Toothpicks inserted into individual chunks invite you to pluck away. Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. Bread lands promptly. Corduroy Outside dining during the pandemic often means traffic and pedestrians in the background. The dining room is just as seductive. Inquire and the response might be rabbit in a hot-and-numbing sauce with sliced lotus root and velvety strips of seaweed. Ninety percent of the restaurants business now is takeout; the minority of customers find potted plants atop tables to maintain social distance. Takeout, no delivery. Openers are as diverting as ever the fried pigs ear salad continues to wow and the price of admission still includes the signature pineapple buns. The welcome includes warm-from-the-clay-oven flatbread and sabzi, a plate of fresh herbs, radishes, walnuts and feta for grazing yours even when you order takeout. Opening Hours Monday - Closed Lunch Tuesday - Friday : 11:30 am - 2:30 pm Saturday - Sunday: 11:30 am - 3:00 pm Dinner Tuesday - Saturday : 5 pm - 9:30 pm Sunday: 5 pm - 8:30 pm Holiday Hours 12/25/2022 | Christmas Day | Closed (Sunday) Contact 136 Paramount Park Drive, Gaithersburg MD 20879 contact@chennaihoppers.com (240) 813-0061 Theres no more fetching kitchen in town than the open one at Albi Arabic for my heart surrounded by a mural of characters holding hands. A host of memorable restaurants has rolled out during the pandemic. NEWS Fabio Trabocchi Restaurants If the service is a touch more hesitant these days, well, that applies to a lot of restaurants now. A thali is a lot to take in. You havent checked off any restaurants yet! Imagine smoky green beans and shishito peppers tossed with buttermilk, chile paste, sesame oil, garlic a rousing kitchen sink of recruits. A request for tej produces a lovely honey wine made by a local producer. Ask for the chess pie and you get the whole thing, presented in slices beneath a glass globe. Wheelchair users can enter with the help of ramps and valets; ADA-compliant restroom. That said, my preference is a table in the second-floor dining room. Takeout via website or phone. Thirty days time makes for a pleasantly funky ferment. The back will showcase eight private dining rooms with varying seating capacities, each with a custom-tailored menu and a view of a second kitchen. Okra charred on the grill, paired with pickled fennel and eaten with a sumac-seasoned tartar sauce is detailed so passionately by a server, we bite then scrape our plate clean. Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. Long and clattery, the dining room is warmed up with vintage accents and young servers who look after you like good neighbors. Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. Dressed with lemon juice, sumac and turmeric, its the best chopped salad in town. The entree, accompanied by a carton of couscous and slivered almonds, was sufficient to become lunch for two thereafter. The boards multiple parts span magenta pickled radishes, bronzed garlic that spreads like butter, white steamed rice and red ssamjang, the thick and spicy paste made with garlic, onion, sesame oil and more. Sundas clearly learned a lot at Rasika West End. Black blisters populate the rim. (Onion flowers help.). Its easy enough to do when you order a "tour of the world to go" from Compass Rose, the little restaurant with the big heart and the best way I know to cure any wanderlust. No on-site seating. Two of us shared the lot as an appetizer for $10 and stopped only because the soup had competition (spinach-stuffed fried turnovers: lovely) and we needed room to accommodate our main courses, including a truly special special of lamb and okra in a tomato stew kicky with garam masala. Outside, on a semi-enclosed walkway strung with lights and as tasteful as indoors, is a great place to feast on minty leek-and-scallion dumplings and chicken combined with fistfuls of greens and punched up with cilantro. Drizzled with smoked tomato honey, lamb is staged multiple ways on a shareable plate that turns shaved squash into pretty yellow ruffles and tucks some meat into tasty peppers. It really ought to be in pictures. For now, then, admirers of his singular omakase staged at an oak counter in the rear will have to be content with memories of the refined feast. The better update: The selection of Japanese fish is "expanding by the week" and reflected in the daily specials, and the kitchen now offers housemade delicacies for purchase. Culinary heroes Nobuyuki Nobu