Columbus Dining Guide Feed

Restaurant review: Arirang

G.A. Benton — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:47:15 GMT

One of the best Korean restaurants in town is barely a restaurant. In fact, based on its large sign outside - which reads "Asian Food Market" - you might inadvertently pass it by when trawling for an intriguing eatery. And that would be a shame, because the spartan but sparkling-clean Arirang is pretty great.

Pick-up artist: China Dynasty

G.A. Benton — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:40:20 GMT

Last Sunday was a special time - a memory-making day of celebration, luck, happiness, the color red and fireworks. OK, if you think I'm pathetically stuck on Valentine's Day, let me stick it to you by saying, "Gotcha!" Because from the celebrating to the red and fireworks, the occasion I was actually - and accurately - describing was the beginning of the two-week-long, bang-a-gong, whoop-dee-do called Chinese New Year.

5 O'Clock Somewhere: Wing's

John Ross — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:40:21 GMT

Here's generally how things work at Wing's, one of the East Main Street restaurants that have helped Bexley maintain its classy, classic status.

Pick-Up Artist: Yau's Chinese Bistro

G.A. Benton — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:22:18 GMT

These days, "bistro" is such an overused tool in the restaurant naming shed that it's lost any sharpness of meaning.

Flaming foods: Blue Ginger Asian Fusion Bistro

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:19:16 GMT

With one step inside this seductively duskily lit and handsome restaurant outfitted with polished dark wood and mod metal tables, you'll forget you're in a suburban shopping plaza. And all of the food is as delicious as it is beautiful.

Menu: Blue Ginger

G.A. Benton — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:47:43 GMT

You get a chocolate fortune cookie after your meal at Blue Ginger. Sounds a little unusual, huh? Yeah, but it tastes good. And that's how the cookies crumble at the unusual but good Blue Ginger.

A La Carte: Ying's Teahouse and Yum Yum

G.A. Benton — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:41:28 GMT

Comfort me with dumplings and I'll forever remember you with fondness. Because nothing feels so soothing as the gentle slide of tooth through plump and pliant dumpling.

It's Just Brunch: J. Liu Restaurant & Bar

G.A. Benton — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:23:36 GMT

Pulling up to J. Liu - nee Jason's of Worthington Restaurant and Bar - you view an impressively large, two-story brick building crowned by a giant white pineapple. Stepping inside, the family-friendly place's bubbly personality rises up as its all-white antechamber expresses itself in cutout effervescing forms.

A La Carte: Restaurant Silla

G.A. Benton — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:03:18 GMT

In this nose-reddening weather, the BCS equally stands for (at least in my cold and hungry world) Big Chill-killing Soup bowls. And for that I often like to go Korean. One such can't-miss operation is Restaurant Silla, out on Henderson Road

Ultimate Bar Guide: Lemongrass

G.A. Benton — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:39:47 GMT

Just inside the entrance to Lemongrass, a pair of autographed, same-day dated photographs hang alongside each other. The odd couple attesting their affection for Lemongrass is lean Viggo Mortensen and lumpy Michael Moore. Yet that unlikely pairing is par for the course at this Asian fusion Short Norther.