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90 thoughts on “DC Meetup: September 29th?”
Waah! Dosa porn again! When I’m at work too!
Who loves ya, baby? 😉
The chutney looks yummy!
hmmmm, i’d hit that
Dosa looks yumm!
But as saying goes, good things wont last forever. I wont be able to make it for the meetup 🙁
Have fun y’all ******s 🙂
PS: I thank Yo’dad again for the dessert from last meetup! Yo’rocks.
ANNA, why are you punishing me like this? so not fair….now i’m going to avoid the SM homepage just so i don’t have to look at that (and i could swear that you delay putting up other posts for a while whenever there is “dosa porn”). if ever there was a good reason to move to dc….
on a side note, does anybody know of a good (i.e. home-made good) south indian restaurant in the jersey city area? so far, the only dosas i’ve tasted in the area are at north indian restaurants, which rarely cut it.
Aren’t you people bored of dosa?
ducks and hides
the only dosas i’ve tasted in the area are at north indian restaurants, which rarely cut it.
BLASPHEMY! That’s paneer dosa*-level wrong.
You, poor, poor girl– you have my sympathies; yummy South Indian food is a right, not a privelege. 😀
*Not to be confused with “paneer dosa”, the commenter we have gifted with this silly nickname…she is always right.
Aren’t you people bored of dosa?
Don’t make me issue a Scythian alert. I’ll do it.
Pick me! Pick Me!
Me and the husband will be there for sure!
Aren’t you people bored of dosa?
Don’t make me issue a Scythian alert. I’ll do it.
in a scythian v. dravidian showdown. you guys can hold your fairness, height blah blah over us as much as you want, but in the end, i firmly believe south indian food will trump all 😉
ANNA, thanks for your sympathies – it’s been tough (sniffle). i’ve been putting up with it for quite some time, but i think no more – it’s my birthright, goddammit – i shall have my (good) dosa no matter what!
on a side note, does anybody know of a good (i.e. home-made good) south indian restaurant in the jersey city area? so far, the only dosas i’ve tasted in the area are at north indian restaurants, which rarely cut it.
Dosa Hut and the newer Ganesh something cafe on Newark Ave. They are not just the best dosa joints in JC but in all of greater NYC area.
I hate you.
Umm..is it just me, or did nobody else have any trouble deciphering what Anna wrote in her post?? 🙂 All I could make out were the words ‘meetup’ and ‘porn’! Well, knowing Anna and the previous meetups, I guess I’ll just have to take a chance and risk it 😉 Count me in, Anna!
Grrrrr. winter is on the doors, where are Chicago mutineers????
Wait, I thought it was talk like a pirate day….
Dosa Hut and the newer Ganesh something cafe on Newark Ave. They are not just the best dosa joints in JC but in all of greater NYC area.
i can’t go that far, but do you know which the good south Indian restaurants are in Queens / Nassau County?
sorry to threadjack with my previous post. you can delete it if it’s too off-topic.
but… revirginization theories?? what??
argh, I can not believe I will miss this one. Though I am in DC on 27th and 28th, I leave for NYC on 29th! If it was 28th or 30th, I would have made it for sure, sigh 🙁
6 · ak on September 19, 2007
on a side note, does anybody know of a good (i.e. home-made good) south indian restaurant in the jersey city area? so far, the only dosas i’ve tasted in the area are at north indian restaurants, which rarely cut it.
bit of a schlep, but try the Sri-Lankan places on Staten Island!
Yum!
E.g.,
New Asha Restaurant
322 Victory Blvd
Staten Island, NY 10301
718-420-0649
Call to the pirate order for a different place! Arrrrg!
I think the Sepia Mutiny meet ups need to become international! You guys could go on tour and bring that yummy food with you (please make Australia, specifically Melbourne, a stop)
These dosa snapshots are driving me wild.
Why can’t every city in the US have a restaurant like “Amma’s”????? (Or at least the city I live in!!)
nala – the hindu temple (flushing) has pretty good food in the canteen. but house of dosas in hicksville (on 107) is amazing – and some of the best madras coffee i have ever had (i broke an unofficial boycott the other day for some coffee and onion rava dosai – so worth it just for the coffee). there’s also a new place in hickville, dosa diner – i heard it’s not so bad. but the other two places are consistently great. are you from li?
i just realised what sucks the most – i’m actually near dc for the next two weeks, but have to schlep back to ny for a famiy gathering on the 29th. not that i don’t love my family, but still…;)
rob and posterity – thanks for the links – definitely going to try it out. is the dosa hutt the same one that used to be next to the temple in flushing?
