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Today at 11 a.m.

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Zengo, Morimoto and more to come:  there is hope for D. C. and its future attracting the best of elsewhere.  My hope is also that they will know that our expectations are the same as where they built their reputations. 

Spoiler: I believe le Cirque is being drawn to the Penn Quarter Gravity Well o' Disposable Income...

Alan Yu, formerly of Cirtonelle and the Executive Cef of JG's 66 in New York,is the opening chef of Zengo. He is a friend, but also an great talent. He will pull off the Asian-Latin Mix with elegance, style and grace. I wish Alan and all the rest at Zengo good luck and think that after all the trendy white leather rotating table joints have been long shuttered Zengo will still be going strong.

I usually don't plug for a "celebrity" outpost (see reference paulimoto) but Alan is good, I mean wicked good so there's my angle.

Would you mind revealing who your supplier of these things is?

got to this site www.dibruno.com

what they don't have in stock, they can get for you.

Hi all:

I don't know this section of town very well, I'm afraid and was curious to know what good eats are nearby.  I know Chinatown is about 4 blocks away (correct?) and I can find decent eats there but I'd like to know what late-night dining options are near the cinema.  Forgive my ignorance but what section of town is this - is this near Penn Quarter?  What are the reasonably priced good eats near the cinema?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Bistro d'oc

I need a strong cook for a full time evening position.  Flexible schedule available. Good pay and great work atmosphere doing modern cuisine.  PM me or call at 202.293.5390

I am also interviewing for a dining room manager and a pastry chef

Mark, I can't think of anything I'd rather do less than complain to management about an employee in the middle of a meal.  It may be best for the restaurant (as a business entity) if the customer does this, but it's not necessarily best for the diner. 

Changing topics, you don't know how many times I flat-out LIE to restaurants when they say, "How's that pork chop?"  Okay, I'm fessing up:  here's the truth.  Here's what I really mean when I say, "It's fine, thanks:"

"It's pretty weak, actually, but I'll try and enjoy it anyway rather than disrupt the flow of the meal."

And you do it too!  I've seen you!   

"But I don't go trotting off to the internet later and saying anything about it!"

Well, that's true.  And that issue is discussed in all it's glory (or lack thereof) here.

Cheers,

Rocks.

I have to add my favorite. a friend and I have the same habit of saying good with a slight up and down nod and a higher inflection. This means not so good, and I know when a dish of mine needs tweaking.

oh yeah "Delicatessen"

Big Night is fantastic for a chef, I mean a fictional chef who won't forsake his vision, I love it. The "hot dog" exchange is particularly enjoyable.

My wife yells at me every time I watch Mostly Martha when it comes on.

When at Equinox the kitchen staff had a soft spot for Dinner Rush with Danny Aiello. Food, sex, murder and gambling (my favorite things, excepting the murder part).(the chives incident was a favorite)

My wife nearly wrecked our truck with the dog and kids in it, upon hearing that you can get your own "celebrity chef" kitchen designed by Todd Gray.

My boyfriend and I were in Philly last weekend and had some amazing meals. We started on sat by getting drinks at continental. You can sit outside and they have fun drinks like the Champagne-a-rama! Then we ate at Budahkan, which is always amazing. We had a tuna pizza (thinly sliced tuna and wasabi on focaccia) as an appetizer and i had the seared ahi tuna, which was on of the best I have ever had, while my boyfriend had the steak which was equally delicious. On sunday we had brunch at Continental mid-town, which is such a fun kooky atmosphere. For dinner we went for drinks at Jones and dinner at to Morimoto, which was very impressive.

I absolutely LOVE Stephen Starr restaurants (as you can tell from my culinary weekend). Why oh why cant we have a Stehen Starr in DC??

Doesn;t he back Morimoto in Philly? Morimoto opens soon in Tyson's maybe he's backing that venture.

(strugggling to refrain from being glib about celeb chef's anbd their restaurants they don't work at)

For those of you who may not know, Derek got a spread in one of the new DC lifestyle mags.

I couldn't help but notice the similarity in appearance to this guy --

That's cold, just cold man.

In addition to the aforementioned line cooks I am currently seeking an Evening Dining Room Manager. Candidates must have fine dining experience, excellent wine and food knowledge and the ability to teach and train a staff. Please contact me here at dr.com or call 202.293.5390

Several years ago, the Mickey D's I drove by in Minnesota and South Dakota were running a regional promotion where they served grilled Johnsonville brats.

My father and I ordered a couple each; they were served up with toasted buns, soft-cooked onions and mustard.  We agreed the only thing missing from that meal were a couple of 16-oz. McPilsners.

Craig

summertime on the way to Rehoboth the McDonalds just before the Bay Bridge would often be running crab cakes, I did not eat them, the whole idea makes me want to induldge in arsonistic fantasies....

Folks - I am posting this with permission from Mr. Don Rocks himself. If you like Indian food ... email/pm names of your favorite dishes --- no restuarant names needed, just what you love to eat!

