Chinatown's best restaurant returns!
After losing its lease a couple of years ago, Eat First has reopened on H Street, again raising the bar on food for every other restaurant in DC's otherwise disappointing Chinatown. This is not a fancy place. It's a simple storefront with fresh authentic food, including Hong Kong style noodle dishes, roast meats, clay pots, and the like. Service is friendly and attentive. The roast duck and pork aren't as good as Mark's Duck House in Falls Church, but some other dishes are best-in-class. Favorites include the pea pod sprouts in garlic and the wonderfully rich clay pots. Vegetarians should try their near-perfect vegetable spring rolls and a surprisingly delectable fresh soy sauce chow mein.    [18 Jun 2003 09:53:30]

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Recommended Dishes: Chicken with Ginger & Scallion in Clay Pot

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Best Chinese Food for Cheap
Went to this restaurant before a game at the MCI Center. We went with a party of 10 people and all of us agreed that most of the dishes were better than other chinese restaurants we'd been to. And to top it off, my brother wholeheartedly agrees. The only one that wasn't the greatest was General Tso's....everything else was perfect!    [23 Dec 2003 12:41:33]

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Recommended Dishes: Lemon Chicken, Lo Mein, veggie spring rolls, cashew chicken

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Terrible Service
When we were there, we waited for a very very long time for our food to be served. People around us that arrived after us got their food before we did. When we tried to get some attention from any waiter, they simply replied "it's coming" without stopping at our table or giving us a chance to even talk. Food was not bad, but service is just terrible.    [25 Jan 2007 16:51:20]

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Recommended Dishes: Pork Belly w/ Preserved Vegetable in Clay Pot

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