Call to the pirate order for a different place! Arrrrg!
Walk the plank.
I’m too sleepy to explain, for the fifty-second time, why it’s always at Amma will attempt after waking and coffeeing
afff. no. arrrrrrrr.
is the dosa hutt the same one that used to be next to the temple in flushing?
no, that one still exists. it’s been forever since i’ve been there (it’s always too crowded for me to want to bother) so i don’t even remember what it’s like. same goes for the temple canteen.
i’m a queens girl, but close enough to long island. you’re from li right? …hicksville?
i think i can make it. depends on the time/the cal game that day…
also– you do know it’s georgetown’s homecoming week, right?? as in every single georgetown alum will have descended upon M street…it might be a difficult day to meet in terms of logisitics (as in buses running on time, parking for those of you with cars, etc.)just a warning!!
also– you do know it’s georgetown’s homecoming week, right??
No, I didn’t know that. Hmmm. Where’s Joe Alexander (the only Gtown alum I know of on here) when you need him for advice, damnit…
I guess I missed some previous meme here. What in the world is a “paneer dosa”? Besides a travesty, that is.
Aren’t you people bored of dosa?
Ha, I was asking myself the same thing. I enjoy dosa and all but you rarely find restaurants that know how to make them crave worthy. Usually it’s just some cardboard mess with sad, weak runny chutney. Although if the photo posted is from Amma’s, it does look pretty good.
How about a dosa meetup in the NYC area? Is Saravanas still good or has it gone downhill?
as in every single georgetown alum will have descended upon M street…it might be a difficult day to meet in terms of logisitics (as in buses running on time, parking for those of you with cars, etc.)just a warning!!
Parking always sucks, but the entire WMATA/blue bus/connector thing is a concern if those are going to run even less efficiently than usual. I’m not worried about the restaurant itself, because once we RSVP, our tables are reserved (and on Saturday, the waiter who is known to smack me is there, so he’s even more protective of our spot…if only to ensure that he can keep me within arms length).
Anyone have any insight in to this event? No one gives a shit about GW’s homecoming, so I have no memory to ref. I hadn’t set “the time” yet for our meetup, though I was obviously planning/hoping for Saturday, early afternoon. Here’s the orig option (along with two alternates), since settling this detail may help with logistics (aren’t most alums/people gone by Sunday night??):
1) Friday evening
2) Saturday brunch
3) Sunday evening
Although if the photo posted is from Amma’s, it does look pretty good.
It is, from the last DC Meetup. 🙂
twitch
Walk the plank.
I’m too sleepy to explain, for the fifty-second time, why it’s always at Amma will attempt after waking and coffeeing
afff. no. arrrrrrrr.
No I remember the eating everyday, etc…
eh? My patch is itchy.
To SkepMod@29 re paneer dosa:
A metaphor that started here and evolved into something of an in-joke here and here. (You may need to search the page for paneer and scan through multiple comments).
If your stomach is of a sensitive disposition, please don’t read those threads immediately after or before meals. 😀
*Not to be confused with “paneer dosa”, the commenter we have gifted with this silly nickname…she is always right
YES!! Thanks for the shout out akka:P
All I could make out were the words ‘meetup’ and ‘porn’!
Um, Does anything else really matter?
House of Dosas in Hicksville is pretty good and the one on Newark Avenue as posterity mentioned is Sri Ganesh Dosa house, it is the one opposite Rasoi and is excellent.
And for lunch its DOSA at Udipi in Montclair. In JC, I love Dosa Hut and that Ganesha place. Recently I had ChickenMysoredosa at Mughal in Edison, it was an outofbody experience!
I go to Georgetown, but I couldn’t give two shits about Homecoming and can offer absolutely no relevant or helpful information as to traffic or public transportation that weekend. That may change if I ask around my department, which I will.
Um, maybe it was all the latin, but I couldn’t find a time for the meet-up in the above invite. I have a daytime training to attend that Saturday, but don’t want to miss the dosa. I guess my vote would be for a Saturday dinner or Sunday dinner then. Or hell, even Friday. I’m a grad student, I have no life.
Did someone say Chicago mutineers? Yes where are they — plenty of dosa joints here (unfortunately, quantity trumps quality here).
But, I’m really amused that it has become such a fantastic running joke.
Anna’s comment explained all that, though it should, of course, be read along with CoffeeFace’s own link @41, which should appear like this.
