A tall Air Force officer walks into the new and low-ceilinged Cajun Experience restaurant in Dupont Circle, to pick up a carry-out order. He asks owner Bryan Crosswhite, who is situated on a bar stool, chatting and fiddling around with a broken door handle, if he knows of a dish called “gumbo-laya,” an admittedly fusion-y [...]
Between the RAMMYs, the Food & Wine Festival at National Harbor, Teddy Folkman's turn on The Next Food Network Star, and the (I shit you not) Kids' Restaurant Week, I think one legitimately serious gastronomic event has been overlooked: Chilean chef Matias Palomo's week-long stint at Ceiba.
Much of the region's inauguration-themed food and drink, ranging from an all-Hawaiian menu at fyve restaurant lounge at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City to deep-dish pizza at Rustico in Alexandria, will roll out later this week. But here at Young & Hungry Central, we've been combing the area, trying to find those inauguration eats already [...]
