Cafe Zen

438 East Belvedere Ave. Baltimore, MD 21212

http://www.cafezen.com/

I’m not going to actually spend much time on this one, since it’s largely here to make certain people jealous.

All one needs to know is that this place offers good Asian food, but also has one of the best dishes ever: string bean rolls.

Now, that doesn’t really do it justice. Let’s try this:

So, it’s this absolute mass of string beans slathered in hoisin sauce, somehow contained by a scrumptious, thick scallion pancake. Also, note the festive toothpicks. Damn those are some fine toothpicks.

String Bean Rolls: definitely in my Hall of Dishes, even if Cafe Zen (though fine) may not be.