Thankfully I’d eaten lunch before looking at the dosa porn, and thus was not at all tempted. Now, if ANNA had posted a picture of idli sambar I would be in trouble.
I miss South Indian food 🙁
No I remember the eating everyday, etc…
No, that’s why I love Amma. We love Amma for meetups because
a) it’s relatively inexpensive
b) it’s low-key, which means we can hear each other
c) most people prefer when we meet for Southie food (note all the lust for dosa pr0n)
d) THEY NEVER KICK US OUT.
re: that last one…meetups are extra awesome when there’s no one pressuring you to give up your table. I’ve mentioned it in the past, but when you’re on really good terms with the mgmt of a place, it makes hosting something like this much easier. In DC, my best relationships are with Heritage and Amma; in SF, I used to be thisclose to the people at Greco. That’s the reason for my stubborn preference for those venues, for meetups in either city.
too bad i have an afternoon of standardized testing.
yay!
just the sight of that dosa on top of the post, drove me to go to Udipi here and order a Mysore Masala 🙂
“No, that’s why I love Amma. We love Amma for meetups because
a) it’s relatively inexpensive
b) it’s low-key, which means we can hear each other
c) most people prefer when we meet for Southie food (note all the lust for dosa pr0n)
d) THEY NEVER KICK US OUT.
re: that last one…meetups are extra awesome when there’s no one pressuring you to give up your table. I’ve mentioned it in the past, but when you’re on really good terms with the mgmt of a place, it makes hosting something like this much easier. In DC, my best relationships are with Heritage and Amma; in SF, I used to be thisclose to the people at Greco. That’s the reason for my stubborn preference for those venues, for meetups in either city. “
Yes, jest, I know the reasons. However, I like buttermilk chicken every once in a while since never make it myself. 🙂 It’s ok, that weekend is killer anyway-
However for the record, I sent one of my South Indian friends to the Amma’s in Georgetown and he told me in his opinion it was not that good.
However for the record, I sent one of my South Indian friends to the Amma’s in Georgetown and he told me in his opinion it was not that good.
I def think it was more consistently awesome a few years ago, but after getting food poisoining last month at a restaurant that rhymes with “wood-ipee”, I’m more grateful than ever to Amma. For the record, in my opinon, I think that far more often than not, in the hundreds of times I’ve been there over the past nine years, it’s been yummy.
I’m just grateful to live somewhere where we even have a choice…some of my friends in Florida, Arizona and Virginia (outside of NoVa) live in areas where there IS NO southie joint. I want to revisit Woodlands. Sriram took me to Madras Palace or somewhere in Gaithersburg that wasn’t bad, at all.
I def think it was more consistently awesome a few years ago, but after getting food poisoining last month at a restaurant that rhymes with “wood-ipee”, I’m more grateful than ever to Amma. For the record, in my opinon, I think that far more often than not, in the hundreds of times I’ve been there over the past nine years, it’s been yummy.
I haven’t been there in years. I remember back in the early 80s when going to ISP in College Park on Saturday afternoons was the only time during the week when we would see fellow desi(s). Times have changed! 🙂
You know what would funny…if in 40 years people non desi(s) in the US start getting arranged marriages.
You know what would funny…if in 40 years people non desi(s) in the US start getting arranged marriages.
Waah! Dosa porn again! When I’m at work too!
Who loves ya, baby? 😉
The chutney looks yummy!
hmmmm, i’d hit that
Dosa looks yumm!
But as saying goes, good things wont last forever. I wont be able to make it for the meetup 🙁
Have fun y’all ******s 🙂
PS: I thank Yo’dad again for the dessert from last meetup! Yo’rocks.
ANNA, why are you punishing me like this? so not fair….now i’m going to avoid the SM homepage just so i don’t have to look at that (and i could swear that you delay putting up other posts for a while whenever there is “dosa porn”). if ever there was a good reason to move to dc….
on a side note, does anybody know of a good (i.e. home-made good) south indian restaurant in the jersey city area? so far, the only dosas i’ve tasted in the area are at north indian restaurants, which rarely cut it.
Aren’t you people bored of dosa?
ducks and hides
BLASPHEMY! That’s paneer dosa*-level wrong.
You, poor, poor girl– you have my sympathies; yummy South Indian food is a right, not a privelege. 😀
*Not to be confused with “paneer dosa”, the commenter we have gifted with this silly nickname…she is always right.
Don’t make me issue a Scythian alert. I’ll do it.
Pick me! Pick Me!
