#16: J&W Asian Bistro

Date Visited: 22 June 2008

Meal: Lunch

Diners: 3 - Me, Wendy, & Alicia

Experience: J&W Asian Bistro is the new name for the Orient Kitchen (it still says "Orient Kitchen II" on the receipts), and it had some other name that I can't remember before that; I haven't been in there for many years. The interior design of the restaurant is all new, effective, and beautiful, with many oriental artfiacts adorning the dining area.

We were there for lunch, and the buffet looked good. For $6.95 you can have Sushi, Oriental salad, General Tso's Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Beef with Broccoli, Seafood medley, Spicy Green Beans, Lo Mein noodles, Fried Rice, and a few others I probably overlooked. It was all very good, but not ourstanding. We all tried different things, but I was the only one who tried the Sushi.



On the day of our visit, we were the only customers in the place except one other lady. I happened to recognize another person I saw at the bar; it was the guy who runs Tai Pei Cafe! Maybe he was exchaning recipes? or spying? or maybe he's just a friend of the proprietors.

Location: 707 M E. Market St., Leesburg, VA, 20176

Web site: none

Total bill: $31.80 + $6.00 tip = $37.80

#15: La Chocita Grill

Date Visited: 16 June 2008 (Father's Day)

Meal: Dinner

Diners: 3 - Me, Wendy, & Alicia

Experience: La Chocita Grill bills itself as serving "Mexican, Central and South American Cuisine", which helps you understand this is no average Mexican restaurant. Situated in an old house between Market and Loudoun streets, on the back side of the Liberty gas station, it's easy to miss this gem. As you can see in the first photo, La Chocita Grill unfortunately shares a driveway and a sign with "Doggy Do RIght" (a dog training business?) on the Market Street side. The back side sign on the Loudoun Street side is much better (second photo).



One of La Chocita's specialties is their Rotisserie Charcoal Chicken, but no one in our party wanted it for this visit. I ended up ordering from the "Latino Specialties" section of the menu, and got the "Carne Con Camarones (Flank charcoal steak with shrimp and our delicious Salvadorean style sauce; served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo)". Whatever the "Salvadorean style sauce" is, it was delicious! (sort of like BBQ sauce, but way better.) Wendy had something with chicken and avocado (couldn't remember the name of the dish). Alicia had the Chicken Quesadilla. We also ordered a couple of Pupusas (Cheese and Pork) to round out our experience. Everything was great.

La Chocita Grill offers a great variety of Latino dishes, and seems to be fairly authentic, judging by the majority of Latinos in the restaurant. We will certainly go back again, and try the Rotisserie Charcoal Chicken!



Location: 210 Loudoun St. SE, Leesburg, VA, 20175

Web site: http://lachocitagrill.com/

Total bill: $35.59 + $7.00 tip = $42.59