My visit featured grilled prawns and sweet scallops napped with two sauces one fruity with mango and raisins, another lobster bisque enriched with sun-dried tomato and staged with julienned snow peas that offered welcome crunch. His pt is a world-class organ recital, his gnocchi the softest of pillows. 3310 Rhode Island Ave., Mount Rainier, Md. A&J offers its menus in Chinese and English, but fear not: The lists are the same, except for the fuller descriptions on the English version. Meanwhile, the family-style dishes steamed pork belly alternating with slices of smoked tofu atop a mound of pickled mustard greens, shiny purple eggplant piled atop spicy garlic sauce are the definition of mass appeal. Hot tip from the owners daughter, Lydia: "People should ask about the specials." Thompson Italian, watched over by chefs Gabe and Katherine Thompson, is as consistent as they come. New to the lineup: supper trays to go, a response to customers who are increasingly inclined to travel or entertain at home, says Gabe. The pandemic prompted this Italian charmer to take reservations for the first time in 31 years. Im nervous, he says. Delivery via Skip the Line. Im logging on to Jaleos website for tips on how to make paella a la Andrs. Delivery via Chownow. That hasnt stopped staff from ferrying food to customers on the second-floor dining room or chef Jocelyn Law-Yone, 68, from storytelling. It would be just as easy to fill up on a refreshingly tart striped bass ceviche; crisp masa cakes paved with inky black beans and pickled onions; ultrasmooth corn pudding steamed inside a poblano pepper, or one of the truly special specials from Christian Irabin, the Mexican native and former Oyamel cook whose mission extends to supporting local farms and immigrant workers. january 2022 / 50 top italy. We marvel as a waiter removes the bones from a plate of Norwegian sole with the precision of a surgeon. "I dont want to be stingy," says the chef. A meal begins with complimentary sel roti rings of honey-sweetened rice bread accompanied by a bowl of fermented daikon, slick with mustard oil and tossed with mustard and fenugreek seeds. The forest-green spinach kofta next to the dusky gold aloo gobi alongside the shocking red paneer chili begged for a frame. Their answers to an annual "Year in Eater" survey will be revealed in several posts this month. 28979 Indigo Loop, Andalusia, AL 36421-9217 +1 334-343-2390 Website. Everyone I take falls in love with the experience. What always appears to be a full house well, full as defined by safety protocols suggests diners are digging the lot hes delivering. He has also written for Food & Wine. Save. Takeout via website or phone. Alone, the stewlike wild boar, cooked with onions and tomatoes, hums with mustard powder, chili powder, lemon juice and sage. (The crust is based on the one created by the owners father, who founded what became La Prima Food Group based in College Park.) "People appreciate leftovers the next day." Hes right. The flat, crisp-chewy cakes blossom with a dollop of red pepper jelly. Co-owners Gerald Addison and Chris Morgan went through 50 iterations of jerk chicken before they found their ideal. (Maybe youve heard. But were trying not to steer away from the principals original ambitions, chiefly heightened comfort food., [Like a good neighbor, Pennyroyal Station is there for you], He and his colleagues are doing an ace job of hiding any obstacles. Welcome to Carusos Grocery, which takes its name from a store Babins long-ago Sicilian relatives operated in Baton Rouge and revels in old-fashioned details. No barriers to entry at the Rockville branch, which has an ADA-compliant restroom. To splurge, go with the Chateaubriand for two. If youre the kind of customer who appreciates eye contact or acknowledgment it takes seconds to say Good evening. "Thousands of tweaks later," she emails, "it seemed like the right time to debut to the public." Wells Silverman and team seem to have sweated every detail. Even soft-serve ice cream impresses us when its flavored with tahini caramel and delivered in a delicate glass tea cup. Breakfast and lunch daily, dinner Tuesday through Saturday. The setting at Patowmack Farm 40 acres owned by restaurateur Beverly Morton Billand is beautiful and practical. For openers, Im spending more time in increasingly casual restaurants, looking harder for more vegetarian dishes and inclined to shine a light on restaurants whose chefs arent household names. Hate the name. Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema gave Fiola a rare three-star review before complimenting individual dishes like the lobster ravioli. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday. Generous grinds of cracked pepper and a brick to press the chicken super-close to the heat reward the recipient with a blast of spice and an entree that crackles when you bite down. While Patierno feels obliged to retain crowd-pleasers, specials are a way to keep his cooks interested. The forward-thinking Thamee responded to racial injustice by promoting Black and Brown producers and adding a 30 percent charge to checks to support staff health care and profit-sharing. This place had been described to me as "the best local restaurant," but I'm not inclined to go back. Delivery via DoorDash and Caviar. READ REVIEW >> Fernandez wants staff and customers alike to be safe, so just one customer at a time is allowed inside the snug storefront. Lechon, its richness best cut with the house vinegar sauce, is by no means the sole attraction. Going in, even hot heads might want to ask for medium spice. The beauty of American cooking? Takeout and delivery via DoorDash, Caviar and Uber Eats. A warm Persian treat moves in near the convention center. Takeout and delivery via Caviar, DoorDash, Tock, Toast or phone. 1: The Ashby Inn & Restaurant Paris / Modern American / $$$$* The Paris restaurant is country living at its finest. Because outside chef Amy Brandweins restaurant, along an alley of upscale shops, is a magical place to find yourself, sipping on a well-made cocktail, poking into an artful appetizer or twirling housemade pasta on your fork. Dinner commences with a temperature check and slices of ciabatta and focaccia from Piccolina, the restaurants casual offshoot across from where youre socially distanced from fellow diners. Major talent has stepped into big shoes at this road-trip-worthy restaurant in Loudoun County, where Vincent Badiee replaced Tarver King last November, following Kings news that he planned to open a place of his own in the area. Not only is the food unlike anyone elses, its packaged as if it were a gift right down to a note card inviting you to listen to a curated playlist. Awash in green tile and fringed parasols from Bali, its become my new favorite landing spot in the countrys most famous inn. Muchas gracias for takeout! "We just got a couple in from Chicago," he told me last month. Only in July did Flamant reopen for dining, and then with a four-course, $75 tasting menu. Were reintroducing hospitality, says the restaurateur. Sure, I miss Komi, the fine-dining lair created by chef Johnny Monis and his wife, Anne Marler. To eat either entree, delivered by servers who look after you like most honored guests, is to understand whats kept the doors open all these years. The flavors of Northeast China are on parade at these same-named dim sum outposts in Rockville and Annandale, where, despite the pandemic, customers are treated to an improbable selection of nearly 70 dishes. Takeout via Tock or phone. A rethought version at Annabelle a whole baby chicken made great with citrus peels and warm spices is cause for applause, too, evinced by table mates reluctant to share. In a small strip mall, the facade is nothing to look at. Takeout and delivery. Count on crisp fried chicken, a shrimp curry that pulses with ginger and side dishes of distinction. Long and clattery, the dining room is warmed up with vintage accents and young servers who look after you like good neighbors. [Shake up your dinner routine with a (short) road trip]. I used to work at Montmartre, the much-missed French draw on Capitol Hill, he tells us. Unclaimed. Its not all brisket, spare ribs and wood-grilled salmon or chicken. Imagine smoky green beans and shishito peppers tossed with buttermilk, chile paste, sesame oil, garlic a rousing kitchen sink of recruits. Right on and right in my mouth slide slices of the round wonder decked out with salami, chopped okra and sweet onions. During the pandemic, the owners resurrected at Komi their popular, plant-based pop-up, Happy Gyro, featuring Greek diner-style creations. His page-long "Manhattan Project" allows imbibers to mix and match spirits, vermouths and bitters to create one-of-a-kind versions of the classic cocktail. [For exceptional Korean food, book a table at Anju]. See her cacio e pepe, Romes classic cheese and pepper pasta, dressed up with oysters and bottarga and bright with lemon. Some of the inns classics arent publicized. Red Hen rocks. Fortunately, theres plenty of flavor, too. Dinner Wednesday through Sunday, lunch weekends. Reservations recommended for indoor; patio is first come, first served. The meatier draws on her menu include awaze tibs sauteed lamb, rosemary and jalapeo and kitfo, blazingly spiced minced beef cooked (or not) the way you ask. rather than working. In Italian, Girasole translates to both "sunflower" and "surrounded by the sun." Takeout via Tock or phone. Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves. Scores of wannabe customers stand ahead of my posse at the first-come, first-served pizza-and-wine draw in the Eastport part of Annapolis. Linns sly sense of humor resurfaces in the terrific Porky Marge, a margherita pizza punctuated with crisp nubbins of bacon and showered with Romano cheese. And this in a honey-lit, wood-bound dining room that factors in sheepskin stools for purses, local rocks to ferry the bread and tiny anvils with your partys name written on it. Service. Order some avial, batons of steamed banana, carrots and the Indian vegetable called drumsticks in a golden cloak of shredded coconut, curry leaves and yogurt. The owner likes nothing more than when customers opt for a thali: All the flavors of Nepal in an assortment of dishes, says Subash Rai, who does double duty as the restaurants chef. Il Pizzico is all heart. The new list also addresses the question the owner routinely hears Whats your favorite dish? with half a dozen favorites from over the decades. Ill be with you in a moment this restaurant might disappoint you. Airbnb could be forgiven for recruiting the all-day, modern American restaurant on Capitol Hill. Just ask the customers who ordered the Korean take on beef Wellington, swaddled in pork belly, for Christmas. The cooking, from chef Katarina Petonito, mirrors the setting. His tasting menu changes from visit to visit; the nine or so courses marry just-picked ingredients with abundant creativity. If you hanker for, say, the painters palette of sorbets or world-class ice cream sundae, just ask. Kudos to the server who presents the menu as if his fingers were a frame and the list were worthy of one. Portioned as if leftovers were expected, the entrees come with a choice of two sides, all of which would look at home at a church social. Who doesnt want more litchi salad with sausage and habanero in their lives? Guilty! Chicken liver mousse appears as creamy tufts on shards of toasted bread, along with bits of roasted peach that signal summer. Luangrath prefers the texture and taste of fresh collard greens, which she puts to use as DIY wraps for lightly fried catfish, rice noodles and julienned ginger. Throw in some folk music and some murals from far away, and its easy to think you are, in fact, in a Himalayan roost. The chef hopes to cook whole fish and suckling pig in the space sometime soon. 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. Regular customers are known to get extras messages even tucked into their bags; Marler compares them to notes in a kids lunchbox. 2020 Fall Dining Guide - Washington Post The best 27 restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area The best 27 restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area Skip Navigation Sections Home Try 1. Im thinking of velvety, sweet-hot Goan shrimp curry, and purple eggplant in a cloak of gravy that resonates with tamarind, peanuts and coconut. It would be easy to feast just on vegetables. If you liked dinner, just wait till tomorrow, $90 per person for two nights of meals, $120 per person for three nights of meals ($40 to $45 per meal). (Anticipate fingers stained red with paprika, chiles and cayenne, too.). The most dramatic restaurant entrance in Washington? Takeout, no delivery. One reason to order chicken here is to taste how good the products are from nearby Upperville and Warrenton. The family behind the best Chinese restaurant in Northern Virginia briefly pared back its menu in March, only to bring the whole show back when customers asked. Chef Patrick OConnell maintains a destination for star gazers, News bulletin from chef Patrick OConnell: "Were at 99 percent capacity" in the guest rooms above and around the esteemed restaurant that remains one of a handful of Michelin three-star establishments in the country to remain open in the pandemic. People who had been planning to celebrate special occasions in Europe and elsewhere are booking domestically instead. Theres also a luscious beef stew featuring sliced flatiron steak, its sauce made haunting with star anise and woodsy black trumpet mushrooms. Crafted from rum, curdled and clarified kefir and a puree of cilantro and mint, its the color of life green and inspired by mint chutney. Indoor seating only. But the white rice is enjoying plenty of attention from chowhounds, too. The prize starts with an allspice cure, continues with a marinade shocked with Scotch bonnet peppers, and moves on to a slow smoke over pimento wood, a stint on a grill and a few minutes in the oven. New to ugali? Chef Matt Hill and his business partner, Todd Salvadore, have worked at some of the areas best restaurants, and theyve incorporated best practices into everything they do at Ruthies, a tribute to the chefs late North Carolina grandmother. Four-course menu $95 per person; a la carte bar menu $28-$33. A tangle of slippery lo mein noodles shows up slick with chile oil, crisp with fried shallots and colorful with red cabbage and chopped scallions. It's dinner alfresco, here in The Plains. No floppy crusts here. Takeout and delivery. Prefer to sit indoors, in view of the animated open kitchen or in a room that dates to the 1790s and is said to get visits from a ghost? 