Category: Washington DC

Revisiting Catalán Roots Tasting Event

Casa Teresa in Washington DC

The promise of open-fire Spanish cooking with seasonal, locally sourced ingredients would have always drawn our eye to this Downtown DC darling. Add on Best Of nods from the likes of Eater and Washingtonian, and our expectations were admittedly sky-high. We could never have imagined, though, that...

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Italian Meets Japanese Tasting Event

Tonari in Washington DC

Japanese and Italian are two cuisines that you don't often see melded together onto one menu, and we'd be lying if we said we weren't the slightest bit nervous about the mashup with this event. But, given all the glowing praise Tonari has earned from the likes of Washington Post (ft. on Tom Siets...

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Izakaya Inspired Tasting Event

Daikaya in Washington DC

For our last event of 2021, we teamed up with veteran DC Chef Katsuya Fukushima for an Izakaya Inspired Tasting at Chef Fukushima's acclaimed Chinatown eatery, Daikaya. Chef Fukushima put together a "one night only" menu for us comprised entirely of creations that aren't on his usual menu and, as...

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Elevated Comfort Tasting Series

la Betty in Washington DC

We kicked off the new decade in DC with some soul-warming comfort food at la Betty, courtesy of Executive Chef/Owner Teresa Velazquez. Chef Velazquez treated us to 6 courses inspired by her Ohio upbringing, which she shared nostalgic stories about as she came out of the kitchen throughout the eve...

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