Think of your meal as the world tour of takeout, Kebabs $15 to $16, sides $5 to $8, Tigris tour dinner $70 (for two); seven-course Tour of the World dinner $90 (for two). Robert Sietsema's 15 Best Dishes of 2020 Our senior critic champions barbecued pork, a carbohydrate-only sandwich, and delicate scallop crudo eaten in a backyard garden by Robert Sietsema. The name of his place is tongue in cheek, says owner Frank Linn. "They drive 30 minutes for takeout, each way. What we do is cook what we eat at home, says Rai. Foie gras glides to the linen-draped table with an elegant gteau cornbread (layered with foie gras buttercream), a reminder of where youre enjoying it. Check out the swordfish kebab, cooked over coals and painted with a sauce made vibrant with green chiles, cilantro, caraway and more. In the News - Blend 111 Four-course menu $95 per person; a la carte bar menu $28-$33. Production and photo editing by Jennifer Beeson Gregory, design and development by Madison Walls. In Annandale, wheelchair users can enter the restaurant via the right side of the building, which has a ramp. Entrees $23-$85 (duck jambalaya for two). New head chef Samuel Meoo, 27, is behind the whole chicken, brined in a host of goodies ginseng tea, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger, honey then air-dried for a day, roasted, lacquered and gussied up with so many colorful flowers, its as if the chicken encountered a ticker-tape parade en route to the table. (334) 427-1696. He has also written for Food & Wine. Because of a step at the entrance, wheelchair users should enter via door to the left of the storefront; ADA-compliant restroom. No barriers at the entrance; a lift in the bar allows access to the main dining room. No restaurant fed me more often, or better, throughout the pandemic than French chef David Deshaiess whimsical tribute to American comfort food near the convention center (hence the name). Takeout via Toast, Caviar and DoorDash. Lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Between the reggae and the Caribbean food from the guys who made Maydan such a draw, time spent at the addition to the Navy Yard is just what the doctor ordered. Unwind with a drink and some snacks. The pork meatballs are as fiery as ever, salads are created with the season in mind (cucumber tossed with cashews, smoked pecorino and chiles made summer more bearable), and dessert is as considered as everything that precedes it. Want to light up your dining room table? A ramp leads to the front entrance; ADA-compliant restroom. His rib-eye, for instance, hails from Seven Hills in Virginia and enjoys a salt cure before its pan-roasted and served with two terrific toppings: a puree of herbs and a whip of hollandaise and brown butter. Ramp leads to bar entrance and an ADA-compliant restroom. The singular sensation at Frankly Pizza! Takeout and delivery. Wisely, Barry Dindyal kept Al and Adrienne Carters Southern theme fried whiting and $14 lamb chops enjoy a serious constituency, after all while expanding the menu to include the Indian food Dindyal grew up eating. His cooking is careful and consistent. Dinner Wednesday through Saturday, brunch weekends. [For exceptional Korean food, book a table at Anju]. The restaurant isnt flawless. " Really, chef? Indeed, Johnsons list draws inspiration from around the world. served its first pie and makes an ace ambassador, asking strangers where theyre from and letting them try as many of the beers on tap as they want. Better still, the vibrant buffet delivered on the palate. rather than working. Consecutive doors at the entrance make it easier for wheelchair users to go in through the patio. Same for dominoes of roseate local beef accessorized with grilled broccoli, burned eggplant and a dollop of ketchup, brilliant with red pepper. Arranging the takeout for a group portrait on my kitchen counter this summer, I was struck by the beauty of the spread. Takeout, no delivery. You should, too. Still around, and still tasty: head-on shrimp in a dark pool of earthy birch beer, rosemary, cracked black pepper and what Essig calls woozy, or housemade Worcestershire sauce. Dedicated to the good life, in all respects, Oyster Oyster leads the pack. A gravy flavored with curry and bell peppers fills the mouth with spices that bring you closer to Africa. Takeout and delivery. I like the way Brandwein thinks. (The crackle comes from the mahogany skin. Delivery via DoorDash and Caviar, Chef Frank Ruta is cooking so much more than an expert tuna melt. Im nervous, he says. So are frost grapes, wild chamomile and pawpaw. Tom Sietsema spotlights 48 DC-area restaurants, including his 10 favorites Line cook Sam Hoefer works at the dessert station in the open kitchen at the Dabney in Washington. The truth is, there are lots to like here: housemade sodas that change with the season (fall finds pumpkin pie and Concord grape), a small dining room decorated with old cooking utensils and Mason jars-turned-lights, and warmth beyond that of the oven. Patrons can still find filet mignon and lobster chowder longtime draws on the menu but Walsh has asked the servers to ditch their ties, and Johnson, the former chef de cuisine of the late Volt, is helping to fill seats with seared scallops, which at a May meal arrived dappled with a froth of buttermilk and staged with a green garden of asparagus, peas and fava beans. Two of us shared the lot as an appetizer for $10 and stopped only because the soup had competition (spinach-stuffed fried turnovers: lovely) and we needed room to accommodate our main courses, including a truly special special of lamb and okra in a tomato stew kicky with garam masala. Outside, on a semi-enclosed walkway strung with lights and as tasteful as indoors, is a great place to feast on minty leek-and-scallion dumplings and chicken combined with fistfuls of greens and punched up with cilantro.