Takoma Park - Magic Hippie Land on the Border - Continued

Still interested in exploring the world of Takoma Park, and now finally tired of cooking, the Kleiner and the Kleinette headed back up to Takoma Park tonight to have dinner at Mark’s Kitchen, a cool sort of asian-american diner that mixes deli sandwiches, ginger ice cream sundaes with bulgogi platters and stuffed acorn squashes.  As we both are very vegetarian friendly/or are vegetarians this was a perfect choice.  Marks Kitchen looks like a diner, white tables, aluminium pull out chairs and no booths.  I’ve had the Vegetable Curry with Brown Rice, which is really tasty and not too spicy, and feels extremely healthy.  I’ve also had bento boxes with various vegetables and seaweed that were delicious as well.  I like the variety of a bento and the healthiness of simply prepared veggies.  Tonight, I had Spinach Tofu Pancakes served with a soy-raspberry sauce, string beans, roasted sweet potato, salad and brown rice.  I really liked this dish, it felt healthy and the tastes were savory and rich.  Clocking in at about $9.50, it was a very perfect price.   The Kleiner had a huge veggie club sandwich that even included fake bacon.  Served with real, hand cut French fries and cole slaw this was a also a great option for a vegetarian often relegated to a veggie burger, grilled portabello, or hummus wrap.  I love Mark’s Kitchen, and will probably be back. 

I have to mention that I was tempted by both the cosy Roscoe's Neopolitan Pizza place that has fabulous reviews online and the Middle Eastern Cuisine and Market restaurant also located on Carroll Avenue.

After dinner, we made our way over to Video Americain, a video/film/dvd/movie rental shop that looked like it could have belonged equally as much in Takoma Park as it would in Somerville, MA or Brooklyn, NY. Its offerings are organized by country/genre/and sometimes even by director.  It has a sofa and a television mid-store for any sampling you might want to do.  I was woo'd by the 90s indie-emo flicks, the Israeli films, the British TV series and all the African movies...  I'll let the Kleiner take over reviewing it as he is the filmie and I the companion on these sorts of jaunts....