Matsuhisa and Jol Robuchon are celebrated in a sublime dish pairing the Japanese chefs silken fish in miso with the late French chefs crazy-rich whipped potatoes. Lamb chops are marinated overnight in garlic, Greek yogurt and green chiles elements that insert themselves into every nook and cranny of the meat and acquire a shower of crushed pink peppercorns after they leave the grill. The most striking dish of the night arranged grilled broccolini around a cool-with-mint salad of summer peas and pickled shallots. Just ask the customers who ordered the Korean take on beef Wellington, swaddled in pork belly, for Christmas. Consecutive doors lead to the foyer; ADA-compliant restroom. Ramps near the entrance and roomy restrooms make the restaurant wheelchair-friendly. If it werent for the pandemic and my wish to eat under the radar, Id be tempted to high-five chef Jeeraporn Poksupthong. You can find handmade pastas, a fantastic lamb tagine, and a snapper with red curry along with fresh salads, crudos and more. Im talking banquettes the shade of marinara sauce, Sinatra on the soundtrack, chianti in straw-swaddled bottles and herby hot garlic bread presented with a four-cheese dunk. The green comet tail on the plate? The little cup in its box is crab bisque you know, to gild whats already gold. Ive been eating with you since you started, one of my oldest friends said over a dinner that began with a gratis mocktail when a server heard me say my pal didnt drink. . Dinner and lunch Tuesday through Sunday. What we are drinking is a weekly-changing page of recommendations, and if you guess the grape behind the current mystery wine, you get half off the price of the glass. Lunch Tuesday through Friday, dinner Wednesday through Sunday. New to the list: Cinco Soles, for glistening ceviche in Columbia Heights, ghost kitchen Spicebird, for fiery chicken out of Malaysian eatery Makan, Morgana, for Italian-chic vibes in Adams Morgan,. Thus theres no getting bored, always something fresh to experience. Delicious now hop on your Peloton. Wheelchair users can access the restaurant and the restrooms via a ramp and an entrance in the back of the building. "How can we make it work? Indoor and outdoor seating. Just because you dont see some of my previous choices doesnt necessarily mean theyve dropped off my radar or fallen out of favor. The most fanciful finish is coconut ice cream showered with wok-roasted peanuts, strewn with threads of egg yolk sweetened with simple syrup and dropped off in a coconut shell. Baan Siam, whose handsome dining room I cant wait to spend time in once its safe, goes the extra mile. Entrees $31-$59; chefs tasting menu $150, wine pairing $125. Fritto misto suspends steaming cod and red snapper in rings and balls of tempura, a golden catch finished with Fresno chiles. The restaurant takes heat requests seriously. Takeout, no delivery. Were reintroducing hospitality, says the restaurateur. Now do it. The texture is as much a selling point as the taste; different grinds of some of the seasonings add a pleasant crackle to the eating. Indoor and outdoor seating. Going into Amy Brandweins warmhearted osteria and market, I always know I can count on seeing a few regulars. Takeout, no delivery. But the restaurateurs are doing a four-star job of helping us navigate the pandemic with life rings including pizza and ice cream at Happy Gyro. Since his Greek standard-bearer opened in 2003, he has been tinkering with pies, says his wife and business partner, Anne Marler. Sure enough, his steamed egg custard, fragrant with sesame oil, gets finished with birds-eye chiles, fish sauce and lime juice a very Thai touch. Have you heard? Lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday, brunch Sundays. The majority of his food is touched by a hearth that serves as the focal point in the homespun dining room and gets as hot as 1,000 degree in its center. While this popular American restaurant changed hands shortly before the pandemic, new owner Jarrett Walsh and executive chef Nathan Johnson have only enhanced the window-wrapped dining destination in Frederick, Md. A server delights in explaining how the block of white cornmeal mash absorbs whatever it touches and can be used to scoop up other bits of food. Welcome to Carusos Grocery, which takes its name from a store Babins long-ago Sicilian relatives operated in Baton Rouge and revels in old-fashioned details. Sure, I miss Komi, the fine-dining lair created by chef Johnny Monis and his wife, Anne