What I'm measuring: Good restaurants in major cities. The place got the right answers from the initial booking process (email and phone calls), not only asking about allergies, but also about food preferences (I told them I didn't like caffeine, like espresso, at night) and everything in between. The interior is intimate and warm (DC's Google Darryl Carter got the interior design concept), and music is the perfect setting (think Coltrane and Bessie Smith some more modern air or mass attack, then each now). Also, music is faint and adds a layer of setting, Instead of dominating it. If you need a “watched and watched” place screaming bachelorette parties and aiming at CNN’s Jake Tapper to verify your time in DC warning, then go to fiola mare...Ié layer may not like you.
Food now...you'll be in the waiting room--cucumbers have more snacks, grilled spicy chips and tuna tartare cakes. I like everything, but mostly stars may have been made with coriander or parsley (don't quote me), perfect for 90 degrees days. This set night...the dishes seem simple but still drown your taste.
The meal itself is seven courses, the last two desserts. Abalone, smoked salmon, foie gras, lobster and beef (with the eye muscle wonderful bread) are made in a variety of ways but in general French ways (so, widely used sauces). However, stand up for their own items (such as eye muscle and lobster). Nothing is too rich, too creamy or too salty. Also, adjust the pace to meet your needs. As far as I know, the menu is thoroughly renovated every4-6 week. That is, if you check the currently displayed menu on their website, it will still be booked for the date you book.
I have to assume this place, with hotels, Komi, minibars and P&P will set standards for good dining in the future of DC. And the mini features for “ALINEA’s East Coast” and the service things most of us have never seen, I layer what we need, and the way we know them, is more than most of us have ever had.
Food now...you'll be in the waiting room--cucumbers have more snacks, grilled spicy chips and tuna tartare cakes. I like everything, but mostly stars may have been made with coriander or parsley (don't quote me), perfect for 90 degrees days. This set night...the dishes seem simple but still drown your taste.
The meal itself is seven courses, the last two desserts. Abalone, smoked salmon, foie gras, lobster and beef (with the eye muscle wonderful bread) are made in a variety of ways but in general French ways (so, widely used sauces). However, stand up for their own items (such as eye muscle and lobster). Nothing is too rich, too creamy or too salty. Also, adjust the pace to meet your needs. As far as I know, the menu is thoroughly renovated every4-6 week. That is, if you check the currently displayed menu on their website, it will still be booked for the date you book.
I have to assume this place, with hotels, Komi, minibars and P&P will set standards for good dining in the future of DC. And the mini features for “ALINEA’s East Coast” and the service things most of us have never seen, I layer what we need, and the way we know them, is more than most of us have ever had.
