#dc-dining

#dc-dining

Leading the kitchen locally is chef de cuisine Rob Drennan, who worked for Uchi's sister restaurant Uchiko in Austin about 15 years ago. Drennan's culinary career has taken him from Norway to Hong Kong, but more recently, he was senior culinary manager for the group behind Rose's Luxury and Pineapple & Pearls.

The Dupont Circle bar is playing the tournament across 15 screens with the volume on. Pair game play with $13 cheesesteak egg rolls, $13 smoked chicken nachos, $7 Miller Lite, and $10 Tito's palomas.

which began as a pandemic pop-up and has evolved into a sleek Penn Quarter dining room/mahjong parlor-aims to make tweaked but still recognizable versions of Chinese/American classics. But the heaping pile of lo mein here is far more luxe than anything you'll find in a takeout box. For starters, it's tossed with hunks of buttered Maryland blue crab. The best part of the dish, though, is the umami bomb of a sauce, the result of a happy accident when a cook spilled creamy, caramelized whey into dashi.

Marcus Samuelsson, reflecting on his deep connection to D.C., emphasizes the joy of returning to the city where he embraced his African roots.