Marler. Takeout, no delivery. Indeed, some of the most bespoke takeout from the past seven months has come from Kinship, whose offerings embody the spirit of the restaurant, which the chef thinks of as "celebrating at the dinner table" with people you care about. Indoor seating only. Spanish Diner opened two years ago to such great and sustained applause in New York, rainmaker Jos Andrs says he felt compelled to open a second branch in Washington, specifically Bethesda, where he lives, and where his three daughters insisted he couldnt close the Maryland branch of Jaleo unless it was followed by something similarly flavored. The heart of Spanish Diner, for me, is a category of dishes toasting our grandmas cuisine, everyday food you might find in casual dining establishments or in the home of a conscientious Spanish cook. Whatever your preference short rib birria flavored by a complex mole, grilled fish brightened with avocado mousse reveals care and thought. . No takeout or delivery. 1: The Ashby Inn & Restaurant Paris / Modern American / $$$$* The Paris restaurant is country living at its finest. Check out the swordfish kebab, cooked over coals and painted with a sauce made vibrant with green chiles, cilantro, caraway and more. 2020 Fall Dining Guide by Tom Sietsema The original article can be read here 'Surrounded by the sun' is the name and the setting I rediscovered a chill pill this summer that doesn't involve a prescription. (Empty ring fingers are so yesterday; these days, singles are more interested in a potential someones vaccination status.). No takeout or delivery. Orders retrieved outside; no access to restaurant. Youre not going to get the usuals here, says the chef. Hang in there, Pennyroyal Station! Ask Tom: Rants, raves and questions on the DC dining scene Plenty in his restaurant, a luxe extension of his Seven Reasons on 14th Street NW, will make you glad to be there. Another reassuring detail is the plastic shield over the cloth mask worn by whoever serves you. Kudos to the server who presents the menu as if his fingers were a frame and the list were worthy of one. But you know what? Production and photo editing by Jennifer Beeson Gregory. Reservations required. One slice leads to another, and before you know it, you feel like youre the piggy which doesnt stop you from inhaling some butterscotch pudding before you waddle out. All of Zuluagas food is interesting, but two main courses stand out. Chicken liver mousse appears as creamy tufts on shards of toasted bread, along with bits of roasted peach that signal summer. Fried lentils replace the usual bulgur in a tabbouleh displayed on a swipe of hummus fueled with tamarind; Lebanese flatbread, sprinkled with zaatar, makes for a finger-blistering scoop. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. In or out, the food rocks. Wheelchair users can reach the dining room via a side door near the kitchen; ADA-compliant restrooms. Or dense and delicious morsels of lamb rolled in a grass-colored paste of raw green papaya, ginger, mint and red chiles. Its the Goldilocks of restaurants just right. Everything coming out of the kitchen is something to rave about. The dining room is dressed with gray chairs that hug you through a meal and panels from wooden wine boxes collected by the owner a salon for chowhounds. I used to work at Montmartre, the much-missed French draw on Capitol Hill, he tells us. Pizza! I still stand behind stalwarts Bucks Fishing & Camping in Washington and Charleston in Baltimore, which you can find in my Hall of Fame. Ditto. Enhance this page - Upload photos! Scarlet folds of house-cured bresaola ring a fluff of ricotta striped with local honey, and agnolotti stuffed with spinach and ricotta are positioned just so on their pool of cream sauce. 11 D.C. Restaurants Perfect for a Quiet, Intimate Dinner - Eater DC Three sides of the Points dining room are windows or see-through garage doors that put customers face to face with a fleet of boats; the menu channels the late Patricia Lyons Jones with dishes including Mom-moms crab soup. From the bar flow some of the most beautiful and delicious drinks around. Indeed, the vast menu in Fairfax is a celebration of homestyle cooking, the kind of food I enjoyed growing up, says Lydia Chang, the couples daughter and business partner. I have, and it is. A magnet since it opened in 2013, Red Hen does normal well. During Phase 2 of reopening in Washington, the sophisticated mom-and-pop made some changes to reflect