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. Just because you dont see some of my previous choices doesnt necessarily mean theyve dropped off my radar or fallen out of favor. The proof is in his pasta, specifically cavatelli tossed with broccolini, sausage whipped up from tempeh made on-site and Parmesan created by hooking tofu up with miso, tamari and rice wine vinegar. The presentation of a seafood custard capped with cognac foam has a server spritzing Pernod from an antique atomizer. Owner Rose Previte thinks of Argentina when she slices into the bavette set off with bold, cumin-laced chimichurri, Argentina being home to asado and the country where the restaurateur spent her honeymoon. The itinerary embraces seven generous courses and can be tailored for vegetarians. Indoor dining only. Theres no more fetching kitchen in town than the open one at Albi Arabic for my heart surrounded by a mural of characters holding hands. Proof of vaccination for indoor dining required. Not into crab? Whatever your preference short rib birria flavored by a complex mole, grilled fish brightened with avocado mousse reveals care and thought. The front will feature a rotisserie and 60-seat bistro. Indoor seating only. Drinks show up quickly. We thought wed have more figured out by now, he says of operating a restaurant during the pandemic. His food has more twists than "Parasite," but it always makes sense and it never fails to please, which explains why I rushed to write about it early in the pandemic. Few chefs offer such comforting life lines. I dont care, says Smith-Davis, laughing at the memories of people trying to pass off her food as home cooking. Hospitality makes a good case for supporting Swahili Village, too. Yes, please. Patrons opting for inside tables are separated from other parties by yellow curtains; come cold weather, Clarity is expanding to the second floor of the building, where a bunch of private offices will become dining pods. Krinn says, "I want to be the best part of someones day." Lunch Wednesday through Saturday, dinner Tuesday through Sunday, mercato open daily. The entrees sidekicks buttery, pull-apart biscuits, a slaw as bracing as a cold shower on a hot day prove the chickens equal. Her husband and co-owner, Louis, is responsible for the brio on the plate. The design adds to the you-are-there feel. Delivery via DoorDash. Wheelchair users can enter through a side door from the parking lot; ADA-compliant restroom. But we dont give back to staff., LEFT: Bartender Maurizio Arberi at Imperfecto in Washington. But you wouldnt want to miss a note in the concert. Pan-roasted lamb loin is nearly upstaged by its dagger of red kuri squash, flavorful from a braise of lamb trimmings and saffron. Dont miss sous-chef Leena Alys Lebanese fried rice, a swirl of color and crunch, lentils and almonds, inspired by mujaddara. Flat sidewalks lead to the dining areas, and ramps lead to ADA-compliant restrooms. Truth in advertising. Indoor and outdoor seating. Further crowding the table is a brass plate set off with a bed of rice topped with a fried egg, sprinkled with ground chiles and enhancers of purple onion and lemon wedge. A mouthwatering "reuben" that swaps in shaved celery root for corned beef, and velvety shrimp curry, tingling with galangal and lemongrass, is my idea of a stellar double-feature. Hes onto something: generous portions of serious cooking. Make room as well for the water spinach, softly crunchy and punchy with chiles and garlic sauce. See the big domed oven inside? The back will showcase eight private dining rooms with varying seating capacities, each with a custom-tailored menu and a view of a second kitchen. No matter how many people tag along, I always wish there were more. Which it is, despite some trimming of the drinks and wine lists and a format switch. Were you to inspect his open kitchen, youd find vegetable scraps being saved for cocktails and lids instead of plastic wrap to cover food. [Frankly A celebration of the bounty of the Mid-Atlantic look for quail with wild grapes the Dabney occasionally incorporates truffles or foie gras into the menu, and I couldnt live without olive oil, jokes the chef. Such beautiful food! Takeout and delivery. Dinner Tuesday through Sunday, lunch Wednesday through Friday. You should, too. The Top 10 Restaurants of 2020 No. . Chocolate chess pie is a slice of heaven made possible with a coffee- and orange-flavored cream and candied ginger. Thirty days time makes for a pleasantly funky ferment. Remember Blend 111? An elegant slice of chess pie piped with chantilly cream and offered with a scoop of bourbon ice cream has me snapping away. Leave it to the disciple of the late great Michel Richard to make fabulous meatloaf, striped with sriracha and enriched with gruyere; and fried chicken, its golden goodness gilded with a granny gravy flavored with morels then to see that the dishes are just as appealing in a takeout