Harmony Cafe in Georgetown

One sentence: Inexpensive and extremely tasty vegetarian Chinese eats.

Admittedly, I didn’t eat vegetarian there. They were out of the veggie tempura I wanted so I went with Singapore Curry Noodles because good ones are hard to find on the east coast and I miss them from my lunch days in San Francisco.

I had the chicken satay appetizer and the noodles as the main course. The satay wasn’t the best. But my friend had the crispy tofu steak appetizer. They were nicely puffy and crispy. I loved them! My friend also had the General Tso’s Chicken, but with not-chicken ‘tofu’ chunks. But they were decidedly not tofu. Soy-based maybe, but not bean curd. They were fibrous and meaty, and mighty delicious. Very satisfying with some fresh steamed broccoli in a satisfying bright green color and deliciously crisp.

The noodles were good. The dish is made of very thin noodles, a little chicken, shrimp and egg, and lots of onion, but sadly it wasn’t quite as curry as I like them. That’s ok because it was only my Plan B order. The main thing is that this restaurant does vegetarian Chinese and the price for two appetizers and two entrees was about $23 excluding tip. Not too bad for a meal in Georgetown.

Though I am raving about the vegetarian food, they will make any of their dishes with meat or soy products. And if it’s not on the menu, just ask. We didn’t try asking about thousand layer tofu crisp, but I really miss that dish from Kowloon in San Francisco and I might actually ask for it next time.

ps- This place is a few doors down from The Rhino, THE PLACE in DC to watch the Red Sox. (My old G’town roomie was a BC grad and loved going to the Rhino to watch games.) You can’t miss it. They have a new BoSox banner hanging on M Street. Gotta love it!