Fortune Cooky has opened at 7816 Old Georgetown Road in downtown Bethesda. The Asian fusion restaurant is "blending traditional flavors with a modern twist. Fortune Cooky has an existing location in Glen Burnie, so it is not just a renaming of former tenant Banana Leaves Asian Cafe. Operating hours for the Bethesda restaurant are 11:00 AM to 9:30 PM Monday through Thursday, 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM Fridays and Saturdays, 12:00 PM to 9:00 PM on Sundays, and closed on Tuesdays.
Once the location of North China Restaurant, it was the first place I ever ate Szechuan Chinese food back in 1973.
ReplyDeleteGreat place, was saddened when the family retired.
DeleteAbsolute garbage. Embarrassing. Crappy space with no curb appeal, no pedestrian traffic and no parking next to a modem day head shop. Boy o boy does that look like Wheaton. So, a place like this opens and an incredible restaurant like Anthony's closes. Corporate mismanagement in that case, I get it. But point made.
ReplyDeleteLocation is terrible. The head shop next door could work in their favor though.
DeleteParking isn't bad -- you can park on the other side (by Bethesda Elementary, on Wilson) and a number of those spots are unmetered. I like picking up take-out from any places on this "block" since it's always easy to find a spot to park.
DeleteCinco, what a great memory. Yes, that was legit.
ReplyDeleteSerious question, but do they accept cash walk-ins or must you be part of the QR code only world?
ReplyDeleteI used a credit card today. Confusingly, they had the Banana Leaves sidewalk sign out
ReplyDeleteYes they take cash, are very friendly & the Jumbo Hunan Shrimp was delicious... But, there was a language barrier in ordering at the counter with the old guy at the register (like it was his first time) I wanted 2 entrees and they gave me shrimp fried rice as the side bed instead of an order of shrimp fried rice which explained the cheaper total price which I honestly did question. As it turned out I am glad of the miscommunication faux pas because it was not how I like my fried rice (too dark & oily) but would definitely go again & try some more shrimp based large dinners. -- Thanks for the original posting on this Robert, otherwise I probably would have ignored this hole in the wall.
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