container as they are at a table in the restaurant. Black blisters populate the rim. And one of my favorite tapas here remains the sherry-dressed salad of sliced fennel, green apple, crisp walnuts and manchego cheese the perfect foil to Jos Andrss beloved fried foods. Meet Andrs-Julian Zuluaga, an alumnus of the school of Fabio Trabocchi. The talent behind fine-dining Komi is making pizza, and its awesome. (It helps that the family who owns the bistro works in construction.). (Scott Suchman. Check out the swordfish kebab, cooked over coals and painted with a sauce made vibrant with green chiles, cilantro, caraway and more. Outdoor dining at Annabelle by Deb Lindsey. No matter what you think of the bridge between Latin America and the Mediterranean created by Enrique Limardo, you cant say he overpromised. Its dinner alfresco, here in The Plains. Roses at Home, the chefs novel approach to delivery, drops two or three nights worth of three-course dinners at once, and theyre the kind of dishes that fit the company ethos. Pork al pastor with saffron-colored rice and terrific black beans is a fiesta in every bite; watermelon salad, garnished with dried kalamata olives, is a refreshing opener for rigatoni alfredo scattered with sweet peas. Layer on citrus peel and green olives, and suddenly youre hungry for "Casablanca." Its all as luscious as it looks. My vote goes to Daru, whose black-and-glass door commands attention with concentric white rings inspired by Himalayan mandalas and a welcome written in Sanskrit: The guest is god. Her papaya salad prompts beads of sweat on ones brow, and her bouncy pork sausage, made with sticky rice, is deliciously sour after a spell fermenting in the cooler. On the upside, that just gives me more excuses to return. You will eat as if its Thanksgiving too much, too fast and love every minute. Its a leftover from the previous occupant, Alba Osteria. The cafe Yellow adjacent is just as great for coffee and wonderful baked goods. Takeout, no delivery. Located where The Washington Post once stood on 15th Street NW, Dauphines nails so many delicious details, its as if youre enjoying them in the city that more or less put them on the map. Peel back the folds of injera, though, and you witness a kaleidoscope of yellow lentils, dark green collards, crimson beets and turmeric-colored cabbage with bright orange carrots. Inside awaits a beaut of a bar, fronted with sea-foam-colored stools, and high-ceilinged dining rooms painted in soothing shades of green. Equally enticing are the prices: Only one of A&Js many dishes costs more than $13. Even though Im eating in the restaurants parking lot, beneath a tent, it feels like old times when Im handed multiple menus for dinner, drinks and smoked dishes from a new outdoor kitchen and Argentine grill. Chef-owner Jon Krinn addressed the pandemic by giving customers what they were accustomed to lots of options, expanded in spring to include a cigar "bar" to the side of Clarity and making frequent adjustments to his proactive strategy. [If family-style takeout is on the menu, these 3 restaurants have a whole lot to offer]. Takeout and delivery. Riding shotgun: a tamal of housemade masa wrapped in Swiss chard. But fans in summer and heaters in winter let patrons enjoy the chefs surprises, year-round, in the great outdoors. How could you not want to eat that? a wide-eyed friend of Ethiopia says as dinner is brought out, half a dozen vivid vegetables and stews arranged on a swath of injera. 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. Aracosia feels like the family business it is. Tacos are probably why youre drawn to a table on the sloping front patio, snug dining room hung with Mexican masks or covered back lot. Indoor and outdoor seating. Jos Andrs brings Spanish comfort food including a lot of eggs to Bethesda. Shelves carve the room, whose rear mirrors make it look bigger, into discreet nooks; the cookbooks on display include those from some of the countrys foremost restaurants and chefs. Like before, the courses are restrained, and sharing them is encouraged. The entrance catches your eye at Daru. From my flower- and linen-dressed table next to a koi pond in the tented garden, I marvel at the honey-lit interior rooms and the focused attention one dapper gent pays to his female companion. Chef Eric Ziebolds takeout is worth the travel. Brunch and dinner daily. Value is not a dirty word, describes the category of $6 wines by the glass; I got class, I just dont want to pay for it includes the $9 options. Service seems to be in a free fall as dining room staff have left the industry in droves, theres a chance youll be asked for proof of vaccination when you show up for your reservation, and good luck finding somewhere to eat early in the week or late at night. We briefly pause to admire the edible canvas before plunging into the spread: deep golden cabbage, zesty red lentils, a rosy mound