how many customers prefer to dine these days. The staffs T-shirts say it best: Get to the Point.. Other delicious options include spicy steamed shrimp, fish and chips staged in a fry basket and tacos (pork or fish) distinguished by their two-ply cradles: a soft flour tortilla lined with a fried corn tortilla. Lately, Ive been killing two birds with one stone by ordering simultaneously from Happy Gyro and the owners neighboring Thai eatery, the winning Little Serow. Indoor and outdoor seating. Entrees $25-$47 (for the signature duck). Throw in an order of bammies, too, made with ground cassava and fried to a pale gold. The white tufts run red with raspberry coulis when pierced with a fork. Quality is matched by quantity. The chef gives chicken the everything bagel treatment, except that the entrees crunch comes as much from dried, crumbled chicken skin as the usual seeds and garlic. Dinner Tuesday through Sunday, lunch Wednesday through Saturday. For 2020, I aimed for a mix of cuisines, locations and price points -- per usual -- but added to my . Riding shotgun: a tamal of housemade masa wrapped in Swiss chard. As before, the smell of smoke from a wood-stoked oven seduces you the moment you step inside the wood-and-brick interior. Indoor and outdoor seating. A visit to this cozy Belgian outpost in the Palisades proves a welcome exception. Which is a long way of saying pretty much everything on the menu created by chefs Lisa and Peter Chang is something you dont want to miss. Wheelchair users are asked to call ahead so a ramp can be set out at the door; ADA-compliant restroom. Dinner Tuesday through Sunday Saturday. Times up. Delivery via Caviar, DoorDash, Uber Eats and Skip the Line. The stew, dak jjim, is just a few ingredients, including Korean red chile flakes, but oh, what a sight and oh, what a mom! Otherwise, it feels like 2019 in the sedate dining rooms, where servers in smart Alton Lane suits attend to your needs like the pros they are and the ever-epic menu is divided into categories that prioritize the thinking of chef Eric Ziebold. Lettuces, shishito peppers and cardoons are a given. Schooled to be a priest, Onyona has his waiters watch how the food is made before they become guides, and the effort pays off at the restaurant. 111 Church St. NW, Suite 101, Vienna, Va. Dinner daily, lunch Tuesday through Friday, brunch weekends. Let the $55 tasting menu of classic and contemporary tapas a dozen or so small plates help out. P.S. Its a leftover from the previous occupant, Alba Osteria. Im equally enamored of the slender lumpia, stuffed with ground pork and shrimp; sisig, the funky and fiery stir-fry of pigs ears, headcheese, Thai chile, garlic and cane vinegar; the pale-green, super-moist pandan cake made by the chefs sister; and some of the best fried rice for miles, this bowl enriched with crab fat and longanisa, sweet sausage thats made on site and that Fernandez plans to sell. To keep things interesting for everybody, Kuya Ja is selling Filipino soup kits, featuring weekend specials (whole fried snapper with peanut curry) and offering the occasional kinamot. Press Alma Order the three-day subscription and you get a dinners worth of greatest hits from Roses Luxury. Her husband and co-owner, Louis, is responsible for the brio on the plate. When we marvel at the staffs efficiency, a host tells us, We have lots of little corners to seat people, including a rear enclosed patio with a two-stool chefs counter that looks into the pizza-making operation. (You can count on the restaurateur, a fan of wines from Burgundy and the Loire Valley, to steer you to something special.) Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. This winning mom-and-pop no longer does takeout, and wine pairings have gone the way of Novak Djokovics winning streak on the tennis court. Takeout via Caviar, DoorDash, website or phone. The weak link? He grew up watching his mother cook the food of their homeland and was raised to pick and choose the best of Korean and American cultures. The candles on the tables are oyster shells filled with wax. Im most drawn to fish here, although the plump pork chop, brined in baking spices, is mighty impressive. Takeout and delivery. But were trying not to steer away from the principals original ambitions, chiefly heightened comfort food., [Like a good neighbor, Pennyroyal Station is there for you], He and his colleagues are doing an ace job of hiding any obstacles. Note just the meatloaf, glazed with sriracha and slightly creamy with Gruyere, a nod to the French background of chef David Deshaies. Concerned reservation holders reached out to me when they heard that the warmhearted owners behind the Rappahannock County dining destination, chef John and Diane MacPherson, sold it in August to another couple, chef Jake and Sara Addeo. 