Unlike Four Sisters, Fall Church’s other perennial favorite for Vietnamese cooking, Present enjoyed a meteoric rise almost from the day it opened. Yours truly contributed to the hype last year, when I called it, without much hesitation, the “area’s best Vietnamese restaurant.” Like others who’ve visited Present since its initial rush of positive press, I’ve [...]
One by one, we’re running through the 50 restaurants that made the cut on this year’s Young & Hungry Dining Guide. If you have visited the day’s featured restaurant, let us know what you think. If you’re planning to visit for the first time, tell us about your meal when you return. The area’s best [...]
The early word on Present in Falls Church was almost too good to be true, particularly such lofty remarks as this and this. Such praise tends to, at least for me, set the bar impossibly high, especially for a transplanted Vietnamese chef who's just beginning to understand the American palate and the D.C. market — [...]
