levels... and holds maybe a max of 20 tables.. very small. The buffet area in the back is the only reason why anyone should go here. For the same price as a buffet you will receive lower quality sushi and walk out of the restaurant trying to find the nearest McDonald's.


What you see here is the dinner sit down, in which I myself ate the Spicy scallop, Ikura 2pcs and Uni 2pcs.. Uni was $7.25 and was just not for me I guess..
Ikura for $6 something.. and for 2pcs I would think that there would be MORE Ikura loaded into it.. NOPE.. it was a layer..
Spicy Scallop only had scallops on the top.. he middle was tempura and that was about it.
Sit down? Not worth it.. only buffet from now on.
Everything you see on the picture to the left was $23..

Matuba Rotary bar Buffet!!

Sushi buffet in which the food comes to you. You will never need to leave your seat unless your making a phone call, or going to the bathroom. How awesome is that! Its a great idea but not many places can do this right.. actually there has not been any other that can compare to the quality and price. Although there is limited choices the quality is still good and taste great.

Shrimp Temp dish with other Tempura.

Spicy Tuna Hand Roll. Looks good and taste that much better!

California roll, just without the mayonnaise and shrimp egg.

Tempera Chicken

I want to say its a fried seafood ball thing. I know that its good!

Pot Stickers!! Make sure you get them hot.. so they are still crispy and not soggy.

Chicken Teriyaki. Actually very tasty and moist!

Ell nigiri. They also have Octopus, Salmon, and Tuna Nigiri.

Pretty sure its temp squid. This is very good also.

Fried Sushi! Its always good to have spicy Mayo Sauce on it!

Spicy Tuna rice tar tar? I think he made this special for us.

The sushi chef making all this food is very fair, kind and generous. If you feel as if the other tables around you are pigging out faster than you can, and grabbing your dishes that you want, just ask the chef directly and he will make the dish for you and hand it off. Food actually travels around and people aren't too greedy and grab things they don't eat. Its always fun to try to eat your moneys worth here and player sushi towers! All in all this is one of my favorite sushi spots in Maryland. Hope you guys can come visit this place and indulge and enjoy yourself.

Honey Pig Gooldaegee Korean Grill

7220 Columbia Pike

Ste C
Annandale, VA 22003

(703) 256-5229

www.kt411.com/bbq

Hours: 247!!

Price: Around $15 per person

Rating: 3.5/5




Korean BBQ. Opened 247! That is a major plus as this place is always packed when I go (normally at 12am.) A great chill post CLUB or Party to go eat. Forget the fast good and drive through, forget eggs and packages too. Real adults needs there meat late at night.

You will first start off with an appetizer dish. Personally I LOVE the salad and the potato salad. Super simple but when its 12am and your starving I guess everything taste great.

Than you get your plate of raw meat that is cooked in front of you on a hot plate.
They have all the different variety from seafood, chicken, pork and beef.

<== Bulgogi. Its pretty good and its the standard thing to get.
















Forgot what this was, but it was good.==>

Who needs pancakes and eggs when you have spicy pork belly as your bacon and marinated short ribs cooking in front of you. Instead of pancakes we get rice and mini dishes.

Cooking time for the meats aren't that long.. that or your just having too much fun with your friends and time flies fast.

At least for me, the steamed egg that we get always comes late near the end of the meal.

Korean BBQ. Open all day every day.. The only sad part is that its in VA and not Maryland.. Could really use one of these places on Rockville Pike. Service is decently good but only expect to see them three times, once when they come to your table to take your order, second is to bring the food, and third is to give you the check. Make sure you get everything you need in the short time you spend with them. Also it HELPS a million to have a Speaking Korean person in your group!. Enjoy!