SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier

Website:http://www.spagnvola.com/
Location: 360 Main Street, Suite 100, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Hours of Operation:
Monday: Closed

Tuesday - Thursday:	11:00 am	-	8:00 pm
Friday - Saturday:	10:00 am	-	9:00 pm
Sunday:	10:00 am	-	6:00 pm

Phone: (240) 654-6972

Introduction
Taking a stroll in Kentlands after a dinner at Yoyogi, my boyfriend and I came upon SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier. At first, we walked by, noticing there were many people inside. Later on our way back, we decided why not try the place. As they say, a place that is filled with many people means that the food must be good. Plus I have a really bad sweet tooth, so I was excited to have dessert! Once inside, there is an intoxicating smell of chocolates.

Food
This place has bon bons, truffles, other chocolate desserts and gelato. Since this is a chocolatier, we decided on trying the types of chocolate gelatos. There were unique flavors such as chipotle chocolate gelato as well as vanilla bourbon gelato. The Chipotle chocolate was spicy! It had a kick to it. The vanilla bourbon one only had a hint of bourbon. I couldn't taste the bourbon, but my boyfriend could. We ended up deciding on a rum chocolate with caramel gelato and I myself, got a berry gelato.  I would have been more daring and got the chipotle chocolate gelato, but I wasn't so sure I was able to eat so much of it...Yes I know, I chickened out! The rum chocolate with caramel gelato was rather liquidity and too soft. The berry gelato was OK. Nothing speical nor great about it. They had samples of their chocolates and chocolate bars by the register. Honestly, the chocolate wasn't anything different than just a Hershey's kiss. The only thing is, it was alot softer...but for the price, to me it wasn't worth it. Eating 3 pieces of the sample saves me about $3.00. That is why we didn't get any of the pieces of chocolates.

Overall
I would most likely never come back to this place. One thing that was unexpected was the fact that the lady who "scooped" us the gelato was  really CHEAP! Instead of piling the small cup, she made sure to take the FLAT scooper and made sure we only got an cup full. Can you say CHEAPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP? Once we saw what she did, we knew we would NEVER come back. We walked away disappointed and felt ripped off. My rating for this place...1/5. Nice try. I think it will close down in 3 months if it doesn't change its customer service.

I forgot to take a picture... but here are two that I found.

Pho 95

Website:http://www.pho95md.com/
Location: 785H Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852
Hours of Operation:

Sunday-Thursday: 11:00AM - 8:30 PM
Friday-Saturday: 11:00AM - 9:00PM
Tuesday: Closed

Phone: (301) 294-9391


Introduction
This place is my favorite and the best place to get Pho. The restaurant is clean and is very colorful compared to any other Pho locations. The walls are decorated with yellow and white tiles. The back walls are painted green. The chair cushions are green. In addition,the chopticks and spoons are green too!

Food
I only get three things each time I am here. First, for appetizer, I always order Vietnamese fried spring rolls and Shrimp rolls. The fried spring rolls are a must-have. If you come here, you MUST and I mean MUST order this. The fried spring rolls consists of chicken , rice noodle and vegetable wrapped in a spring roll sheet and deep fried. The spring rolls always come out fresh and hot. Never once have I been disappointed.  The fried spring rolls are complimented by fish sauce and garnished with a piece of lettuce, some shredded carrots, a slice or two of cucumber and cilantro. I am not sure, if the garnishes are to be eaten, but I dip all of the garnishes into the fish sauce and eat everything. The Shrimp rolls consists of three pieces of shrimp, rice noodles, and lettuce wrapped in rice paper. This is a cold dish and is meant to be served cold. This is just as mouth-watering. The rolls are served with a brown sweet sauce with some sriracha sauce. I don't know how else to describe these rolls. The shrimp is well cooked and NOT overcooked. The lettuce is crisp and clean. The rolls are obviously hand-made and you can tell. Finally, for the Pho, I always order #1. The #1 consists of a slice of eye-of-round steak, well-done brisket, well-done flank, fat brisket, soft tendon and tripe. This has a bit of everything, that is why I order #1. The Pho broth at is what makes this specific Pho the best. The broth at is clean, yet strong and flavorful. It has a bit sweetness to it too.  The broth is very fragrant and there is just the right amount of star anise. The serving size is just right and each time I eat here, I just want to eat more and more!

