Since I was staying amongst a friend in addition to colleague inward Washington, I had the privilege of experiencing the metropolis equally both a tourist in addition to a resident. I walked the Mall, stopped to photograph the Washington Monument in addition to other famous buildings (see slideshow above), but too hung out amongst some locals in addition to visited the sort of restaurants that they select to consume at.
My host in addition to I dined at Ambar on the level nosotros arrived inward Washington. It's located on a street lined amongst bars in addition to restaurants, in addition to this contemporary Balkan restaurant's sophisticated casual hold off fits correct in. Though the characteristic dishes are all meaty, at that spot are lots of vegetarian plates to part - nosotros enjoyed a freshly baked truffle-wafting apartment breadstuff (US$8 AU$8.50), crepes stuffed amongst roasted mushrooms in addition to bechamel (US$8 AU$8.50), grilled asparagus amongst quail eggs (US$7 AU$7.50), roasted zucchini topped amongst a pungent bluish cheese raisin sauce (US$6 AU$6.40), in addition to crispy panko-crumbed cauliflower florets amongst a spicy lemon aioli (US$6 AU$6.40). All upward it made for quite a rich, cheesy meal, suggesting that vegans mightiness scrap in addition to that nosotros in all likelihood should accept subbed inward a salad.
The Eastern Market reminded me of the Queen Victoria Market dorsum home, albeit on a smaller scale. There's fresh produce, preserves, crafts in addition to inexpensive imported knick knacks nether marquees in addition to a cardinal edifice amongst deli stalls, where I bought some lovey mushroom tortellini. I liked the following flea marketplace the well-nigh - it included a lot of locally made crafts, in addition to some cheerful guys making fresh fruit smoothies to order. (I made that my breakfast 2 days inward a row.)
I got a tip from my host that the best luncheon merely about the Mall was to live on flora within the National Museum of the American Indian. The Mitsitam Cafe has a typical grab-a-tray cafeteria layout but features an extraordinary diverseness of native foods from the Americas inward traditional in addition to novel preparations. I sampled a savoury Bolivian peanut soup (US$5.15 AU$5.50), a mild in addition to cooling hearts of palm salad amongst fresh mozzarella in addition to tomatoes inward a white vino vinaigrette (US$3.55 AU$3.80) in addition to a quinoa-based cordial. My eagle oculus too spotted dessert, in addition to I got a few envious looks for tracking downwardly the coarse, shortbready corn wafer topped amongst a sugariness panna cotta-like corn souffle in addition to marinated blackberries (US$5.75 AU$6.10).
My final DC dining sense was at 2 Amys, 1 of my host's favourite restaurants. It's a cosy menage unit of measurement pizzeria that makes lovely woodfired bases in addition to uses first-class mozzarella (the particular light-green love apple tree margherita inward a higher identify was US$14.45 AU$15.40). In add-on to pizze, they offering a seasonal rotation of minor plates to share, including breakfast radishes (US$6 AU$6.40), sheep ricotta amongst dear in addition to pino nuts (US$8 AU$8.50), in addition to a roasted rectangle of eggplant amongst light-green onion sauce in addition to smoked ricotta (US$6 AU$6.40). The suppli a telfono (better known to me equally arancini, US$5.95 AU$6.30) are a pop in addition to regular fixture.
While Washington is a much smaller metropolis than Melbourne, I got a sense of a strikingly similar nutrient scene amongst cracking nutrient at a gain of cost points, many dissimilar cultures represented (apparently I missed out on some fine Ethiopean food, a white-tablecloth Indian eatery in addition to some killer gelato), summation some neat markets. But I've got a suspicion that no-one does java in addition to a cafe brunch quite similar home.
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