Me and the husband will be there for sure!
in a scythian v. dravidian showdown. you guys can hold your fairness, height blah blah over us as much as you want, but in the end, i firmly believe south indian food will trump all 😉
ANNA, thanks for your sympathies – it’s been tough (sniffle). i’ve been putting up with it for quite some time, but i think no more – it’s my birthright, goddammit – i shall have my (good) dosa no matter what!
on a side note, does anybody know of a good (i.e. home-made good) south indian restaurant in the jersey city area? so far, the only dosas i’ve tasted in the area are at north indian restaurants, which rarely cut it.
Dosa Hut and the newer Ganesh something cafe on Newark Ave. They are not just the best dosa joints in JC but in all of greater NYC area.
I hate you.
Umm..is it just me, or did nobody else have any trouble deciphering what Anna wrote in her post?? 🙂 All I could make out were the words ‘meetup’ and ‘porn’! Well, knowing Anna and the previous meetups, I guess I’ll just have to take a chance and risk it 😉 Count me in, Anna!
Grrrrr. winter is on the doors, where are Chicago mutineers????
Wait, I thought it was talk like a pirate day….
i can’t go that far, but do you know which the good south Indian restaurants are in Queens / Nassau County?
sorry to threadjack with my previous post. you can delete it if it’s too off-topic.
but… revirginization theories?? what??
argh, I can not believe I will miss this one. Though I am in DC on 27th and 28th, I leave for NYC on 29th! If it was 28th or 30th, I would have made it for sure, sigh 🙁
bit of a schlep, but try the Sri-Lankan places on Staten Island! Yum!
E.g., New Asha Restaurant 322 Victory Blvd Staten Island, NY 10301 718-420-0649
Call to the pirate order for a different place! Arrrrg!
I think the Sepia Mutiny meet ups need to become international! You guys could go on tour and bring that yummy food with you (please make Australia, specifically Melbourne, a stop)
These dosa snapshots are driving me wild.
Why can’t every city in the US have a restaurant like “Amma’s”????? (Or at least the city I live in!!)
nala – the hindu temple (flushing) has pretty good food in the canteen. but house of dosas in hicksville (on 107) is amazing – and some of the best madras coffee i have ever had (i broke an unofficial boycott the other day for some coffee and onion rava dosai – so worth it just for the coffee). there’s also a new place in hickville, dosa diner – i heard it’s not so bad. but the other two places are consistently great. are you from li?
i just realised what sucks the most – i’m actually near dc for the next two weeks, but have to schlep back to ny for a famiy gathering on the 29th. not that i don’t love my family, but still…;)
rob and posterity – thanks for the links – definitely going to try it out. is the dosa hutt the same one that used to be next to the temple in flushing?
Walk the plank.
I’m too sleepy to explain, for the fifty-second time, why it’s always at Amma will attempt after waking and coffeeing
afff. no. arrrrrrrr.
no, that one still exists. it’s been forever since i’ve been there (it’s always too crowded for me to want to bother) so i don’t even remember what it’s like. same goes for the temple canteen.
i’m a queens girl, but close enough to long island. you’re from li right? …hicksville?
i think i can make it. depends on the time/the cal game that day…
also– you do know it’s georgetown’s homecoming week, right?? as in every single georgetown alum will have descended upon M street…it might be a difficult day to meet in terms of logisitics (as in buses running on time, parking for those of you with cars, etc.)just a warning!!
No, I didn’t know that. Hmmm. Where’s Joe Alexander (the only Gtown alum I know of on here) when you need him for advice, damnit…
I guess I missed some previous meme here. What in the world is a “paneer dosa”? Besides a travesty, that is.
Ha, I was asking myself the same thing. I enjoy dosa and all but you rarely find restaurants that know how to make them crave worthy. Usually it’s just some cardboard mess with sad, weak runny chutney. Although if the photo posted is from Amma’s, it does look pretty good.
How about a dosa meetup in the NYC area? Is Saravanas still good or has it gone downhill?
Parking always sucks, but the entire WMATA/blue bus/connector thing is a concern if those are going to run even less efficiently than usual. I’m not worried about the restaurant itself, because once we RSVP, our tables are reserved (and on Saturday, the waiter who is known to smack me is there, so he’s even more protective of our spot…if only to ensure that he can keep me within arms length).
Anyone have any insight in to this event? No one gives a shit about GW’s homecoming, so I have no memory to ref. I hadn’t set “the time” yet for our meetup, though I was obviously planning/hoping for Saturday, early afternoon. Here’s the orig option (along with two alternates), since settling this detail may help with logistics (aren’t most alums/people gone by Sunday night??):
1) Friday evening
2) Saturday brunch
3) Sunday evening
It is, from the last DC Meetup. 🙂
twitch
No I remember the eating everyday, etc…
eh? My patch is itchy.
