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Restaurant Week in DC starts Monday January 19th. What restaurants are you going to try?

And we finish the week at Lincoln at Vermont and L Street NW. American cuisine with the whole organic, local grown thing going. Starters included roasted Brussels sprouts with olive oil and garlic, an assortment of deviled eggs, and a red pepper crab bisque. Mains were a trout BLT, a pulled pork grilled cheese sandwich, and chicken pot pie.…[Read more]

Ici Urban Bistro is the restaurant in the Sofitel Hotel on 15th Street NW. The choices were limited but well executed. Starters consisted of an heirloom tomato salad or a chilled shrimp and corn bisque. Mains were a choice of swordfish with olives and an eggplant confit or a chicken breast with spinach in a lemon butter sauce. Dessert was a…[Read more]

Toro Toro at I and 13th Street is a Pan Latin Bistro with a great Express Exec Lunch which they offered for $20.14 fir Restaurant Week. It is a buffet featuring cold meats, cheeses, fruits, and breads along with a hot section with chicken, sausage, vegs, and a special meat of the day; Wednesday was leg of lamb. Great food and atmosphere. The bar…[Read more]

The Oceanaire Seafood Room was a very pleasant surprise. While many high-end restaurants serve “elf food” (tiny portions) for Restaurant Week, Oceanaire embraces the concept of wooing you to return. We all had the NE clam chowder as a starter. Mains were moule frites (mussels and French fries), a dirty (blackened) shrimp Cobb salad, and the steak…[Read more]

First day of this summer’s Restaurant Week in DC. Our first visit was to the Old Ebbitt Grill on 15th Street, NW. A restaurant in the local Clyde’s group, the Ebbitt is famous for it’s political relics as well as it’s menu. Our selections included the Italian beef sandwich (not part of their RW menu), the swordfish steak, and a fantastic mussels…[Read more]

Houston is offering their version of Washington Dining Week except it is for a full month Houston Restaurant Week(s)
Looking foward to the first and last week (will be on a 3 week vacation to Germany including a Rhine River Cruise from the 5th to the 26th

Back from a cruise to the Western Caribbean. To avoid “formal nights” (where you have to wear a suit or tuxedo) we opted for the upcharge restaurants on board where the dress code is Smart Casual. These were a Chops steakhouse, the Italian choice Giovanni’s Table, and the Japanese Izumi. Chops was really like Fleming’s, Ditka’s, or Shula’s…[Read more]

I made Atomic Buffalo Turds this weekend (I didn’t name them). Jalapeno halves stuffed with cream cheese/cayenne/paprika, topped with a little smokey, and wrapped by a piece of bacon. Backed them on low heat in the oven until bacon was done (not crisp). Got rave reviews from family as well as the co-workers when I took some to work today.

We finished the week at The Bombay Club on Connecticut Avenue. Starters: Hariyali fish with tomato kachumber; Lamb Goli Kebab with Onion, cinnamon, clove; Reshmi kebab (Chicken, garlic, green chili pepper, garam masala); Avocado sev puri (Flour crisps, yogurt, date-tamarind chutney); Palak tikki masala chhole (Spinach, ginger,…[Read more]

Todd English’s MXDC boasts modern Mexican cuisine near 14th & G St. NW. Our starters included their homemade guacamole, chicken tamales with black beans & corn, and cauliflower soup with goat cheese. Entrees were a choice of ancho glazed pork shoulder, chile glazed chicken, and baked salmon with rice. Dessert was churros or tres leches cake. The…[Read more]

I went to Kapnos on Mon and it was fabulous. I had never been there before but got the eggplant with roasted red peppers spread (I can’t remember the name), charred octopus, grilled baby goat and their semolina cake. I highly recommend this place!

Please see below a link to a good Foodie group to check out on LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/DC-FOODIES-3748507/about

Today was the Italian eatery Siroc on McPherson Square. Starters included salmon with fingerling potatoes and a cream sauce and spicy lamb sausages with an olive sauce on greens. Entrees consisted of branzino on spinach, fettuccine with bolognese and pappradelle with mussels. Desserts included a warm almond cake with blueberries, chocolate mousse…[Read more]

Georgia Brown’s, famous for it’s cuisine of the new south, was offering a RW lunch, something it hasn’t done in a few years. Our starters included it’s house Caesar salad which has catfish instead of anchovies, but I think the hit was the low countries seafood chowder; shrimp, crawfish, and catfish in a rich creamy broth. There was jerk catfish…[Read more]