This Week in DC Reviews - January 20, 2006 Archives
This Week in DC Reviews - January 20, 2006
Periodically, we will publish This Week in DC Reviews, a roundup of reviews of DC-area restaurants, with quick links to DC-area restaurant reviews and mentions from the previous seven days in blogs, magazines, and newspapers.
For a roundup of New York City restaurant reviews from NYC food bloggers and media, see This Week in NYC Reviews at A Guy In New York.
- OxBlog says "there are some great places to eat" in DC, and recommends ... Tony Cheng's Seafood Restaurant: "pan-friend scallops in hot pepper sauce [and] breaded shrimp [were] cooked just right, bringing out all the flavor but still keeping it moist and tender." ... (previous review: dcfud (TWIR, December 9, 2005)) ... 619 H Street NW, 202-371-8669 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Gayot] ... Heritage India "provides taste, for example in its polenta cake with chicken tikka." ... 1337 Connecticut Avenue NW, 202-331-1414 and 2400 Wisconsin Avenue NW, 202-333-3120 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell | openlist | Gayot] ... and Pizzeria Paradiso: "a brick-oven establishment that can go head-to-head with the best in New York and New Haven" ... 2029 P Street NW, 202-223-1245 and 3282 M Street NW, 202-337-1245 [Washingtonian | City Paper | WaPo | openlist | Gayot]
- The Rock Creek Rambler had a Restaurant Week meal at Tosca: "you have to be impressed by Tosca's restaurant week menu. They provide you with a full size menu (none of this select one from two crap) divided into starters, pasta, entrees, and desserts" ... had the "roasted veal and spinach ravioli with red wine reduction, butter and parmesan cheese ... was phenom" ... and the "grilled pork T-bone steak, with roasted potatoes sautéed Swiss chard and rosemary sauce ... was huge, and cooked absolutely perfectly" ... web site, 1112 F Street NW, 202-367-1990 [WaPo | The Hill | City Paper | Don Rockwell | openlist | Citysearch | Gayot]
- Gabriella Boston had "32 of Team Andres' exciting and unpredictable creations as part of the Nuevo Latino Dim Sum Brunch, a unique midday dining experience in Washington." ... a "Latino dim-sum brunch" is a unique fusion we've never heard of, and none of the dishes she describes sound like dim sum ... if you want Chinese dim sum, try ... China Garden Restaurant, web site, 1100 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA, 703-525-5317 [Washingtonian | City Paper | Gayot] ... Hollywood East (Washingtonian), 2621 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, 240-290-9988 [City Paper | WaPo | Don Rockwell | Gayot] ... Good Fortune, 2646 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, 301-929-8818 [Washingtonian | City Paper | Don Rockwell | Gayot] ... A&J Restaurant, 1319-C Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD [Washingtonian | City Paper | WaPo | Don Rockwell | Gayot] ... and for the best dim sum in NYC, try the Chatham Restaurant ...
- D.C. Foodies had dinner at Zengo ... "my experience there was average at best. Put it this way, just because you put an Asian sauce on a Latin dish, doesn't make it Latin-Asian fusion." ... "the whole crispy fish [had] 'nuggets' of fried fish meat in the dish with the fried carcass" ... "Presentation aside, the dish was bland." ... (previous review: Tom Sietsema (TWIR, December 16, 2005)) ... web site, 781 Seventh Street NW, 202-393-2929 [City Paper | Don Rockwell]
- dcfud says the service was frazzled but the food good at Bangkok 54 ... "A waitress took 20 minutes to 'be right back' to take our orders. Appetizers took a considerable amount of time to arrive. A friend’s main dish order of pineapple fried rice lacked, well, pineapple" ... "Won ton soup was perfectly spiced" ... "the five-spice braised pork ... was absolutely delicious, sweet without being cloying" ... web site, 2919 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA, 703-521-4070 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell | dc-eating | openlist]
- Janelle Erlichman Diamond says "The soup from Atwater's Ploughboy Soups is worth the drive to Baltimore. Honestly, even without the Inner Harbor and art museum stuff." ... "Atwater gathers seasonal ingredients from local farmers markets and an organic co-op in Pennsylvania. He'll prep vegetables the night before (on a recent day, Brussels sprouts) before figuring out the next morning what to do with them" ... 529 East Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 410-323-2396 [City Paper | openlist]
- Alexandra Greeley reviews two restaurants ... Dukem Restaurant: "be sure to ask for guidance. The chili quotient of some dishes can be a minefield of fire." ... "be sure to ask for the spicy version of the lamb wot, a stew of lamb cubes served in a sauce that is almost as dark as chocolate. And don’t be fooled for one minute if your first several bites seem oddly bland. Without warning, the burn sets in" ... web site, 1114 U Street NW, 202-667-8735 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper] ... Etete Ethiopian Cuisine: "azifa ... a marvelous lentil salad composed of cooked and partially mashed lentils stirred with chopped chilies, lime juice, and a daub of Ethiopian mustard. It’s delicious, and an example of how lentils can become totally addictive legumes." ... web site, 1942 9th Street NW, 202-232-7600 [WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell]
