Why settle on one type of dish when you can have steak, sushi, and tacos all in one meal? You can find all three at Earls Restaurant, a new, unique American, Latin, and Japanese restaurant in Tyson Corner in the suburbs of Washington D.C. Sometimes we can’t decide on a place we want to eat, and then there are those moments when we want it all. This is one of the few restaurants that can create solid dishes across various cuisines.
Earls is a chain in the USA and Canada, so one might be nearby. We were very excited to bring you our food porn and review a new Earls location in Tysons Corner right outside of Washington D.
Steak + Sushi
Get ready to place a unique order for a combination of steak and sushi from this fun place, located right outside the Tysons Corner Mall. We love sushi and steak, so we were very excited to put both on our order. The marinated steak (cooked to order) was very soft and served with Japanese red ponzu sauce, which added a nice citrusy hint to every bite. The steak was pre-cut into small bite-size strips, so you can easily enjoy it with chopsticks. The dynamite roll was our pick for sushi. It was a pretty good sushi roll, and though not the most amazing we’ve had, it worked very well in the dish. The roll gets 3 NOMs from us, but the combination dish is still great. It came with shrimp, mango, avocado, sriracha mayonnaise, and other tasty goodies. The two sides of this order are very different, yet they go together so well. At $25, this isn’t the cheapest price, but you are ordering steak and sushi when you think about it. In most places, steak alone would cost this much. The dish is also big enough to satisfy the most hungry nomster.
Pork Carnitas Tacos
After enjoying steak and sushi, tacos, especially the Pork Carnitas Tacos from this fun place, sound perfect. As we explored the menu, we wanted to try something different from our previous order. The slow-cooked and marinated pork captured our eyes and cravings. The crispy meat combined with pico de gallo and avocado was joy in every bite. It’s not an American-Latin fusion restaurant unless we can order some fries on the side. At Earls, you can have fries with your tacos. The tartar sauce for the fries went great on the tacos. This isn’t an overly large dish with only two tacos for $14, but it would make an excellent dish for one or for sharing with a friend.
Smores Skillet Cookie
Cookie Monster would be super happy if he got to enjoy the S’mores Skillet Cookie, which is one big cookie to rule them all. But we are not sharing with him! This is one of the most beautiful cookies we have ever enjoyed. It’s a house-made marshmallow melted on top of a graham cracker cookie topped with vanilla bean ice cream. That’s a whole lot of sugar to energize our crazy little nomsters. The cookies were gooey and soft, which is how we liked them. It also comes at a reasonable price: for $6, you get a great dessert that is big enough to share with a friend. Unless it’s a cookie monster, that is. Could you not share it with him?
Sticky Toffee Chocolate Pudding
One dessert is not enough, so order a Sticky Toffee Chocolate Pudding. These are two desserts with chocolate pudding cake on one side and sticky toffee and vanilla bean ice cream. The chocolate cake was so rich yet soft that it was divine. We loved all the chocolate layers around and inside, and our favorite part was the little candy snap toffee bowl for the ice cream. You can use it as a spoon to enjoy the ice cream and a bite of the cake. After all, this two-part dessert is excellent when the flavors are combined. Such a large dessert (in size and flavor) for just $8 is fantastic. As most desserts go, it is better to share with a friend so you don’t go into a sugar coma alone.
