Loopy’s Eatery Food Truck @ Crystal City Food Truck Thursdays – 5/25/2017
#ThePlace
Where: Loopy’s Eatery Food Truck – @LoopysEatery
When: 5/25/2017
Who Picked: Nick & Eric
This week for food truck Thursday in Crystal City, the rain and clouds cleared just long enough for us to eat lunch. We both brought our rain jackets in case it rained again, but the sun broke through the clouds and blinded both of us as we both forgot our sunglasses. We got there after 11:30 am, it seemed like most of the crowd was scared away by the rain earlier. We quickly narrowed down our options and both ended up choosing Loopy’s Eatery.
#TheFood
Nick had the Bulgogi cheesesteak which wasn’t on the menu, but was a special listed in the window, which you can kind of see in the first picture. Loopy’s packs thinly sliced Bulgogi beef, caramelized onions, lettuce, tomatoes, and American cheese on a sub roll and tops everything with spicy mayo. The Bulgogi had great flavor and the onions were perfectly cooked. The American cheese tied everything together nicely and the spicy mayo added plenty of flavor, but it didn’t quite meet my definition of spicy.
Eric had the “Bowl (bibim bap)” with beef. This is a traditional mixing bowl with a fried egg, carrots, spinach, bean sprouts, lettuce, white rice and a choice of meat with Korean chili sauce on the side. He really liked that both the carrots and the bean sprouts had been marinated and cooked, they had really great flavor. He also really enjoyed the sauce which seemed like a cross between Sriracha sauce and something sweeter. Upon further research, maybe it is house blend Gochujang Korean chili sauce? Eric added a little bit of the sauce to the top and made some room in the container before mixing everything together and adding the rest of the sauce.
#NoRegrets
#OtherNotes
The man at the window who took our orders was very friendly and attentive, we did not feel rushed placing the order or picking up the food, he even offered a bag for the food while he was putting the lid on the container.
#Decor
The truck design is minimalist and looked very clean on the inside. The green sphere in the logo reminded me of the green sphere on the old Peapod trucks.
#TotalBill
$11 including tax for the Beef Bowl. We both paid by credit card on a tablet.
#OurRating
| Nick | |
| Eric |
Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot @ Eden Center – 5/19/2017
#ThePlace
Where: Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot
When: 5/19/2017
Who Picked: Nick
This was our first hot pot experience and our waitress took really good care of us. She gave a great introduction to their hot style and gave many good recommendations. The rest of the waitstaff was very attentive, filling our water and our broth.
#TheFood
We got the lamb lunch special with the half and half pot. This came with a pot of half spicy and half regular broth, a plate of lamb, and a plate of sides that included sponge tofu, a fish ball, a fish ball with pork, a meatball, enoki/shiitake mushrooms, crab sticks, a seaweed knot, napa cabbage, and house noodles.
We started with just the 1 lunch special for the two of us, ate that, and then asked for some recommendations on what to try next. Our waitress recommended the beef & lamb combo and bean curd sticks, so we went with that and some daikon and potatoes. The lamb and beef were both good cuts and while the potatoes and daikon took quite a bit longer to cook than the meat, we felt both were worth it. Neither of us have had bean curd sticks before, but in the end they were a good choice and were a great value for how much we got for the price.
#Regrets
We regret not trying the sides. We saw some on the menu that looked really good, but we were very full and also kind of forgot. We meant to try the Mongolian Kimchi. Nick would also order the extra spicy addition to the broth and some more noodles at the end to soak up more of the broth.
#OtherNotes
I believe an all you can eat hot pot offering is available Monday-Thursday, so unfortunately we missed out on that. Little Sheep differs from other hot pot restaurants as they don’t recommend adding any kind of sauce, they let the broth impart all of the flavor you need.
#Decor
They put some effort into the decor, I really liked the mixed wood on the walls and the floating ceiling pieces. They had nice cubbies under the benches for your jacket so they don’t pickup any smells. We also noticed USB charging outlets under most of the tables.
#Bathroom
The bathroom was clean, well-lit, and had nice decor.
#TotalBill
~$40 for two people who left very full
#OurRating
| Nick | |
| Eric |
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ERIC
#Like Bacon, Colesaw, Vietnamese Ice Coffee, Low/Medium Spicy #Dislike Pickled beets #WordsToLiveBy If Fish & Chips is on the menu, I have to try it.
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