Overall
The service is great here, the waitress or waiter really attends to the customers. My boyfriend's neighbors are actually the owners of Pho 95. The wife can speak Vietnamese and Cantonese. I guess the only thing that I do not quite like about this Pho place is the fact that the restaurant's Pho scent is very very and I mean very strong. I do not wear my wool coat into this place, becuase if I did, then my coat would smell like Pho forever. Well, that wouldn't be such a bad thing, except for the fact that I will be hungry for it all day and everyday. Personally, I would rate this restaurant 5 out of 5 stars. My opinions may be biased becuase I have never ordered anything but #1 and the rolls, but they just too good. Plus, when your there, look around, almost everyone is ordering Pho and the rolls.

Vasilis Mediterranean Grill

Website:http://www.vasilisgreek.com/
Location: 353 Main Street, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Hours of Operation:

Lunch

Monday - Saturday : 11:00 am - 3:30 pm

Dinner
Monday - Thursday : 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Other Times

Friday and Saturday 11:00 am -10:00 pm

Phone: (301) 977-1011

Introduction
I went here with my friends from my previous workplace. Just like me, they both are major foodies! This restaurant is located in Kentlands, Gaithersburg. The restaurant is really catchy-to-the-eyes, because of its bright blue and white paints on the outside of the restaurant. Anywho, once inside, the place is decently sized, not to big and not to small. The blue colors from the outside of the restaurant is definitely brought inside, with blue colored lamps. The golden-painted walls are lined with photos of the Mediterranean to bring in the Mediterranean ambiance.

Food
The lunch menu consists of various seafood, dip, meat & poultry, vegetable and cheese mezedes. There are also numerous salads, hot panini, shish-kabobs, seafood entrées, other entrées and greek platters. We all decided to settle for greek platters. For the greek platters, you can decide to order just the sandwich ($7-$9) or platter ($12-$13). The platter is the sandwich  served with a Greek salad and a choice of
french fries or rice. Each lunch entrée comes with a Greek salad. The Greek salad consists of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, red onions, olives, and feta cheese. The salad was a bit...empty...it had tiny pieces of each ingredient, except for the lettuce. It was disappointing. For the main entrée, I chose the Lamb Souvlaki. It was grilled marinated lamb served on a grilled pita with chopped lettuce, diced tomatoes, onions, feta cheese, and the house–made tzatziki, with french fries on the side! It was decent, the sandwich had about 5 pieces of lamb. I bit less than I thought...and a bit drier than what I would like. The tzatziki sauce was mouth-watering. I wanted to order a second serving of the tzatziki just so I can pour it on everything and lick the plate clean! The french fries were nothing too special, it was just like any normal french fries you could get. Dessert, however, was spectacular, we decdied to get the galaktobouriko, which was lemon custard between sheets of phyllo with light honey syrup and garnished with cocoa powder, powdered sugar and raspberry sauce on the side. It would have to be the best part of this lunch, apart from the tzatziki sauce. I wouldn't say it was very lemony though, personally, I did not taste any lemon. Everything worked well together, if I could change just one thing, I would have more raspberry sauce on the side.

Service
The waitress was patient and attentive, without being a nuisance. She was able to respond to our questions about various food items, ones where we had no idea what it was. The waitress did everything with a smile. She made us feel welcomed. At first, we had a hard time deciding whether to get dessert or not, but she made recommendations and that led us to discovering the galaktobouriko.

Overall
I would rate this place a 3 our of 5 stars. The food was OK, nothing to special. The tzatziki sauce and the dessert was the best part. Service was as expected. This was a decent place to eat at, I would love to return for the dessert once more!