It’s hard for me to imagine after coming to Old Town Gaithersburg to eat & shop for so many years, a little corner restaurant/carry-out place has been hidden from my view & smell! (and it’s directly across from the train station!)

The first time I heard of Rainbow was last Summer during The Taste of Gaithersburg. Rainbow had a booth there and I was so happy to see an African place here! I have gone to Langley Park to get market foods and African spices but never knew I had one so close to home.

Being vegetarian, I still had options and the beans & rice, spinach with some kind of tomato hot sauce (the BEST way I have ever eaten spinach in my life & has resulted in cravings galore!) and fried plantains were the choice of the day.

All the dishes were prepared to order and the owner had cool jazz going during the lunch time. so cool was it in fact, we found out the cd he was playing and went on-line and bought it after we returned to our offices!

If you’ve never tried African/Ghanian food, then now is your time to try. The owners & staff are very helpful if you have questions and you can even rent dvd’s if you like. Overall I really like the place and have gone back a least 3 times now. It’s definitely a “carry-out” atmosphere but they do have tables for dining. Try stepping back a little in time to a far off place, listen to the music and try some hot & spicy food from half way around the world. The spices are like none other than you have had, unless you’ve had African food before. This American of Italian descent, loves it as much as I love Middle Eastern, Asian & Indian.

Hum, lunch again this week, yeah, I must have that spinach again!