Happy House Asian Cuisine (Fairfax, VA)

How we love literal translations! And we are happy when we leave this perfect export of the small mom-and-pop restaurants you find throughout Korea. As with those restaurants, you can find both snacks and full entrees on the menu here. Some of the most popular dishes are Soondae (black sausage stuffed with cellophane noodles), Ja Jang Myun (udon noodles served with vegetables, pork and black bean sauce), Udong (thick egg noodle soup with fish, Ake, and vegetables), and Bibimbap (rice served with mixed vegetables, beef, and red bean paste). The list goes on and on.

Green Tea Café (Rockville, MD)

Bubble tea fanatic? This place is for you. Small yet comfortable, Green Tea Café offers 13 different flavors, with our favorites being Papaya, Taro Root, and Red Bean each which can be mixed into three tea flavors – Green, Black and Thai. While drinks remain their specialty, their recently added Thai food menu has been a success. You’ll find the food of the same quality as Sala Thai – they’ve got a chef who used to work there. Now you can have your lunch and a tasty bubble tea desert in one place.