To SkepMod@29 re paneer dosa:
A metaphor that started here and evolved into something of an in-joke here and here. (You may need to search the page for paneer and scan through multiple comments).
If your stomach is of a sensitive disposition, please don’t read those threads immediately after or before meals. 😀
YES!! Thanks for the shout out akka:P
Um, Does anything else really matter?
House of Dosas in Hicksville is pretty good and the one on Newark Avenue as posterity mentioned is Sri Ganesh Dosa house, it is the one opposite Rasoi and is excellent.
And for lunch its DOSA at Udipi in Montclair. In JC, I love Dosa Hut and that Ganesha place. Recently I had ChickenMysoredosa at Mughal in Edison, it was an outofbody experience!
I go to Georgetown, but I couldn’t give two shits about Homecoming and can offer absolutely no relevant or helpful information as to traffic or public transportation that weekend. That may change if I ask around my department, which I will.
Um, maybe it was all the latin, but I couldn’t find a time for the meet-up in the above invite. I have a daytime training to attend that Saturday, but don’t want to miss the dosa. I guess my vote would be for a Saturday dinner or Sunday dinner then. Or hell, even Friday. I’m a grad student, I have no life.
Did someone say Chicago mutineers? Yes where are they — plenty of dosa joints here (unfortunately, quantity trumps quality here).
Please see here.
But, I’m really amused that it has become such a fantastic running joke.
Anna’s comment explained all that, though it should, of course, be read along with CoffeeFace’s own link @41, which should appear like this.
Thankfully I’d eaten lunch before looking at the dosa porn, and thus was not at all tempted. Now, if ANNA had posted a picture of idli sambar I would be in trouble.
I miss South Indian food 🙁
No, that’s why I love Amma. We love Amma for meetups because
a) it’s relatively inexpensive
b) it’s low-key, which means we can hear each other
c) most people prefer when we meet for Southie food (note all the lust for dosa pr0n)
d) THEY NEVER KICK US OUT.
re: that last one…meetups are extra awesome when there’s no one pressuring you to give up your table. I’ve mentioned it in the past, but when you’re on really good terms with the mgmt of a place, it makes hosting something like this much easier. In DC, my best relationships are with Heritage and Amma; in SF, I used to be thisclose to the people at Greco. That’s the reason for my stubborn preference for those venues, for meetups in either city.
too bad i have an afternoon of standardized testing. yay!
just the sight of that dosa on top of the post, drove me to go to Udipi here and order a Mysore Masala 🙂
“No, that’s why I love Amma. We love Amma for meetups because
a) it’s relatively inexpensive
b) it’s low-key, which means we can hear each other
c) most people prefer when we meet for Southie food (note all the lust for dosa pr0n)
d) THEY NEVER KICK US OUT.
re: that last one…meetups are extra awesome when there’s no one pressuring you to give up your table. I’ve mentioned it in the past, but when you’re on really good terms with the mgmt of a place, it makes hosting something like this much easier. In DC, my best relationships are with Heritage and Amma; in SF, I used to be thisclose to the people at Greco. That’s the reason for my stubborn preference for those venues, for meetups in either city. “
Yes, jest, I know the reasons. However, I like buttermilk chicken every once in a while since never make it myself. 🙂 It’s ok, that weekend is killer anyway-
However for the record, I sent one of my South Indian friends to the Amma’s in Georgetown and he told me in his opinion it was not that good.
I def think it was more consistently awesome a few years ago, but after getting food poisoining last month at a restaurant that rhymes with “wood-ipee”, I’m more grateful than ever to Amma. For the record, in my opinon, I think that far more often than not, in the hundreds of times I’ve been there over the past nine years, it’s been yummy.
I’m just grateful to live somewhere where we even have a choice…some of my friends in Florida, Arizona and Virginia (outside of NoVa) live in areas where there IS NO southie joint. I want to revisit Woodlands. Sriram took me to Madras Palace or somewhere in Gaithersburg that wasn’t bad, at all.
I haven’t been there in years. I remember back in the early 80s when going to ISP in College Park on Saturday afternoons was the only time during the week when we would see fellow desi(s). Times have changed! 🙂
You know what would funny…if in 40 years people non desi(s) in the US start getting arranged marriages.
Isn’t that already happening on eHarmony? 😉