of kitfo that replaces the usual minced raw beef with raw tuna. A dinner from this big-hearted restaurant, whose seating now spills onto the street, is almost guaranteed to result in tonights midnight snack or tomorrows lunch. For better or worse, restaurants are lively again. I have, and it is. Incheon can be quiet enough that Ahn himself introduces the seven or so dishes that make up his tasting menu. Looking for a party room? Dinner Tuesday through Sunday, lunch Wednesday through Saturday. What the staff calls "green toast" yields a thick lawn of dark greens, warm with dried chiles, and juicy sungold tomatoes arranged like chorines atop housemade semolina sourdough. Restaurants get creative, get frugal and get patios. No takeout or delivery. The chef uses local ingredients and Indian techniques to come up with such intriguing dishes as a chicken kebab plied with blue cheese, sour cream and cream cheese and set on a pool of spiced sour cherry sauce, a nice foil to the rich meat. Indeed, the vast menu in Fairfax is a celebration of homestyle cooking, the kind of food I enjoyed growing up, says Lydia Chang, the couples daughter and business partner. Lunch Tuesday through Friday; dinner daily. Say amen to the velvety collard greens (best splashed with hot sauce), mashed potatoes flecked with red bits of peel, and creamy mac and cheese. No takeout or delivery. 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. Takeout and delivery. Indoor and outdoor seating. Indoor and outdoor seating. Diners can preorder for pickup Wednesday through Sunday with the option to dine there or take it to go. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. Dinner Tuesday through Sunday Saturday. Eighteen months into the global crisis, the people who feed us away from home wonder how much resilience they still need to muster. The talent behind the ice cream, Ben Brunner, is the reason I broke up with Jenis this year. Every dish tastes best in class, be it light arancini that any Italian chef would be proud to serve or a pork chop from Autumn Olive Farms that leaves the wood grill tender and juicy (and eats like a prized steak). Wheelchair users can enter through a side door; ADA-compliant restroom. Better still, the vibrant buffet delivered on the palate. The $8 appetizer is familiar and finessed, just like so much of the rest of Rutas handiwork at the youngest restaurant in the realm of the prolific Ashok Bajaj. Summer beans and julienned peaches are slicked with a dressing of chile oil, lime juice and sesame seeds, plus some crunch courtesy of dried shallots and garlic. He previously worked for the Microsoft Corp., where he launched sidewalk.com; the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; the San Francisco Chronicle; and the Milwaukee Journal. 2: The Conservatory at Goodstone Inn Middleburg / Modern American / $$$$ This Middleburg property exists for elegant meals in a space that will wow. Most restaurants were visited multiple times, and in recent months. Competitors should check out the high bar he maintains in his own lair, where the meatless attractions include kale nachos, shiitake-filled batons of phyllo and tiptop chop, a sumptuous mound of shredded kale, quinoa, slivered almonds, pomegranate seeds and carrots rising from a plate of garlicky hummus. The most Belgian of them all, though, is a waffle chocolate, served with white chocolate whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Corduroy Outside dining during the pandemic often means traffic and pedestrians in the background. "Im trying to be more conscientious about what I eat," says chef Marcelle Afram, who also oversees the popular Maydan. Takeout via Toast. (The crackle comes from the mahogany skin. Dinner Wednesday through Saturday. Definitive Laotian food is worth a return trip. A perch at the convivial bar lets you watch the skilled mixers and shakers and glean the latest mating rituals. Rooted in royal Thai ceremony, the snack crowns juicy yellow fruit with little balls of chicken shaped with roasted peanuts, fermented radish and palm sugar. Ashok Bajaj is giving diners fresh reason to visit the oldest in his stable of 10 restaurants. Proof of vaccination required for indoor dining. Makeda, its name a reference to the biblical Queen of Sheba, is full of niceties. Lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday, brunch Sundays. Plenty in his restaurant, a luxe extension of his Seven Reasons on 14th Street NW, will make you glad to be there. The most striking dish of the night arranged grilled broccolini around a cool-with-mint salad of summer peas and pickled shallots. Additional development by Madison Walls. The single best starter is a plate of calamari, sprinkled with semolina and fried to a fine crunch. Entrees with mass appeal (smoked meat, grilled fish and vegetables) that average $20, sides included? 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