Tacos are fashioned from herbed Indian flatbread and jackfruit lit with chile paste and lemon juice a vegan draw if you opt out of the sour cream base. We marvel as a waiter removes the bones from a plate of Norwegian sole with the precision of a surgeon. Flat sidewalks lead to the dining areas, and ramps lead to ADA-compliant restrooms. A rethought version at Annabelle a whole baby chicken made great with citrus peels and warm spices is cause for applause, too, evinced by table mates reluctant to share. The tip of the iceberg finds chicken smoked over tea leaves, cigar-length pork potstickers, crisp cabbage ignited with Sichuan peppercorns, and nugget-size steamed spareribs, coated in soft rice crumbs seasoned with five-spice powder. The game-changer prefers to surprise customers and maybe change your mind.. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restrooms. (Onion flowers help.). Tom Sietsema has been The Washington Post's food critic since 2000. Before the pandemic, it wasnt unusual for some customers to show up with their own containers. 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. No restaurant fed me more often, or better, throughout the pandemic than French chef David Deshaiess whimsical tribute to American comfort food near the convention center (hence the name). Four-course menu $95 per person; a la carte bar menu $28-$33. Hence his fascination with fermentation throughout the menu. By the looks of my dinner this summer, hes onto something. Such beautiful food! Indoor and outdoor seating. Food lovers will appreciate the restroom doors. For the full Anju experience, you have to try something from the childhood of co-owner Danny Lee, whose mother and business partner, Yesoon Lee, is behind the great comfort of braised chicken thighs, onions and potatoes in a cloak that looks like lava as it bubbles away on the table. A bite of fried bread followed by a taste of daikon sweet followed by savory and decidedly sour wakes up the appetite. Formal theory. Dinner Tuesday through Sunday, lunch Wednesday through Saturday. Indoor and outdoor seating. Formally, a string is a finite, ordered sequence of characters such as letters, digits or spaces. Regular customers are known to get extras messages even tucked into their bags; Marler compares them to notes in a kids lunchbox. That said, kudos to a sommelier who, without prompting, steers diners to liquid treasures that are well south of three digits. His pt is a world-class organ recital, his gnocchi the softest of pillows. Indoor and outdoor seating. Open wide for oxtail birria starring beef-fat tortillas and a steaming teacup of reduced braising juices, a dunk like no other. The latest major change at Thamee (daughter in English and pronounced thumb-MEE) turned a full-service restaurant into a fast-casual operation. Ramps near the entrance and roomy restrooms make the restaurant wheelchair-friendly. [An Ethiopian newcomer makes a spicy splash in Alexandria]. Dressed with lemon juice, sumac and turmeric, its the best chopped salad in town. Wheelchair users can enter through a side door; ADA-compliant restroom. An earlier illness found the self-described mad scientist researching food that would restore his health. He previously worked for the Microsoft Corp., where he launched sidewalk.com; the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; the San Francisco Chronicle; and the Milwaukee Journal. Its not all brisket, spare ribs and wood-grilled salmon or chicken. A lot of people have left the industry. Asked to sum up 2021, crucible is the first word out of his mouth. Any meal is better if it includes roseate slices of beef tongue hot off the grill hotter with a dab of Japanese mustard and some cool punctuation in the form of kimchi cucumbers punched up with garlic and chile flakes. Over summer, diners thrilled to a rainbow of tomatoes served with what tasted like herbed ricotta but turned out to spring from pumpkin seeds, and a round of watermelon plied with chile-hot peanuts, shiso and a hidden local oyster sharpened with ginger vinaigrette. A recent visit found us in the middle of what felt like a nightclub loud music, busy bartenders but still serving food thats very much the personal expression of its muse. Pastas $24-$30, wood-fired entrees $28-$39. Know that the signature steamed mussels still come in a double pot, with a thatch of crisp fries in a newspaper-lined, copper-colored vase. (Roses Luxury swaps sea bass for the original black cod and rings the entree in brilliant chive oil. Wheelchair users can reach the dining room via a side door near the kitchen; ADA-compliant restrooms. Albi now counts two, the newest of which is a glass-enclosed rear patio that can seat up to 25 revelers. Indoor dining only. Ditto Annies Paramount Steakhouse and the Hitching Post, which remain prized members of my collection of D.C.-area classics. No takeout or delivery. Caramel-colored leather chairs and banquettes prove stylish and comfortable; clusters of elegant wooden lights could double as art installations. 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. Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. Jos Andrs brings Spanish comfort food including a lot of eggs to Bethesda. Indoor and outdoor seating. Eaten throughout Kenya, it showcases bites of chargrilled beef or goat that have been marinated in a spice blend whose list of ingredients is as long as the Nile. Introduced as a pop-up in what used to serve a Greek-influenced tasting menu, the takeout, which also highlights plant-based dishes, seems destined to stick around. [If family-style takeout is on the menu, these 3 restaurants have a whole lot to offer]. The self-taught chef says his flavors are going to be Korean even if his techniques are otherwise. (Scott Suchman for The Washington Post) RIGHT: Rigatoni with sausage at the Red Hen in Washington. Indoor seating. Confused about tipping these days? An outdoor fountain splashes in a back garden. Chewy, foot-long noodles tossed with a vivid pesto of garlicky arugula puree and rough-cut pistachios is as much fun in the eating as the reading: Think fusilli and spaghetti had a baby and somehow bucatini got into the mix, teases the menu. 4316 Markham St., Suite B, Annandale, Va. Shortly after the restaurant changed hands, I sat down to Arctic char lapped with a yogurt sauce tinted with tarragon, slow-roasted venison loin enriched with a whip of lardo, and an arresting toasted coconut semifreddo (flowers paved its sweet surface) a parade of dishes that signaled a smooth and luscious transition. New to the menu is salmon goulash, based on a recipe Tedlas mother made for her father, who grew up in Italy. Neighborhood: Center City Huda. Takeout available for breakfast and lunch, not for dinner. Owners Dante Datta and Suresh Sundas bring to their maiden restaurant off the H Street corridor mouthwatering rsums. 