American -> United Airlines -> Sterling, VA

There is only pictures and reviews of the food on our trip there cause the food was just so awful we didn’t take any on our return flight back.

	Beef Stragnoff – The beef was not too chewy. The noodles were firm, the best of the bunch.
	Ginger Chicken – The chicken didn’t taste like chicken, more like tofu. That set off some red flags. Sprinkled with sesame, though it really wasn’t that pronounced.
	Ramen – Can’t expect too much, wasn’t too bad for Instant Noodles.
	Japanese Noodles – Wife didn’t like it, the problem was I had this after the pasta and thought it was great compared to the mess that was the pasta. The noodles were a bit too soft and the veggies were too flavorful.
	Pasta – Absolutely disgusting, the pasta was soft and smushy and the sauce was way over peppered.

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American -> McDonalds -> Vienna, VA

I don’t know why I bothered, but I decided to try out the new Angus burger at McD’s, especially with the coupons that we got.

Angus Swiss and Mushroom Burger – The burger was dried out, like any of their other burgers. What a waste of Angus beef. They could have Kobe beef, overcook it and have the same thing. Nice slop of mayo on the burger. The mushrooms were of course overcooked. The price of one of these things was $5, I rather pay the extra $2 and get a decent burger at Ray’s or for the same price get one at Five Guys. What a joke.

Fries-See previous review (Link Below).

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American -> Chick-Fil-A -> Fairfax, VA

We got some coupons denoting a grand opening of Chick Fil-A with free sandwiches.

Chicken Sandwich-See previous review (Link Below).

Decor: I really wanted to write a review telling of the crazy service we got here. First as always Chick-Fil-A has great training on customer service. With “Yes, sirs”, “Our pleasure to serve you”, etc from the employees mouths. Awesome. So this place has fresh flowers on the tables, no plastic and someone arranging them to look nice. Also they had staff going around cause they weren’t busy taking away trash and asking if they could help refill drinks. At a fast food place no less. The wife and I commented that we’ve been to “classier” places with worse service than this. And the people didn’t seem like they hated doing this or was doing it to avoid doing worse grunt jobs. They seemed nice and tried to strike up a pleasant conversation without seeming nosy or pushy. It totally blew our minds. Gold stars all around. The traffic pattern is a bit tricky to get here, but for this kind of service, I’ll make the sacrifice.

Location: 9509 Fairfax Blvd, 22031
Hours: Mon – Sat; 0600 -2200

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American -> Ruby Tuesday -> Fairfax, VA

We wanted some greens so we decided to come here for the salad bar.

	Salad Bar – See previous review (Link Below). I don’t know if it’s the economy but there seems to be less and less options at the salad bar.
	Jumbo Lump Crab Cake (Almost all crab and nearly no cake. Made from fresh, premium jumbo lump crab meat and seared to a golden brown.) – The crab cake was more like a crab pancake. Weird shape. Also the salad that came with it was very flimsy. The crab itself was so so , not a ton of jumbo crab, but a decent amount. Came with this very strong and piqaunt sauce.
	Mini Trio (Our famous Ruby mini, a savory turkey mini with Ruby’s mayonnaise, and our crab cake mini with a sweet and spicy chile sauce.) – See above for crab cake. The min-burgers were a little dry. The turkey mini was . The fries were really overcooked.

Quick Note: Service was atrocious. Waters were left unfilled the whole dinner. Server was pleasant but she was absent other than delivering food. When we asked for a box to go, she gave us the smallest box, which any two year old could see would not hold the food we had left over.

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American -> Ray’s Hell Burger -> Arlington, VA

We kept trying to come up with a place to eat for dinner, we decided it was best if we just came back to the DC area to eat.

	Root Beer – Standard Old Dominion Root Beer from the tap. Nice large pitcher hit the spot for all three of us nicely.
	Regular Burger – Wife ordered a simple burger with just onions and mushrooms as she was in the mood for something simple and direct.
	The Burger of Seville (Seared Foie Gras, Sauteed Mushrooms, Bordelaise Sauce, Truffle Oil) – Ok I absolutely have been eyeing this for a while. I love foie gras and to be able to serve it with truffle and beef, I had to try it. A fair amount of Foie Gras for the price as well. The Bordelaise sauce was the key as it perfectly tied in the mushrooms with the foie gras. It was so aromatic and very delicious, I sadly wolfed the whole thing down as it was so amazingly good. The truffle oil was mild and not overly strong which was helpful as well.
	B.I.G. Poppa (Au Poivre Burger With Black Peppercorn Crust, Aged Danish Bleu Cheese, Cognac & Sherry Sauteed Mushrooms, Grilled Red Onions) – Our friend stated that the blue cheese was bit of an overload. Also she said that since the peppercorn and the blue cheese have two very strong distinct taste, she didn’t know if the two combined well at all.

Decor: They moved it a few doors down to the old Ray’s the Steaks building. Similar setup with a better control on the line. Note, we discovered if you come here at  9 pm, there is no line.  We came at 8:30 but the line moved at a fair and brisk pace.

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