- metrocurean likes "the pork ribs, leg of lamb and fried plantains" at Fogo de Chão, a Brazilian churrasco chain ... (previous reviews: Tom Sietsema (TWIR, December 16, 2005)web site, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 202-347-4668 [City Paper | Don Rockwell] ... and had "an amazing procession of courses at" CityZen ... (dcchefsmagazine features Eric Ziebold of CityZen) ... web site, 1330 Maryland Avenue SW, 202-787-6006 [Washingtonian | WaPo | The Hill | City Paper | Don Rockwell | openlist | Gayot]
- Throwing Hammers had drinks with lots of Zombies at Mackey's Public House ... but doesn't tell us about the food - did anyone have the fish and chips, or was everyone eating brain? ... or the drinks! Someone must have had a Zombie ... Ai yi yi, youth is wasted on the young ... web site, 1823 L Street NW, 202-331-7667 [WaPo | City Paper | openlist]
- DC Pussycat Doll had dinner at 1789: "it was fabulous" ... "the oyster soup ... contained very large, done to perfection oysters" ... "the rack of lamb with feta potatoes and garlic spinach ... lamb was tender and the potatoes were out of this world" ... "grilled monkfish served over scallops and garlic spinach ... was very good" ... web site, 1226 36th Street NW, 202-965-1789 [Washingtonian | WaPo | NYT | City Paper | Don Rockwell | openlist | Gayot]
- Le Cuvee Americain: The American Blend had a Restaurant Week lunch at The Caucus Room ... "started with the open-faced wild mushroom ravioli ... had a wonderful flavor and I think it was probably my favorite dish of the meal." ... "the seared sea bass [was] presented on a bed of roasted fingerling potatoes and lightly sauteed broccoli rabe and with a tamarind-flavored thin brown sauce, which I also enjoyed a lot, especially the slightly bitter, hot zestiness of the rabe." ... was not impressed with the pecan pie ... web site, 401 Ninth Street NW, 202-393-1300 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell | openlist | Gayot] ... and a Restaurant Week brunch at The Grill at the Ritz-Carlton in DC ... "Our Caesar salads were okay, but terribly ordinary. They used commercial croutons and there were disgusting little anchovy filets on top of the romaine." ... "main course: Cajun spiced grilled salmon. I thought my salmon was quite good" ... and for dessert strawberry charlotte: "Well, here at the Ritz-Carleton, they took the banquet caterers' route out, filling a big sheet cake pan with a thin layer of cake and using what tasted to me like strawberry Jello whipped with whipped cream and a very gelatinized strawberry puree, then cut the dessert into squares ... and an egg-shaped dollop of what Robert called 'the most artfully presented Cool Whip I've ever seen.'" ... "I'm afraid that The Grille at the Ritz-Carleton (sic) falls into the category of the typical, severely over-priced, faux-elegant hotel restaurant." ... web site, 1150 22nd Street NW, 202-974-5566 [City Paper | openlist] ... had dinner at Penang ... the sarang burung "was delicious. That fried taro root had the texture of potatoes and the lightly fried portions had a great crunch and flavor" ... Hobnob agrees with the Washingtonian: the "downtown DC branch of Penang is a bit of a letdown" ... for excellent Malaysian food in DC go to Malaysia Kopitiam (for incredible Malaysian food in NYC, go to Sanur) ... 1837 M Street NW, 202-822-8770 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | openlist | food-plan | Gayot] ... and had lunch at The Prime Rib, "which actually requires gentlemen to wear a jacket and tie" ... "the luncheon-sized prime rib ... took up the entire oval plate! ... was 'excellent' and had a 'very nice flavor.'" ... "the grilled calves' liver and onions ... was absolutely delicious." ... if you want "an old-style, elegant, steakhouse experience, I can recommend this place highly." ... web site, 2020 K Street NW, 202-466-8811 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Gayot]
- DC Food Blog had a Restaurant Week dinner at the Oval Room ... "the duck confit cassoulet ... tasted like an upscale version of the humble pork and beans" ... "loved loved loved ... the codfish with braised savoy cabbage ... was moist, tender, and flaky with a light butter sauce that complimented the sweetness of the fish without competing with it. If it was socially acceptable, I would have licked my plate. The cabbage had a sweet nutty flavor, reminiscent of good brussel spouts" ... "Overall, this place just felt so establishment. Competent, but not warm." ... web site (a mess), 800 Connecticut Avenue NW, 202-463-8700 [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Gayot]
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