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. The restaurants smart service with a smile feels like old times. 1700 Market Street garage (Next to T-mobile store between 17th and 18th Streets) Valet parking garage, Rittenhouse Claridge, 201 South 18th Street (entrance on Chancellor) 1500 Locust Street garage. Which reminds me, theres no better place to be a regular. Brunch and dinner daily. Sundas clearly learned a lot at Rasika West End. ADA-compliant restrooms. The entrance catches your eye at Daru. As luck would have it, Swahili Village opened on March 15, 2020. I have yet to encounter one. A&J offers its menus in Chinese and English, but fear not: The lists are the same, except for the fuller descriptions on the English version. The Indian oasis, 32, looks like a million bucks following a makeover this summer that kept memories of the original club design a dining room carved into zones of privacy, a white piano that gets tickled Thursday through Saturday while offering new art (love the 3-D dancers) and a color scheme that changes with the light (silver on my evening visits). Dinner daily, lunch Tuesday through Sunday, brunch weekends. Sea bass cooked low and slow with lavender and lime and delivered on steel-cut oats and hedgehog mushrooms is one of those combinations that make you go huh when you read about it and whoa! when you taste it. Takeout, no delivery. The lush uni, meanwhile, is plucked from Santa Barbara, Calif. Hiroshi presents the treasure with a dab of wasabi and a tiny quail egg. Kinship is down to serving dinner five nights a week. Indoor seating only. It would be easy to fill up on pancakes alone; the scroll-like dosas, wrapped in both wax paper and foil and tucked into pizza boxes, are excellent. Three Blacksmiths invites more to the table. The long line outside the cute bungalow has us worried when we pull up before its doors open for dinner. The diners lively, art- and plant-stocked dining rooms are bridged by a long stretch of bar, my preferred place to eat and drink when Im not enjoying Deshaiess happy meals at home, that is. Our reward was a moist wedge of vanilla-fragrant cake sweetened with blackberry cream cheese frosting. Indoor and outdoor seating. Word seems to have spread. The presentation of a seafood custard capped with cognac foam has a server spritzing Pernod from an antique atomizer. Enter a restaurant name . Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. The restaurant keeps a ramp for navigating the high step at the entrance, but not the stairs leading to the second-floor dining room and patio. CRF seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society. The owners of the citys best Korean restaurant are also behind the popular, fast-casual Chiko. As long as they keep getting it from me!. Ahn thinks of the dish as an enhanced juk, or Korean porridge. It can get nightclub-loud some nights, and servers have a tendency to check in like nervous new parents. Go now, and you build your own adventure by ordering two dishes from a roster of some of the most novel food around. Today on Insight, we're looking at Equality California, Yosemite National Park's decision to suspend its peak hour reservation system for summer 2023 and B Street Theatre's Cubes of fish cooked with onions, garlic and rosemary demonstrate the chefs passion for Mediterranean flavors (in another life, she cooked in Israel). That hasnt stopped staff from ferrying food to customers on the second-floor dining room or chef Jocelyn Law-Yone, 68, from storytelling. Im a fool for golden nuggets of fried potatoes and juicy pork meatballs draped with tomato sauce, and fall-apart cod flanked with velvety red peppers. Rubbas inspired food is served by attentive staff in a small dining room whose pinks and greens radiate joy. Indoor only. Nyama choma is a dish that could keep the newcomer part of a mini-chain with a branch in Newark and plans for New York and Tysons in business. Theres a reason Henrys, which also has a catering arm and a second, lesser branch in Oxon Hill sells about 100,000 sweet potato pies a year. Entrees $23-$85 (duck jambalaya for two). Indoor and outdoor seating. Bens Chili Bowl is a landmark restaurant in DC. Ribbon-shaped mafalda pasta shows off leeks, thyme and a handful of wild mushrooms, while a mighty pork chop Milanese is accompanied by a little pitcher of mustard sauce to cut the richness. And if the drinks taste true, credit goes to Dauphines spirits maven and co-creator Neal Bodenheimer, whose Cure bar in New Orleans helped fuel the countrys craft cocktail revolution. Named for one of the French Quarters best-known streets, the restaurant manages the neat trick of evoking one of the best food cities in the country without going the Disney route. Time for someone else to enjoy one of the best meals of their week. For openers, Im spending more time in increasingly casual restaurants, looking harder for more vegetarian dishes and inclined to shine a light on restaurants whose chefs arent household names. Hate the name. 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. The dining room is airy and light-filled. I want to be the change, she says. Owner Mike Friedman says, our goal is to make it feel as normal as possible to eat in his Italian-leaning restaurant in Bloomingdale. 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. [Rasika veterans serve memorable Indian-ish food and drink at Daru]. For the steamed crabs, Jones buys only live specimens from the Chesapeake Bay, which he plies with a seasoning blend that runs a dozen ingredients long. San Diego. More cities The lists do not show all contributions to every state ballot measure, or each independent expenditure committee formed to support or Shrimp cooked just enough to warm the seafood are paired with Israeli couscous and a vivid sofrito. 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. He has also written for Food & Wine. The spring in the chefs step could be the reality that this year, the venues 43rd, is its most successful ever; an average of 60 people are on a wait list each night. A five-course dinner is still served just four days a week to no more than 20 people at a single, 7 oclock seating. The smooth filling revels in nutmeg, ginger, vanilla and orange, albeit in amounts that let the sweet potato shine. Waves of yellow draw eyes to the ceiling and, as at Jaleo, glass-topped foosball tables double as dining spots. One of the best vegan memories in recent months is the chefs Blue Ridge bowl with local vegetables and basmati rice, over which a server pours an amber liquid that tastes like the distillation of a garden with a whisper of ginger. Justin Ahn was born in Korea but relocated to Southern California when he was a year old. Dressed with scarred walls, white brick and live plants, the space is home to servers who bring, say, a bowl of rice carpeted with folds of dewy salmon, pea shoots and pineapple puree bibimbap scattered with raw fish and aptly introduce the shimmering beauty as Instagram-worthy. When guests asked for more vegetarian options, Anju responded with dishes including wangmandu, big crisp dumplings fattened with Impossible Meat and finished with a racy chile crunch. Reservations, required for now, are for 90 minutes. Not into crab? Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. 42461 Lovettsville Rd., Lovettsville, Va. Dinner Thursday through Saturday, brunch weekends, monthly Sunday supper. Try it with the citys best collard greens and sweet-sticky plantains, and swoon away. Now do it. atmatm24365atm Plenty in his restaurant, a luxe extension of his Seven Reasons on 14th Street NW, will make you glad to be there. Indoor and outdoor seating. Meet Andrs-Julian Zuluaga, an alumnus of the school of Fabio Trabocchi. BibMe Free Bibliography & Citation Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard Competitors should check out the high bar he maintains in his own lair, where the meatless attractions include kale nachos, shiitake-filled batons of phyllo and tiptop chop, a sumptuous mound of shredded kale, quinoa, slivered almonds, pomegranate seeds and carrots rising from a plate of garlicky hummus. Cut in quarters, rubbed with butter, lemon zest and rosemary and roasted so that the inside seems to melt and the outside takes on char, this cabbage might as well be on a pedestal, especially when paired with plump figs, brilliant Japanese carrots and a pool of sheeps milk yogurt. Another liquid pleasure is an old-fashioned, gold with saffron liqueur, biting with ginger liqueur and softly nutty, thanks to the introduction of Scotch to cashew butter. Datta, responsible for the 12-seat bar, counts time at Elle, Columbia Room and the esteemed Rasika West End, where he met Sundas, the former tandoor chef there. A magnet since it opened in 2013, Red Hen does normal well. Wheelchair users should call ahead so a ramp can be set up at the door and seating at the kitchen counter can be arranged; ADA-compliant restroom. Other places might write happy anniversary on a plate in chocolate. Make that whole branzino cooked over a wood grill or pasta draped with the chefs wonderful white Bolognese, what she calls a warm blanket of veal and beef cooked in chicken stock and milk and finished with sage and butter. Dinner Tuesday through Saturday. We feel comfortable we can get to the other side, Tyler told me recently. Crispy potatoes stuffed into pillowy housemade pita is a lot of carbs almost too much fun. Most guests are led to an open-sided white tent on a stone terrace, where the view of rolling green hills and a glimpse of the Potomac River vie with Badiees cooking for diners attention. History reimagines ratatouille as a summery salad garnished with a savory sorbet. Same for dominoes of roseate local beef accessorized with grilled broccoli, burned eggplant and a dollop of ketchup, brilliant with red pepper. No matter where you settle, youll find a menu framed by what farmers and growers are sending chef Neal Wavra, who co-owns the property with his wife, Star. Cheers to that. The servers act as if theyd rather be getting root canals than greeting or seating you. No matter what you think of the bridge between Latin America and the Mediterranean created by Enrique Limardo, you cant say he overpromised. Its the Goldilocks of restaurants just right. Additional salutes are in order for lemony crab linguine garnished with sliced celery, a French twist on Peking duck (its confit, of course) and brunch offered daily. Berbere, the Ethiopian spice blend that torches whatever it touches. Same for the generously apportioned food, fussed over by chef Justin Moore. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. Comforts abound. The multiple rooms soothe visitors with aqua and fuchsia seating, cascades of greenery and servers whose smiles are backed up by polish. This years survey of my favorite restaurants, my 22nd annual fall dining guide, is a reflection of how the pandemic has changed me, too. "Sinc 1 - 50 of 3344 "D.G.B" The Damn Good Bowl. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. In a small strip mall, the facade is nothing to look at. Even after so many visits, were still surprised by how exceptional Yehuda Sichels sandwiches are. Meanwhile, halibut sauced with coconut milk, curry leaf and green peppercorns, part of a collection of regional classics, is an invitation to south India. Design and development by Clare Ramirez. Houston. Elina Shirazi, Fox News Channel National Reporter; Sohrab Ahmari, journalist, current op-ed editor at the New York Post and a contributing editor at the Catholic Herald.Former columnist and editor at The Wall Street Journal; Yashar Ali, journalist who has contributed to HuffPost, NBC News, and New York magazine; Masih Alinejad, journalist and author; presenter/producer for To eat either entree, delivered by servers who look after you like most honored guests, is to understand whats kept the doors open all these years. Notice a pattern? The chef makes things other restaurants offer, but often with some small twist or two that turns them into more personal statements. The pale yellow drift to the side is whipped yogurt with fermented mango. The singular sensation at Frankly Pizza! 1955 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1955th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 955th year of the 2nd millennium, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1950s decade. Wheelchair users can enter through a side door; ADA-compliant restroom. Tangs food isnt just clever, its worth preserving for posterity. But even Monday nights pack in fans of the chef. It doesnt feel challenging enough for some chefs, says Michael Babin. The truth is, there are lots to like here: housemade sodas that change with the season (fall finds pumpkin pie and Concord grape), a small dining room decorated with old cooking utensils and Mason jars-turned-lights, and warmth beyond that of the oven. Wheelchair users can enter through a side door from the parking lot; ADA-compliant restroom. Craft features halibut poached in olive oil and decked out with a panko crust. [At long last, Albi gets to the heart of Levantine cooking]. [Remember Blend 111? Your eyes widen with each bite. Dedicated to the good life, in all respects, Oyster Oyster leads the pack. Prefer to sit indoors, in view of the animated open kitchen or in a room that dates to the 1790s and is said to get visits from a ghost? At different times of the year, the organic soil provides much of the makings for meals. Find stories, updates and expert opinion. Indoor and outdoor seating. No restaurant can be all things to all diners, but I like how this one goes right for the hugs. . Dinner Tuesday through Saturday, lunch Tuesday through Friday. Limiting the number of guests to 100 or so a night means a happier staff and more precision on the plate, he says. Dinner Tuesday through Sunday, brunch weekends. Regulars know it as much for its ambitious social mission as its tea leaf salad and catfish mohinga. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. No barriers to entry, although theres a slight incline at the entrance; ADA-compliant restroom. Langhorne says the next chapter is all about refinement: not doing as much as before, but doing everything better. Scores of wannabe customers stand ahead of my posse at the first-come, first-served pizza-and-wine draw in the Eastport part of Annapolis. Indoor and outdoor seating. tosses pies that reach for perfection (and come close), Open for 53 years, Henrys Soul Cafe proves that comfort is always in demand, Italian restaurants can charm and soothe, even without their dining rooms, If you think fine dining is on pause, Imperfecto would beg to differ, Expect a warm welcome and dazzling dishes at Kinship in Shaw, An Ethiopian newcomer makes a spicy splash in Alexandria, If family-style takeout is on the menu, these 3 restaurants have a whole lot to offer, Like a good neighbor, Pennyroyal Station is there for you, Get your Maryland crab fix at the Point Crab House, along with ace service and a water view, The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm, under a new chef, calls for a road trip. Indoor seating only. Dinner $125 per person, Sunday supper $95. Expect the snails to show up in a bubbling green carpet of herbs, Parmesan and butter, topped with a raft of thick toasted bread. It would be just as easy to fill up on a refreshingly tart striped bass ceviche; crisp masa cakes paved with inky black beans and pickled onions; ultrasmooth corn pudding steamed inside a poblano pepper, or one of the truly special specials from Christian Irabin, the Mexican native and former Oyamel cook whose mission extends to supporting local farms and immigrant workers. Eggplant stars in a schnitzel topped with shaved fennel kraut that would be at home in Germany. Bread lands promptly. Address: 3400 Prospect Street NW, Washington, DC 20007, United States. Editing by Joe Yonan and Jim Webster. 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. This lets us find the most appropriate writer for any type of assignment. A surplus of eggplant might translate to see-through fried slices, drizzled with honey and toasted almonds an elegant appetizer with the crowd appeal of potato chips. But fans in summer and heaters in winter let patrons enjoy the chefs surprises, year-round, in the great outdoors. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday, lunch weekends. Its missing in a lot of places these days, but Muchas Gracias is a poster child for inattention. The chef is a discerning shopper. Maryland blue crab draped with lemon beurre blanc and presented on a crisp wonton nets another rich pleasure. 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. Biscuits are baked every 30 minutes or so, and the side dishes are first-class. Heavy glass doors precede the foyer; ADA-compliant restrooms. Takeout and delivery. Ingredients makes luscious use of a bumper crop of tomatillos from the chefs garden, the source of a sauce for a soothing, taleggio-stuffed arepa. Whatever your preference short rib birria flavored by a complex mole, grilled fish brightened with avocado mousse reveals care and thought. Theres no other food like this in Washington. 202-845-8935. Theyre labeled James (as in Beard) and Julia (as in Child). The slim storefront comes with a big caveat, but let me show the kitchen some love for a few sentences. As before, the smell of smoke from a wood-stoked oven seduces you the moment you step inside the wood-and-brick interior. The founder of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group says hes been trying for years to get someone in the company to whip up an Italian-American menu. New California laws will create 4 million jobs, reduce the states oil use by 91%, cut air pollution by 60%, protect communities from oil drilling, and accelerate the states transition to clean Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola (the The appeal extends to the liquids and the hospitality: The $10 cocktails are improvements on throwbacks, and a spot on your shirt (hello, tomato sauce!) The meatier draws on her menu include awaze tibs sauteed lamb, rosemary and jalapeo and kitfo, blazingly spiced minced beef cooked (or not) the way you ask. Wavra says she moves the votives on the mantle only when nobody is there.. Say amen to the velvety collard greens (best splashed with hot sauce), mashed potatoes flecked with red bits of peel, and creamy mac and cheese. Takeout, no delivery. singles are more interested in a potential someones vaccination status. How are you, Jesse Miller? Indoor and outdoor seating. The International Labour Organization estimated in 2019 that there were 169 million international migrants worldwide. Dinner Thursday through Saturday. Of course, we inhaled it. Loicy Tatro picks up a ballot before voting at Colonial Heights library Tuesday, June 7, 2022. No sooner is it 5 p.m. than the crowd files past a garden that might win Adrian Higginss stamp of approval and into the restaurant, where smiling greeters are somehow able to promptly seat the lot in a span of minutes. The restaurant takes heat requests seriously. The fetching chowda packs in fistfuls of clams whose shells collect smoked bacon, grilled sweet corn, diced potato, crisp scallions and hot cream. All of Zuluagas food is interesting, but two main courses stand out. Of course, it was made there. Stick around for Rochelle Coopers desserts, a favorite of which is her ritzy twist on smores, its honeyed meringue teased into little flames.. Remember Blend 111? Some of the best gored gored in the area is found here; strips of filet mignon, so soft you barely need to chew, arrive in a spicy, brick-colored cloak of awaze, Ethiopias answer to hot sauce. The single best starter is a plate of calamari, sprinkled with semolina and fried to a fine crunch. Easy parking? 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. