Lynn and I spend a few days in Silver Spring, MD recently and were mostly underwhelmed with the food offerings. A lot of commercial stuff, (which is everywhere of course) but little in the way of creative or local food with a couple of notable exceptions one of which was Seoul Food DC. Seoul Food DC was actually contained in a small space within a gasoline station and had the energy of a "pop up" establishment. Seoul Food DC offers Korean spins on everyday fare such as the Kimchi Omelet made with local, cage free eggs, sticky rice, salsa roja and caramelized kimchi with a choice of tofu or bacon (Lynn had hers with bacon). Ana, one of the owners was operating the kitchen when we ordered and could not have been more charming or warm (her daughter was there, equally charming). She chatted with us about her culinary background and invited us to taste a few samples (I had a great seaweed marinated tofu). Despite the pop up quality of SF there is a sense that they run a serious, sophisticated operation with their tablet payment system and a groovy state of the art food truck which apparently goes into DC on a regular basis. No doubt, Seoul Food DC will keep us interested in visiting the small DC suburb on a regular basis....