2020 Fall Dining Guide - Washington Post Hes right. Kenya native and self-trained chef Kevin Onyona poured $2 million into transforming a basement dining room (the one-time Vidalia) near the corridors of power into an upscale African statement. The most Belgian of them all, though, is a waffle chocolate, served with white chocolate whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Takeout and delivery via Door Dash, Grubhub, Uber Eats and the restaurant (range is within three miles, minimum of $50, $10 fee). (The wine list is a dream, if priced for tech czars.). Beferdu uses the recipes she learned from her restaurateur-mother as a girl growing up in Addis Ababa and later showcased in a trio of hotels she ran in Ethiopias capital. Looking for a server and a line cook five days a week. (The tortillas spring from fresh masa and a hand press.). Delivery via DoorDash and Caviar, Afghan flagship is full of heart and heartiness. 1513 Antioch Rd, Andalusia, AL 36421. Makeda, its name a reference to the biblical Queen of Sheba, is full of niceties. Breakfast and lunch weekdays, brunch weekends, dinner daily. Yet her time at the late Kinkeads in Washington should encourage diners to explore crisp diver scallops, arranged in summer on an orzo salad with artichokes, roasted fennel and sweet garlic. The pork meatballs are as fiery as ever, salads are created with the season in mind (cucumber tossed with cashews, smoked pecorino and chiles made summer more bearable), and dessert is as considered as everything that precedes it. Food lovers will appreciate the restroom doors. Tom Sietsema's 7 favorite places to eat in January 2022 - Washington Post, January 2022 We're back to struggle': Confusion and adaptation inside Baltimore's restaurants under omicron surge - Baltimore Fishbowl, January 2022 Read our outstanding reviews online, here: Resy Trip Advisor Yelp For press inquiries please contact: tara@elevenelevenpr.co Lentils, cracked wheat, chicken and warm spices add up to a fabulous golden porridge. Theres also a luscious beef stew featuring sliced flatiron steak, its sauce made haunting with star anise and woodsy black trumpet mushrooms. My vote goes to Daru, whose black-and-glass door commands attention with concentric white rings inspired by Himalayan mandalas and a welcome written in Sanskrit: The guest is god. No takeout or delivery. The fish slick with olive oil, fragrant with cardamom and fiery with mitmita does what the chef, Senait Mimi Tedla, intends: It makes you feel good, she says of her enlightened version of the Ethiopian classic, whose flames typically come from spiced butter. The decade-old restaurant has fun with its wine list, a liquid romp around the world. Justin Ahn was born in Korea but relocated to Southern California when he was a year old. We marvel as a waiter removes the bones from a plate of Norwegian sole with the precision of a surgeon. Share. Those and other dishes were served as part of a tasting menu, introduced during the pandemic, that launched with a trio of snacks, one of them catfish dip garnished with pickled red onions and scooped up with what tasted like a zestier version of Fritos. If the operation sounds strict, it still holds great appeal. Some of the inns classics arent publicized. Indoor seating only. The kitchen treats people who dont eat meat like VIPs. Power lunches, cocktails and Afghan dumplings: Washington, D.C Entrees $23-$85 (duck jambalaya for two). No delivery or takeout. Sandwiches are iffy. Regular customers are known to get extras messages even tucked into their bags; Marler compares them to notes in a kids lunchbox. Otherwise, regulars can count on finding pretty much everything that they have long appreciated about the Rockville stalwart: housemade bread served with black olive tapenade, rooms quieted by linens on the tables and tufted fabric on the walls, and cooking made consistent by the fact chef-owner Enzo Livia retained his loyal kitchen crew. But even Monday nights pack in fans of the chef. Playing the meaty role, however: ground black walnuts imbued with a housemade version of Old El Paso taco seasoning.
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