Where I've Been + What Was Good


A look at where I've been eating and the highlights...

• "Cristal" bread, super thin and crunchy, topped with butter and plump uni at a Jaleo media lunch (above)

• Southeast Asian fish cakes with jasmine rice and coconut curry sauce, plus a bottle of the relatively hard-to-find Ulysse Collin Blanc de Blancs, at Proof (Those fish cakes a taste of what's to come on chef Haidar Karoum's new menu for the yet-to-be-named 14th and S Street sibling?)

• Crispy gnocchi with wild mushrooms and fava beans at Graffiato

• Bartender Jim Hewes' Champagne julep (at right) at The Willard's Round Robin Bar

• Pimento cheese and egg on a croissant at Blind Dog Cafe

• Roasted chicken with olives, dried fruit, capers and fingerling potatoes at Unum

• Steamed crabs at Standard (an occasional offering)

• Whole roasted pig (lucky me got to gnaw on the tail) at a Poste Roast

• Southern butter pecan ice cream sandwich with hot caramel sauce at the Inn at Little Washington (Read about their new Champagne shuttle and my recent trip here.)

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