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Where Did I Dine? A Photograph-Based Guessing Game
Simon replied to porcupine's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
Alas, I'm hearing crickets. Probably too nondescript. Here's a hint, in the form of the dish name/menu description: Birds Of A Feather…..Rolled Together $13.95 Braised Chicken & Duck Cannelloni, Herbed Ricotta, Spinach, Sweet Corn Leeks & Parmesan Cheese -
Where Did I Dine? A Photograph-Based Guessing Game
Simon replied to porcupine's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
Where did I dine? This was in DC, to narrow it a bit... -
So, how's the food in the "Spirits Library"?
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- Blagden Alley
- Convention Center
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I haven't been recently, but each of the dozen or so times I've been here since it's opened, Yannick has been in the kitchen, and at the helm. If you go when the restaurant is less busy -- I often went for Sunday lunch -- he's very approachable and will cook off-menu items for you if you ask.
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Any tips on how to avoid them?
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The menu layout and font look almost exactly those from the Per Se menu. Same designer?
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- Mount Vernon Square
- Modern American
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Thanks, DanielK and pras, for your help! I was released early, so I ended up going to Bob's Shanghai. The XLB was so good...
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I, indeed, have, Don, and have been to Kinship three times. Hard pass at those markups. Last Saturday, I happily paid $50 at Kinship to drink my own Dujac. For me, the choice is between BYO or, in all likelihood, spending less than $50 on wine with that kind of list (as I did on my second visit). This is getting into personal territory, but you brought it there: I personally am not a heavy drinker so I don't need a bottle to split between two people and at these markups will pass. ETA: I was told by Celia in December that Metier would also be offering $50 corkage, so this is something of a reversal.
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- Mount Vernon Square
- Modern American
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Any advice on places to get a good, relatively quick lunch near the courthouse in Rockville Town Center? Thank you!
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Everyone was right: I was absolutely not disappointed in the roast chicken. As drasick, and maybe others, have said, it's the lemon-garlic "panade" that really makes the dish. I will say, though, that the skin on my chicken was not crispy (and I was inclined to attribute that to the tradeoffs involved in this preparation--injecting the stuffing, and possibly brining?--but then I saw others reported crispy skin ... not sure what happened to our bird). But that was a really minor disappointment. It's a truly special preparation. That said, dining as a pair, I'll be still be inclined to order a greater number of smaller dishes in the future, rather than one of the "for the table" entrees... Also, as I've written before, the apple confit is the best dessert I've had anywhere in recent memory. Get it.
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- Mount Vernon Square
- Fine Dining
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Does anyone have any more first-hand reports about the roast chicken? Is it worth the "opportunity cost," when there are so many creative (and smaller) dishes on the menu?
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- Mount Vernon Square
- Fine Dining
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When I received a tour of the unfinished Metier space this winter, I was shown a cozy, living room-like antechamber in the basement (complete with a fireplace, if I recall correctly) that will lead into the main dining room.
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- Mount Vernon Square
- Modern American
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The wine markups are extortionate even by DC standards.
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- New York Chain
- City Center
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Since, apparently, I won't be able to send you to Tokyo - Chettinadu Indian Cuisine in Rockville: neighborhood place reportedly serving excellent, authentic Chettinad cooking, but with spotty service - is it worth a visit?
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- Merrifield
- Mosaic District
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DanielK and CajunJason were basically right. It didn't suck. The ceviche mixto was excellent, though I didn't eat the accompanying corn and what looked like sweet potato (?). My friend's arroz con mariscos looked sad and perfunctory. But the goat stew was solid, though one or two pieces were dry.
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- Downtown
- Farragut West Metro
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During my mother's most recent visit here, a waiter told her: "The duck is good. Other dishes ... may be better at other restaurants."
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- Falls Church
- Baileys Crossroads
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I'm being taken here tomorrow for the first time. What should I order?
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- Downtown
- Farragut West Metro
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Zenebech for Ethiopian; BreadFurst for bread; Kinship for your "fancier" meal ETA: And CF Folks for lunch in Dupont. Sit at the counter, order one of the specials, chat up the cranky old guy.
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- Adams Morgan
- Visiting from Chicago
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+1 Kinship is the best restaurant in DC right now. Everything I had tonight was superlative. The apple confit, a new addition to the menu, is the best dessert I've had in not-so-recent memory.
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- Mount Vernon Square
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The lamb xacuti I had last night at the West End location was a perfectly fine, perfectly ordinary curry that was executed on a level I could have found at a half dozen (or more) other, less heralded Indian restaurants in the area.
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- Local Chain
- Penn Quarter
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Don, I'm talking specifically about the omakase counter, and not the various tasting menus they offer in the main dining room. And I'm also talking about value. I've had middling to pretty good experiences with the regular menu, but they always felt overpriced -- proportionally -- to the omakase counter, where the quality of ingredients, attention to detail, and overall impact of the meal are that much higher. What you get for ~$160 per person blows away any of the $125 menus in the main dining room.
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- Dupont Circle
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I love the omakase counter, but I'll only otherwise come into the restaurant for the ramen.
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- Dupont Circle
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