I look forward to hearing from you all.

thanks in advance

(I need these for an article I am working on. Any help would be greatly appreciated.)

a sampler

samosa

lamb vindaloo

murg tikka masala

saag paneer

matar paneer

paneer pakora

daal mahani

mali kofta

garlic naan

poori when it is in its baloon state

I need a strong cook for a full time evening position. Flexible schedule available. Good pay and great work atmosphere doing modern french-american "bistro" cuisine. PM me or call at 202.293.5390

This one is for travelers only. The Green Door in Park Hall, Maryland just 1.6 miles North of St. Mary's College Campus is a classic. Woodstove that burns drunks who lean on it, check. Townie and College student tensions on a daily basis, check. Cheap, cheap, cheap beer, check. 10oz Budweisers to go at 2am, check. Smallish pool table too close to the wall, so you have to shoot like Kramer and Mr. Costanza, check. 37.5% chance of catching an STD from the bathroom alone, check. Flip for Foster's, where a Fosters draft is 50 cents but if you call the quarter in the air correctly, its free, check. Thin walls easily breakable, check. Good sand/gravel combination in the parking lot for quality landings when "excused", check. Good memories(fuzzy), check.

Black rooster, not bad, but Fox and Hounds rates as the best in the DC limits, I always feel mungey when I leave. It is also a guarantee to find a current or former Equinox employee drinking there thursday-saturday

In a bold move, Don Rockwell and a team of barristas from a coffee shop in Clarendon decide to open a hip new lounge featuring French-Indian-Lower Freedonian fusion small plates. Small but not allowed to be shared with a 42 second time limit. The hit will be curried mini-bugers with truffled galangal "ketchup"

As a former resident of "the county"(that's St. Mary's)(it's where i started cooking in college) i haven't been down the county in some time. The fondest memories i have are eating the captains breakfast at Scheibel's in Ridge, taking a headboat out to fish and coming back to Courtney's @ the same marina and having a fried rockfish sandwich and a couple of ten ounce budweisers. That being said, the Broome Howard INnn caan be good if not very forward looking in it's cuisine, the Green Door just N of campus has five dollar pitchers and pizzas on Mondays, Evan's Seafood in Piney Point is always a hoot, CD Cafe in Solomon's, The Dry Dock in Solomon's and the best weekend is always in October, The St. Mary's Cpounty Oyster Festival I don't know the exact date this year, but if bivalves are your thing, this is the place to be. Bear in mind I haven't lived there in years and these reccommendations are subject to change.

Guess who was dining at two of our favorite restaurants?

Twice lately, high-powered celebrities have been spotted dining at untrendy, unassuming chef-owned restaurants that serve some of the best food in Washington.

Someone is feeding these people inside information.

Who might that be?

Rocks.

Picture a happy couple riding out of town after a quick jaunt to see baby cheetahs at the zoo. They are eager to arrive at Italian Store for a Napoli and Capri and a nice deal on 2001 Barbaresco, the children are napping in the backseat....

"Isn't Cafe Milano nearby" she asks

"Yes" he mutters

"Why do people go there?"

"I don't know" he starts to get annoyed

"I mean, is the food amazing?"

"I don't know"

"Do they have a nice bar?" she persists

"I don't know" he answers

"A lot of famous people go there when they're in town, not that I really care about famous people, but what's the big deal?"

"It must be the shoes" he says with finality

Equinox was doing small toasted cheese sandwiches with their soup at least 2 summers ago.

It was on the opening menu back in 1999 with a tower of heirloom tomatoes, frisee and truffle vinaigrette

Starting August 4th Circle Bistro will be hosting wine tastings on Thursday Nights. The fee of 25 smackeroos covers five wines (3oz pour), varied Amuse Bouche to pair and discussions led by my purveyors about their wines. Anyone interested please call 202.293.5390 to make a reservation. I look forward to seeing anyone who decides to come from the site...

Most crab feasts I go to - mostly in Anne Arundel and Eastern Shore, have cups of vinegar, butter, and Old Bay (or similar) - all for dipping. I like to dip the claw meat in vinegar. Also there is usually water for rinsing off extra spices.  You are right that the seasoning on the crabs was lighter than usual, although it was uneven - later batches had a lot more.  We were given extra Old Bay too.  Probably had more to do with the purveyor than the location.

St Mary's County includes cider vinegar with minced onion, a mignionette of sorts.

Bessin Chablis Vielle Vignes 2002 from UNwined in the Bradlee Shopping Center on King Street by the Quaker Lane crossroads, 14.99.

Delicate, well balanced fruit, nuanced acidity with a very clean finish. Nice mineral base.

At market Salamander I used to sell the Besssin Fourchaume, another great wine but for the price the 02 V.V. is a steal, I ordered a case.

Shortly after an order comes in, Chef Cox dispatches a runner into the center of Washington Circle to dig up some potatoes from his secret garden plot.

Freshfarm has a new foggy Bottom Farmers market on Wednesdays.....and I don't know anyone with tube socks