Belmont BBQ

We finally visited Belmont BBQ the other weekend. It was a beautiful day, so we got the food to-go and had a little picnic. The food was great. I got a rib a sandwich. Betsy had a pulled pork sandwich and we shared some french fries. The BBQ is delicious. The style of BBQ is definitely Virginian. The pork sandwich was a little juicy with a thicker sweet sauce. They also have spicier sauce options. The rib sandwich was very "wet." Generally I prefer more of the North Carolina style BBQ (which is an option too), but I really thought the BBQ we had was great. One option I think we'll have to get next time is a this bucket which they put essentially all of their kinds of BBQ in with a side. The french fries were good, but maybe a little too flavorful. In short, this is definitely a place we will be going back too. The best BBQ I have had in a while.

Lee's Grill

This is a small restaurant just east of 14th and University on the Corner. It has very good cheap Asian food. It has Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and other Southeast Asian dishes. I had a Vietnamese beef noodle soup and Betsy had a grilled beef dish. Both dishes were very good, and at the right price this place will become a once-in-a-while lunch stop for me. The service was excellent and the waitress made us feel very comfortable. I think they do take out too, so it might give us a break from Asian Express.

AsianExpress Take 2

We tried AsianExpress for a second time tonight. This time, I tried the sushi (shrimp tempura roll) and Charlie had the Hunan Beef. Both were delicious! Take out/delivery sushi - I'm set!

AsianExpress

We got Chinese take-out the other night from AsianExpress. It's on Main St. close to the hotels and Amtrak station. We have to agree with the rating given in "The Best of Charlottesville" - the food was good and pretty cheap. I am big fan of lo-mein and AsianExpress made it really well. They also serve sushi - which we'll have to try next time.

There seem to be a wealth of Asian restaurants around, from cheap takeout to more upscale pan-Asian or Indian. Hopefully we can find a Thai place as good as our favorite place in DC (Regent Thai), but that is a very high standard. I think next up for Asian is another visit to BANG! or a visit to one of the Indian places on the mall. But in the meantime, AsianExpress will probably become our go-to cheap take-out place.