Naturally, I had to try Homung Cold Noodle, too. I skipped the hard-boiled egg on top, which looked like it had been cooked for 15 minutes. It’s a refreshing, only gently spicy bowl, and the crunch of the vegetables is a delightful bonus. Brian ReinhartĪt Hampyong Noodle, I went spicy and stirred together my bowl of noodles, red pepper paste, and thinly sliced cucumbers and radish. Homung Noodle is one of two new cold noodle specialists in Carrollton. There are also spicy versions topped with slices of fish. If you’ve never attacked your noodles with scissors before, here’s an efficient method: cut straight across the bowl, as if you were slicing a pizza.Īt both restaurants, you’ll have to decide whether you’d like your noodles in a beef broth, or a spicy sauce. (Homung and Hampyong spell the dish differently, too naengmyeon is the same food.) Every noodle bowl comes with a big pair of scissors. It’s grayish in color and sticks together in bundles. Homung, by the way, occupies the space recently vacated by the wonderful and dearly missed Kimchi Stylish Korean Kitchen.īoth spots specialize in naengmyun, a type of ultra-thin noodle that is usually made from buckwheat. Hampyong Noodle, across a small side lot from the Dallas Table Tennis Club, has the bustling look of a cafeteria, while Homung Cold Noodle is more relaxing, with its soft music, white walls, and minimalist art. The biggest difference between the two newcomers is in atmosphere.
You order at the counter, take a pager, and clear your own table when finished. Both are casual self-service spots in the same sprawling shopping center as H Mart. And Carrollton has not one but two brand-new places to try them. When the outdoors turn oppressive and just walking by the stove is enough to cause a sweat, it’s easier to fantasize about creamy Hawaiian macaroni salads, or Mediterranean pasta salad with cherry tomatoes, parsley, and feta.īut the best cold noodles of all are found in Korean cuisine. Akras, who was seated in the audience, and left the chamber.In summertime, my thoughts turn to chilled noodles. There was no mention of the federal cocaine case.Īfter the paperwork was completed, Vasiliades shook the hand of Deputy Liquor Board Secretary Thomas R. The commissioners voted unanimously to grant the transfer. “So Anthony’s coming off completely, and George is coming on,” Moore said. Tony Vasiliades nodded his head in assent.
Themelis.Ĭommissioner Dana Petersen Moore asked Kodenski to clarify that the license had been solely in the name of Tony Vasiliades and the proposal now was to transfer it solely to George Vasiliades. Standing silently between father and son was retired Circuit Court Judge John C. Kodenski, explaining that the license had earlier been in the elder Vasiliades’ name and that the request was, essentially, to return it to him. “It amounts to an inter-family transfer,” said their attorney, Melvin J. Also present before the Baltimore Liquor Board are George Vasiliades and Christos Vasiliades.
Tony Vasiliades stands second from right next to his lawyer, Melvin Kodenski (white hair), and retired Judge John Themelis. Last Thursday, Vasiliades appeared before the Baltimore Liquor Board seeking to transfer the restaurant’s liquor license from his name to that of his father, George Vasiliades.
Liquor License TransferredĪ fixture on the corner of Boston and Aliceanna streets since 1948 and run by the Vasiliades family since the 1960s, the Sip & Bite’s bountiful Greek-American meals have been featured on TV food shows as well as provided late-night fare for many hungry celebrities visiting the city. Ginsberg, did not return a phone call seeking comment. Boente states that the government plans to ask for a reduced sentence based on the defendants’ cooperation. The maximum sentence for each man is 20 years in jail, a fine of $1 million and forfeiture of any drug-related assets. Politis, of Baltimore County, has also entered a guilty plea to the cocaine conspiracy charge. He said in documents on file as part of the case that his actions were “done willfully and knowingly with the specific intent to violate the law, and were not committed by mistake, accident or other innocent reason.” In his March 11 guilty plea, Vasiliades does not dispute the facts of the sting operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the Arlington Police Department. District Court for Eastern Virginia.Īnthony “Tony” Vasiliades and an accomplice, Minas Politis, were arrested in January in a parking lot in Alexandria, Va., after they handed over $50,000 in cash to a government informer, who gave them two kilograms of cocaine, according to a criminal statement of facts.
The owner of the popular Sip & Bite eatery in Canton has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and awaits sentencing in the U.S.