Excellent experience! One of two amazing dining experiences in my quick weekend trip visiting my friend at his internship in DC I’ll follow up with my Jônt review as well.
We chose the hearth table which you are basically sitting in the kitchen so cool immersive experience which was $225pp, we opted for no pairing just did some cocktails
Opening snacks green olives, fermented watermelon and some broccolini, it was good but nothing to write home about of course
Next up was this shiso leaf taco with pepper, forgive me for forgetting exactly what it was but it was my friends favorite bite of the night! The stuffed mussels were good as well but nothing special to me but the lamb sfeeha was 👌👌👌 love anything spice lamb though and pita bread
next was a lamb and beet Tartare it was SO good one of my favorites of the evening and super refreshing with the “hand rolls” we made out of the various veggies
Spreads were the star for me hands down. first off the super puffy pita bread was hot and fresh and so so good, the Truffle/mushroom hummus was so f*cking good and that’s saying something for me as i don’t like mushrooms in general. The duck confit hummus was amazing as well and some labneh balls , putting all 3 together was a flavor bomb and something i’m stilling thinking about a week later
Next up was these lamb dumplings as a shift into the “entrees” excellent bites as well but nothing extraordinary
The smoked trout and with roe was top 3 for me as well for the savory dishes, the sauce it was served in i couldn’t get enough of
The main dish was the lamb kebabs, with lamb meatballs on cinnamon sticks served with fattoush and lamb neck wrapped in grape leaves
The bridge between sweet and savory was a woodfired fig with fois gras which again super simple dish and tasted excellent but nothing extraordinary again
included in the tasting menu (if you drink) was a delicious dessert wine
finally despite barely having room the knafeh was to DIE for best i’ve ever had and went well with the peace ice cream.
Overall an excellent meal and if you love middle eastern/ palestinian cooking this is a must hit if you’re in DC. One of the best meals i’ve had just come with a massive appetite cause they feed you more than any other 1 star i’ve been too. You can also just go and order A La carte as well!
Also the cocktail i had was the modest mauz and it was excellent as a rye based drink
by travsgrails
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Ate there nearly 5 years ago and still a memorable meal we have no problem recommending to those in DC. Yellow is also a treat for something a little more casual.
Went there maybe 3 years ago and I hope I get to go again. What a fantastic meal and experience.
I did their normal tasting menu earlier this year, and I agree – never been so full from a Michelin star restaurant. They did wrap up some of our food though (which in the past I’ve seen restaurants not do so)