Friday, January 6, 2017

Students Recommend

Duolingo

Voscreen.com (May have to register, but looks free to me) -several Turkish students really improved listening with this website.



Good tik tok videos

English_speaking411 on Instagram

aprende ingles y canta (on TikTok)

Learn American English Online

Isaac's English -- Grammar Explanations in Spanish


Pulmuone frozen dumplings at H-Mart

Juan Valdez coffee 

Movies/TV-  "The Zookeeper"





"Up"

(Videos for small US children) Caillou



Cafe Rio (Modern Mexican)


Coastal Flats - Atlantic coast US seafood

Coco Rico Arlington

Dona Bessy Pupuseria -- (2018 student said: Good Salvadoran food --  Great pupusas!
2022 student says it's not very good now.)


Chuys Mexican --TexMex chain

Green Olive Buffet -- Asian buffet on route 1


First Watch - Great restaurant for breakfast

Founding Farmers (Tysons) - a little expensive, but very fresh organic food


Han Gang - Good Korean barbecue

Hoa Nghiem Pagoda - Good Vietnamese food



Kebabistan - delicious Afghan food at a good price


Maggianos Little Italy - Upscale Italian restaurant

Molcajete- Good Mexican food in Woodbridge (Yelp gives it 3 stars)

Nazret - Good Ethiopian food

La Pupusa Loca (Sterling location)

Pisco y Nazca  Peruvian food and drinks

Pho Saigon Oi - authentic southern Vietnamese menu



Sampan Cafe -- Good Chinese food


Olive Garden- US style Italian chain

Victor's Grill  and Luzmila's Bolivian Restaurant -- Good restaurants for saltenas.

Shamshiry - Traditional Persian food.  Excellent kabobs.  (Near Tyson's corner)


Doctor


Auto Repair


Backlick Rd Service Station -4715 Backlick Rd, Annandale, VA 22003
Excellent car repair at a good price -- not always fast -- not open on the weekends.  They speak Korean.


Tools

Consumer Websites
Consumer Reports -membership organization that tests quality of many things and publishes recommendations.  Their magazines and buying guides are available at the library.  Their website requires membership, but it's very convenient.

https://us.shein.com/ -- Clothes (based in China)

Tarija Bolivia has a wonderful road with wineries.  You can eat the grapes-- they have much stronger flavors than green grapes from the supermarket.  The wine is delicious too.

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