Nosh notes: Eating Out
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Kosher deli on wheels launched! - 28 May 2011
Hankering for corned beef and dill pickle for your lunch? Sixth & Rye is a Kosher deli on wheels, parked on Fridays only, during lunch hours, at 600 I St NW. read more...
Palena expansion - 28 May 2011
I make no bones about it: Palena is my favorite Washington DC restaurant. And one of my two favorite in the world.
And in early summer 2011 it grew bigger, with a new expanded cafe. If you haven't been, go. read more...
A cappuccino in, with a food truck, please - 18 Mar 2011
Do you ever sit nursing a latte in a coffeeshop starving hungry but not wanting something sweet? Chinatown Coffee Co. has a solution. Their happy hour association with food trucks from last fall is back on Thursdays between 6.30 and 8.30, from March 31. read more...
Falafel - DC's best - 2 Mar 2011
Ground and fried chickpeas molded with spices into a mini Zeppelin and fried may not sound like much to celebrate. But pushed into a warmed pitta along with shredded lettuce, fine slices of tomato, onion and maybe some turnip pickle then drizzled with tahini or a garlic-yogurt sauce, it becomes heaven. DC boasts a number of good places to find it. read more...
Redline - G St NW's latest venture - 3 Dec 2010
It's always interesting to see what happens next on G St NW. This time, at the old FLY Lounge it's a new concept in draw your own draft beers and gastrolounge food. read more...
Indian casual dining the next new thing? - 24 Nov 2010
Merzi, founded by Kaz Kazmi, is about to open at 415 7th St NW, calling itself 'Indovatively Fresh'. (Yes, 'fraid so.)
Merzi isn't "thank you" in French from a local with a cold. It means “choice” in Urdu, Hindi and Punjabi. read more...
Nosh Notes: Casa Nonna - 11 Nov 2010
I'm always on the look-out for an Italian restaurant that I can afford to eat at regularly, serving the kind of food you get off the beaten track in rural Italy.
I've found it. read more...
Latino menus - what's is that stuff? - 28 Jul 2010
Que? Some of the terms on Latin American menus may be confusing enough to discouraging ordering. And you'd miss a treat. read more...
Nosh Notes - Hollywood East Cafe - 2 Jun 2010
Mother's Day was not the best for dim sum without a reservation at Hollywood East Cafe. The lobby outside in the mall was mobbed. But here's the trick for any date's that going to be packed: ask to eat at the bar. Or make a reservation. Or bring a book and stand in long line. The food is worth the wait. read more...
Nosh Notes: Song Phat - 17 Mar 2010
Walk through or make your way round the back of Hung Phat Asian Market and you'll find a simple Formica table-topped restaurant serving really good Vietnamese noodle soups, dishes and grills. read more...
Nosh Notes: Domku Bar and Cafe - 8 Jan 2010
Fed up with diners serving burgers and steaks and hot dawgs? Looking for a change? (This recommendation is not strictly a market - though if you got your food to go it would qualify - but a suggestion for winter warming food.) Visit Kera Carpenter and she'll introduce you to a neighborhood not known for restaurants as well as an unfamiliar cuisine: Eastern European food, in...Petworth! She's the owner chef of Domku Bar and Cafe. read more...
Nosh Notes - Present Restaurant - 3 Dec 2009
The differences between eating in a restaurant serving a Western cuisine and one representing the cooking of an Asian region begin with the length of the menu. Once I've turned a couple of the - usually - laminated pages, I'm in a dither of indecision and a quiver of vacillation.
This is not a problem you'll have at Present, a Vietnamese restaurant. read more...
Nosh Notes - Mandalay - 24 Nov 2009
You certainly don't go to Mandalay for the interior design and the intimate atmosphere. It's the kind of restaurant you might stumble into after hours of desperate driving across the mid-west, only to find yourself in a beige meeting-hall kind of space, surrounded by wrinkles and disapproval.
You go to Mandalay for the food. It's good, interesting and reasonably priced. read more...
Nosh Notes: Turkish restaurants - 5 Aug 2009
This web site doesn't cover many restaurants. But the following come highly recommended by a number of Turkish eatWashingtonians. They should know. And summertime is the perfect season for this kind of food. read more...
Nosh Notes: Crabs & clams - 5 Aug 2009
Crabs and clams are a local treat worthy of serious foodie consideration. Where to observe - and experience the treat. read more...
Nosh notes: The Fearless Critic - 1 Jul 2009
I don't feel particularly well served by restaurant reviewers who believe they shouldn't put pen to paper until they've given a place a go three times. If I eat a poor meal the first time round, why, as a general punter with plenty of dining choices, would I give them a second chance? But I can't write a Nosh Note this week because I spent my noshing money on a new swimsuit. So you might consider giving this new DC restaurant reviews book, a look over. Its reviewers have to have some educated connection with food, either in training or career. (Here I go, doing myself out of a job...) read more...
Nosh Notes - M Café & Bar - 24 Jun 2009
Ladies who like to lunch in style like to lunch at M Café & Bar in Chevy Chase where one side of Wisconsin Avenue is still rooted in medical centers, gloomy estate jewelers and the Gap while the other glistens with outposts of Jimmy Choo, Tiffany, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Bulgari, Dior, Ralph Lauren and other brave adventurers from New York.
M Café & Bar is a rare, in Washington, taste of Manhattan glamour. Somehow you imagine the conversation is more likely to cover the kind of behavior that Mother wouldn't approve of than the lastest news from the PTA. read more...
Nosh Notes: Everlasting Life/Eternity Juice Bar - 10 Jun 2009
When I drove past the Everlasting Life/Eternity Juice Bar on Georgia Avenue, I had to stop. Can there be a better name for a place to revive? I felt better, more vital, taller of limb, tighter of skin, just reading the name. It is surely what the origin of the word 'restaurant' was all about. read more...
Nosh Notes: Cuban sandwiches - 10 Jun 2009
Until we're allowed to fly into Havana, we're being deprived of a true Cuban sandwich. There are sandwich bars that trumpet their Cuban sandwiches. But it's hard to find one made with the right bread. But even the not-quite-real-McKoy is a great summer chew for picnics in the park. Here's where to find the close-to-genuine article. read more...
Nosh Notes: New Heights - 28 May 2009
I'm fond of New Heights. It was one of the few upscale yet relaxed restaurants I could afford when I arrived in Washington from Moscow decades ago. Those were the years when, if you didn't have a bank account to buy your meal for you, the best places to eat were in the 'burbs. They knew what they were doing better than some of the in-town chefs of the early 90s with all-too-brief kitchen resumes. read more...
The lunch shift is over and chef Peter Smith, owner of PS 7’s restaurant is surrounded by gin. No, he’s not relaxing over a drink. The gin is in bowls in an pre-formed state. It’s the mash, a mix of herbs and berries and peels and roots that Smith has worked out how to use in his food as flavorings.
Chew On This: Your first 'Duh' of the year...
Eggplant
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Ribollita - wondersoup or wodge?
Yasaman Persian Bakery - one of my favorites
Breads - a good chew
Duck & goose
A festive 'Special': Foie Gras Creme Caramel
Festive presents weird and wacky at World Market
Walnut oil
The perfect Yorkshire pudding
Chew On This: The acai berry diet can only thin your wallet...
The Queen Mum's favorite cake
West Indian Black Cake
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