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Tuesday through Saturday. Soups, including a subtle beef broth, come with a choice of thin or wide noodles; the latter, made with the wheat common in northern China, are rolled out in-house. Few chefs have more fun getting us to eat our vegetables than Rob Rubba, whose (mostly) plant-based tasting menu is a garden of good eating in Shaw. Cue the sparkling tuna tartare, garnished with strips of nori and sharing its plate with a brushstroke of pureed avocado freckled with Korean chile flakes. Takeout and delivery. Takeout and delivery. Her translation of the request highlights the light crunch of the pale, gelatinous mushroom, its ruffles dressed with lime juice, garlic oil and roasted chickpea flour for creaminess. The owners earth-to-table philosophy is based in part on her wide-open pantry. One of the best reasons to reserve at brunch is the chance at pupusas, an idea of sous-chef Alberto Lopez, a native of El Salvador. Patrons can still find filet mignon and lobster chowder longtime draws on the menu but Walsh has asked the servers to ditch their ties, and Johnson, the former chef de cuisine of the late Volt, is helping to fill seats with seared scallops, which at a May meal arrived dappled with a froth of buttermilk and staged with a green garden of asparagus, peas and fava beans. Maple panna cotta with caramelized hazelnuts is the definition of sublime. [Dauphines pays respect to New Orleans with top-notch cooking and cocktails]. The paintings of women with thanaka, a paste made from sandalwood bark, rubbed across their cheeks? Service just about everywhere has taken a hit during the pandemic. 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. Throw in some folk music and some murals from far away, and its easy to think you are, in fact, in a Himalayan roost. Black blisters populate the rim. 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. Did I mention the menu is still printed on the kind of luxurious stock typically reserved for wedding invitations? Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. The server has been on board since Frankly Pizza! Indoor and outdoor seating. Migrant workers who work outside their home country are also called foreign workers.They may also be called expatriates or guest workers, especially when they have been sent for or invited to work in the host country before leaving the home country.. The restaurant isnt flawless. 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. [For exceptional Korean food, book a table at Anju]. Takeout, no delivery. Indoor and outdoor seating for dinner; indoor dining not available for breakfast or lunch. Youre reminded youre in wine country with a list that reads like a bible yet has fun with the subject. (But if you like leftovers ). The dining room is just as seductive. I dont want to miss a dish in the lot. But an even finer dish is the chicken, brined in citrus, massaged with oregano and dried before roasting. Dinner and lunch Tuesday through Sunday. [Classic, well-executed dishes keep this Belgian veteran ticking]. No barriers to entry, although the small restroom is too snug to accommodate a wheelchair. Turns out shes as much an artist as a chef. Linns sly sense of humor resurfaces in the terrific Porky Marge, a margherita pizza punctuated with crisp nubbins of bacon and showered with Romano cheese. The roomy, unisex restroom thoughtfully includes Braille type near the entry. 119 E 23rd St, New York NY 10010 257 W 44th Street, New York NY 10036 (212) 883-8837; Start an order 44th Street Minar. The sight of a tall hamburger being ferried through the long and narrow dining room has me rethinking my order, a thought dismissed as I tuck into tender hanger steak lapped with green peppercorn sauce. What we do is cook what we eat at home, says Rai. Is it still good?, [Three Blacksmiths invites more to the table]. Takeout and delivery. Hello, and welcome to Protocol Entertainment, your guide to the business of the gaming and media industries. While Ive experienced his cooking only as takeout, the food inside the bags and boxes is arranged just so, as if waiting for a photo shoot. 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. End dinner with a show: baked Alaska, as flamboyant as Mardi Gras when its meringue dome is ignited at the table. A garland of ingredients that suggest salad Nicoise finds a spread of smoked trout replacing the traditional tuna. Further crowding the table is a brass plate set off with a bed of rice topped with a fried egg, sprinkled with ground chiles and enhancers of purple onion and lemon wedge. Want to light up your dining room table? Im nervous, he says. Youre a light in the dark. Jamaica (/ d m e k / (); Jamaican Patois: Jumieka) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea.Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Its not only a local favorite, but its also a favorite of former U.S. President Barack Obama. 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. Proof of vaccination or negative test required. Value is not a dirty word, describes the category of $6 wines by the glass; I got class, I just dont want to pay for it includes the $9 options. Yet his preaching is subtle. At a time when her many of her peers are retired or thinking of it, Law-Yone has become the public face of the ambitious restaurant she co-owns with her daughter, Simone Jacobson, and Eric Wang. The pandemic prompted this Italian charmer to take reservations for the first time in 31 years. No delivery or takeout. Everyone I take falls in love with the experience. Dinner daily, brunch weekends. Proof of vaccination or negative test required for indoor dining. Made by hand, the pastas have included such glories as capunti strewn with poached tuna, tomatoes, fennel and pistachios. Indeed, Johnsons list draws inspiration from around the world. The second largest city in Canada, it is a city rich in culture and history and a well-deserved reputation as one of the if not the liveliest cities in the Alone, the stewlike wild boar, cooked with onions and tomatoes, hums with mustard powder, chili powder, lemon juice and sage. Explore a Fascinating Collection of Content. Chef Matt Hill and his business partner, Todd Salvadore, have worked at some of the areas best restaurants, and theyve incorporated best practices into everything they do at Ruthies, a tribute to the chefs late North Carolina grandmother. The drinks are as much fun as the food. Ive saved the best for last. Address: 1904 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States. 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. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. A host offers her a fresh shield from a basket inside, where shes led to her reserved table and handed how quaint a menu with a cloth-and-vinyl cover. If youre the kind of customer who appreciates eye contact or acknowledgment it takes seconds to say Good evening. A recent dinner found us tucking into risotto swollen with what tasted like a forest of porcini mushrooms, lamb ragu humming with red wine and rosemary, and pork tenderloin nearly upstaged by its roast potatoes and creamy borlotti beans. Just ask the customers who ordered the Korean take on beef Wellington, swaddled in pork belly, for Christmas. Wells Silverman and team seem to have sweated every detail. Indoor and outdoor seating. No floppy crusts here. Lee Smith (born December 4, 1957) is an American former pitcher in professional baseball who played 18 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for eight teams. What started as a glorified 7-Eleven in 1968 quickly morphed into a source for soul food as founder Henry Smith added a grill, fryer, chicken dinners and sweet potato pie to his storefront on U Street NW. Dinner Wednesday through Monday. Ask for the chess pie and you get the whole thing, presented in slices beneath a glass globe. A little card on the table explains Levantine ingredients; a sommelier with a sense of taste (and humor) identifies the perfect quaff for dinner. Novak Djokovics winning streak on the tennis court. 