Milk delivery in Del Ray

If you’re like my family (3 wee ones), you likely go through milk at a voracious clip.  Which means you can’t keep enough in the house, have heavier, clunkier trips to the grocery and invariably hit the store at the moment they’re out of the brand you like.
We took a swing at these hassles by [...]

One Egg Nog to Rule Them All: Recipe

Thanksgiving is behind us, the retail world has already begun the annual programming of our brains that to love is to buy, and you’re likely starting the holiday party parade – if a little diminished from years past.  So even though recipes aren’t really our bag here on lokalgood like they are on good chow sites (like [...]

Chinese Food: Take 2 on Takeout

A while back I wrote about a surprising local Chinese joint with super tasty food and a big, cool, throw back restaurant atmosphere.  Called Peking Gourmet Inn.  Well recently I tried it for takeout and here’s the quick addendum from that angle.
The good – just like when I ate there in person, the chow was [...]

Satisfaction for a Chinese craving

Recently a rare craving for Chinese struck me hard. After some web searching to no avail and a false start to Old Town, we ended up at Peking Gourmet Inn near Seven Corners on the recommendation of a friend. What a surprise.  Place is terrific. Growing up in the country, the Chinese restaurant [...]

Best breakfast dish in Alexandria

In my experience that’s not saying much generally.  Really yummy breakfast food is hard to find in these parts.  Probably because, beyond hotels who have to feed their guests, there’s not much scratch to be made in breakfast for others in the food trade.  In Del Ray there’s Mancini’s which is great to have, reasonably [...]