3310 Rhode Island Ave., Mount Rainier, Md. The food is tasteful in every way. 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. Looking for a server and a line cook five days a week. 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. Last winter, Blend 111 served meals in a parking lot turned Andean outpost. Owner Michael Biddick promises the return of the attractive heated space, along with one of my prized pandemic purchases from any restaurant: $12 blankets woven from cotton and recycled fibers. Las Vegas. The cooking places a premium on ingredients and technique rather than the chefs ego. Law-Yone asked the hotel kitchen staff to make a dish they would typically cook for themselves, nothing fussy. A custom wood smoker made from a repurposed propane tank, along with an Argentine grill and box smoker in the kitchen, flavor much of the Southern-inspired menu. His lightly pickled wild sardines, served sashimi style, are from Hokkaido, Japan, noted for the freshness of its seafood. . Wheelchair users are asked to call ahead so a ramp can be set out at the door; ADA-compliant restroom. You can still sit inside the handsome bungalow. Its from everywhere, says Walsh. I think Washington remains one of the best places to dine in America. Takeout and delivery. Try it, youll like it. [Italian restaurants can charm and soothe, even without their dining rooms]. What was originally conceived as a watering hole was, because of the pandemic, rethought as more of an Indian-ish dining establishment. Details cloth napkins, Rancho Gordo beans, guacamole that relies on super-creamy Mexican avocados enhance the grazing. Every dish tastes best in class, be it light arancini that any Italian chef would be proud to serve or a pork chop from Autumn Olive Farms that leaves the wood grill tender and juicy (and eats like a prized steak). Indoor and outdoor seating. Takeout, no delivery. Everything coming out of the kitchen is something to rave about. Proof of vaccination required. Yet the journey, he adds, should be a happy one. Takeout and delivery on weekdays. Which it is, despite some trimming of the drinks and wine lists and a format switch. Suffice it to say, the deftly charred fish and luxurious potatoes would make their masters proud.). The combination of nine beans mung, kidney, soy and fava, among others warmed with bay leaf, cloves and chiles is fuel you wont forget. Seattle. The executive chef at Anju in Washington, whos spent half his 32 years in the industry, is no Ted Lasso. As Marler shared via text, We really just want to see where these adventures lead us and continue to have fun with it all.. The newcomer, adjacent to the Roost food hall in the Hill East neighborhood, is neither cheesy nor cheffy. The lightest bouillabaisse around is a few Gulf shrimp and a crisp square of red snapper lapped with a tomato-colored sauce that tastes of the sea and is best mopped with the buttery pullman toast on the side. The meat, carved into two chunks, rests on a whip of turnips and alongside carrot coins ignited with harissa. No takeout or delivery. The staff, many of whom come from the well-regarded Fabio Trabocchi empire, are a poised and informed bunch. If the operation sounds strict, it still holds great appeal. I want it to feel like someones home, says owner Hollis Wells Silverman. Indoor and outdoor seating ($100 for gazebo seating). Ramp leads to bar entrance and an ADA-compliant restroom. The name of the restaurant demands she offer duck and peaches, and the combination of crisp-skinned fowl and juicy fruit is simple and satisfying. But you wouldnt want to miss a note in the concert. Major talent has stepped into big shoes at this road-trip-worthy restaurant in Loudoun County, where Vincent Badiee replaced Tarver King last November, following Kings news that he planned to open a place of his own in the area. I envision many more meals in whats become my choice Chinese spot in the region. A stack of high chairs in the dining room rolls out the welcome mat for young families, and the patio has grown in the past year or so from several outside tables to space for 80 diners. Going into Amy Brandweins warmhearted osteria and market, I always know I can count on seeing a few regulars. A ramp leads to the entrance, where a wheelchair user might need help with double doors; ADA-compliant restrooms. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. See her cacio e pepe, Romes classic cheese and pepper pasta, dressed up with oysters and bottarga and bright with lemon. On the other hand, he feels hes bonded more with his colleagues since the pandemic set ego and hubris aside. Echoing others in the industry, Barreto says, We give so much to guests. Desserts are outsized. No on-site seating. On the upside, that just gives me more excuses to return. Leave it to the disciple of the late great Michel Richard to make fabulous meatloaf, striped with sriracha and enriched with gruyere; and fried chicken, its golden goodness gilded with a granny gravy flavored with morels then to see that the dishes are just as appealing in a takeout container as they are at a table in the restaurant. The beautiful salads capture whatever season were in corn, cucumber and nectarine in August and side dishes such as tomato-sauced Romano beans scattered with feta cheese are snapshots of the chefs childhood, both at home and on visits to Greece. 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. Lunch and dinner daily, dim sum weekends. Or dense and delicious morsels of lamb rolled in a grass-colored paste of raw green papaya, ginger, mint and red chiles. Tom Sietsema spotlights 48 DC-area restaurants, including his 10 favorites. Indoor seating only. Times up. The cooking, from chef Katarina Petonito, mirrors the setting. The most dramatic restaurant entrance in Washington? Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Indoor seating only. Reliability is a hallmark of the restaurants, where the shredded pork and mustard green soup is as delicious and restorative as I remember it back when Facebook was in its infancy, and the shaved dry bean curd, pungent with cilantro and crunchy with peanuts, remains a prized snack. As for dessert, the eye-opener of the bunch is the pineapple boat, swollen with a rum syrup and bright with mint and lime. Ziti stuffed with ricotta comes with a topping of bacon-y steamed clams and garlic toast: clams casino as a garnish. As never before, says Seki, I have to say no now and then. Indoor and outdoor seating. 68. Indoor seating only. Indoor seating only. Reported by mediums, the ghost in the oldest dining room is harmless. Awash in green tile and fringed parasols from Bali, its become my new favorite landing spot in the countrys most famous inn. Division of Corporations The joyride might start with a wispy bite of fried julienne celery root so light it melts on the tongue, along with a surprise center of silken smoked tofu and move on to dishes that trumpet the season. I used to work at Montmartre, the much-missed French draw on Capitol Hill, he tells us. The patio treats customers to a mural abloom with flowers and incorporating local architecture. Lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. No takeout or delivery. Check out the swordfish kebab, cooked over coals and painted with a sauce made vibrant with green chiles, cilantro, caraway and more. Latest breaking news, including politics, crime and celebrity. Troublesome Bubblegum brings together improbable bedfellows pisco, watermelon, chamomile, herbaceous amaro that refresh and delight us. Sign of the times: Ziebold says the most popular category of all is Indulgence. Guests who couldnt travel during the pandemic are spending their vacation money on luxuries such as caviar, truffles, Japanese Kuroge beef and his signature lobster French toast breakfast for dinner for $38. (Anticipate fingers stained red with paprika, chiles and cayenne, too.). Indoor seating only. 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. This memory maker rolls up with a cart carrying an enormous dome of spun sugar hiding progressively smaller replicas inside along with dessert and a salutation on a marzipan ribbon. Such a reassuring restaurant. Kudos to the restaurant for keeping most wine bottle prices below $30. Indoor and outdoor seating. Going in, even hot heads might want to ask for medium spice. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Chocolate chess pie is a slice of heaven made possible with a coffee- and orange-flavored cream and candied ginger. Badiee, 33, previously cooked at Gravitas, Cranes and Fiola three different but impressive Washington, D.C., restaurants and in New York at such notable brands as Eleven Madison Park. Dinner daily, lunch weekdays. The prized seats are those at the counter, where patrons no longer sit knee to knee but still get to observe the chef up close. My only issue with Chennai Hoppers is a menu so long and varied that even after several takeout orders, I feel as if Ive only scratched the surface of the kitchens handiwork. Eight courses sound like a lot, but theyre presented so that something light (or lighthearted) might follow something weighty. (Maybe youve heard. Smooth off the edges of a rough day with the Hari Daiquiri. From this longtime visitors perspective, 2021 will be remembered as one of the most mouthwatering. A Caesar assembled with pea shoots, charred snap peas and breadcrumbs instead of croutons is unconventional but so good, even purists polish it off. As for the cooking, theres little on the menu that youve likely encountered before. The award for the best-insulated delivery meal goes to this plain, 30-seat storefront in Silver Spring, which bundles its vegetable combination like a babushka wraps a baby: so completely, its hard to see whats inside. Bronx. Its all as luscious as it looks. Wheelchair users can enter with the help of ramps and valets; ADA-compliant restroom. Happily, the four-course tasting menu that diners can design for themselves remains a staple of one of the citys most creative restaurants. Equally enticing are the prices: Only one of A&Js many dishes costs more than $13. 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. by Ray Ampoloquio published November 28, 2022 November 28, 2022. Housemade ravioli tends to be stuffed with something that reminds you what time of year it is, and the scallop ceviche lit with lime and chiles brings Lima close. Were you to inspect his open kitchen, youd find vegetable scraps being saved for cocktails and lids instead of plastic wrap to cover food. Looking for a party room? Vegetarians fly first-class here; kudos to the towering hearts of palm crab cake. Meanwhile, Mother Nature has a rival in the pastry team, whose hand-painted peach involves a sumptuous mousse. Incheon can be quiet enough that Ahn himself introduces the seven or so dishes that make up his tasting menu. Takeout, no delivery. But you know what? Additional development by Madison Walls. Its a kinder, gentler dining experience at Et Voila!, which might find House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) or Imperfecto chef Enrique Limardo at the next table. Same for the earthy-sweet beets, which also get a stab of heat from jalapeos. The eyes eat first. A visit to this cozy Belgian outpost in the Palisades proves a welcome exception. Tick, tick, tick. Lunch and dinner daily. [On Capitol Hill, two ambitious restaurants debut from one thoughtful owner]. Would you like to sit outside, on a covered patio or in a cabana resembling a Japanese teahouse? Service. Rutas menu is a master class in execution. Guilty! 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. 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. Every neighborhood should have an Elle. His tasting menu changes from visit to visit; the nine or so courses marry just-picked ingredients with abundant creativity. No takeout or delivery. Your fork doesnt know where to start. Those chopped collards have lots of garlic, ginger and red onion going for them. Breakfast and lunch weekdays, brunch weekends, dinner daily. No takeout or delivery. Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. 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. When he opened his Maryland pizzeria seven years ago, friends told him he needed to round out the menu with appetizers and pasta. Eye-openers include kinche boiled cracked wheat finished with clarified butter and beef stew mixed with torn injera. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Green olives do the job of a bread basket; good drinks (go for the rosemary-laced gimlet) spring from the central bar. This is top five, for sure.. An elegant riff on a gin & tonic arrives in a glass the size of a globe which didnt stop anyone from the last drop. The bowl packs in seafood and country ham along with seemingly a bushel of vegetables, in a broth made rich with a quartet of stocks. In fall, she serves the popular Bolognese on pasta made from chestnut flour, and autumn is more luscious because of it. [Head to Chennai Hoppers for some of the areas best Indian cooking]. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. The candles on the tables are oyster shells filled with wax. Customers asked for breakfast and chef-owner Tsehay Beferdu delivered, with a menu offered daily until noon. Red Hen rocks. Adler stands in front of the visible kitchen, inspecting plates as they go out: some of the best, and most photogenic, pesto-sauced pasta, veal cutlets and shrimp scampi in memory. In Annandale, wheelchair users can enter the restaurant via the right side of the building, which has a ramp. The bar, fronted with chic leather stools, teaches that jalapeo-infused tequila, mezcal and Spanish red wine are soul mates in a glass. Daily U.S. military news updates including military gear and equipment, breaking news, international news and more. Mac and cheese gets finished with Parmesan breadcrumbs, and the braised greens served with smoked tomatoes sting with the juice of pickled Fresno chiles. I just wanted to do one thing as good as I can, says the chef. Throw in a gracious staff and some of the best alfresco seating in the city theres no prettier alley than this one in CityCenter and you get something both refined and approachable, a delicious package deal. Ill be with you in a moment this restaurant might disappoint you. Thomas Jefferson is said to have introduced the first pasta machine to America in 1787. The fire in the red lentils? Dinner Tuesday through Sunday, lunch Wednesday through Friday. 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. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. But if you do, youre welcome, too. A lot of guests have opinions about vegetables, based on unpleasant experiences with say, canned mushrooms or overcooked asparagus, says Rubba. Lunch and dinner Tuesday through Sunday. I still stand behind stalwarts Bucks Fishing & Camping in Washington and Charleston in Baltimore, which you can find in my Hall of Fame. Forget its debut and feast on its much-improved second act. Meat and potatoes take on new meaning when theyre given the Burmese treatment cooked with pungent herbs and garam masala and presented as a pleasantly sour beef curry. Is there a dish Ruta doesnt excel at? The ancient grain salad unites golden couscous and nutty black quinoa beneath a cover of sliced sunchokes and pickled cucumbers, a construction amplified by dressings that veer from hot to sweet to tangy. Even his more straightforward-sounding dishes sparkle at Daru. Ahn combines arborio rice and pecorino cheese as deftly as any Italian chef, but makes his risotto singular with the help of dashi instead of chicken stock and diced boiled abalone as the featured attraction. Regions with significant populations; Northeastern United States (parts of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Delaware Valley, Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island); Illinois (especially Chicago); also, parts of BaltimoreWashington, Ohio, St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Detroit, and Omaha; and parts of California (such as Los Angeles, San Francisco One of the areas best ambassadors for the food of southern India is this retreat, opened nine months into the pandemic by chef John Rajoo, a native of Tamil Nadu, whose capital is Chennai. The butcher steak, thick and blushing, underscores the chefs tenure at St. Anselm, one of the citys best grills. Lunch and dinner daily. No takeout or delivery. If the service is a touch more hesitant these days, well, that applies to a lot of restaurants now. No takeout or delivery. India has changed, says Bajaj. Indoor and outdoor seating. Grilled rockfish set on a shimmering pool of sungold tomato sauce and circled with brioche croutons and herbs arranged as if with tweezers was beautiful and luscious. Knowing that Tyler and her colleagues, chef Jon Sybert and wine maven Bill Jensen, are also behind the nearby Tail Up Goat is reason enough to pay respects. The richest dish of the lot is the slow-cooked lamb, shaped into a soft terrine and grouped with red cabbage, sweetened with agave syrup, and an uber-silky potato puree inspired by the late French chef Jol Robuchon. One of them, Angel Barreto, sees something profound positive even coming out of the mess. Wrought iron stretches over the part of the main dining room where charcuterie boards and seafood platters are whipped up, and a jungle of plants around the perimeters lends lushness. From the brick oven come thin, crisp pies, including the Spotted Pig, decked out with wild boar meatballs, sopressata, a pleasantly sweet tomato sauce, fresh basil and multiple cheeses. Indoor seating only. From the bar flow some of the most beautiful and delicious drinks around. No barriers at the entrance; a lift in the bar allows access to the main dining room. Bobby Jones, the chef and co-owner of one of Marylands prize crab destinations, says his seafood restaurant 10 miles north of Annapolis was inspired by long-ago summer family gatherings at his grandmothers little creekside rancher on Kent Island. Entrees $31-$59; chefs tasting menu $150, wine pairing $125. As before, you should also know Three Blacksmiths still takes reservations about 200 days out and March 2022 is already spoken for. Kudos to the server who presents the menu as if his fingers were a frame and the list were worthy of one. Florida Department of State. The reaction to the restaurants news was so heartwarming, the owners began taking steps to buy themselves at least another six months or so. Pizza! No menu until after youve eaten. Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization. When hes not minding his ever-expanding culinary empire, Andrs is saving the world. Takeout and delivery. Popular restaurants. Takeout and delivery. No matter how many people tag along, I always wish there were more. If you see a store, restaurant or landmark that interests you, just disembark at one of the tours 17 designated bus stops around DC. Whole fried tilapia is snowy flesh draped in masala sauce mixed with coconut milk. Limited indoor seating (two stools at a counter). Takeout and delivery. No utensils necessary, chowhounds know; the extra scrolls of spongy injera in your order are all the scoops you need. A shortage of staff meant a delay in seating guests in the dining room, which partially opened recently. The chef uses local ingredients and Indian techniques to come up with such intriguing dishes as a chicken kebab plied with blue cheese, sour cream and cream cheese and set on a pool of spiced sour cherry sauce, a nice foil to the rich meat. Executive chef Kristen Essig comes to Washington from the Big Easy, where she co-owned one of its most beloved restaurants, Coquette. The setting at Patowmack Farm 40 acres owned by restaurateur Beverly Morton Billand is beautiful and practical. The constant here is consistency. That said, my preference is a table in the second-floor dining room. Count on bold flavors, as on one nights Provenal, a special trumpeting capers, olives, juicy sungold tomatoes and salami slices practically thin enough to read through. The one that calls loudest is kwati, a soup prized by the Nepalese as much for its health benefits as its heartiness. You should, too. 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