Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Komi, Washington D.C.

1509 17th St NW 202.332.9200
Washington, DC, April 8, 2009

DINNER AT ANOTHER highly recommended restaurant here tonight: Komi, 1509 17th St NW, tel. 202.332.9200, recommended by two acquaintances who know how to eat: Odessa Piper and Terry Theise. We had a chef's tasting menu:

Shima Aji
Kampachi
Pickle / sweet shrimp
Taramosalata
oyster
scallop
king salmon
caesar "salad"
cuttlefish
octopus
black truffle gelato
A date, with a "'smore," and a puff, and a cracker, and gelée

Then we had tagliatelle with morels, and strozzapreti with pea pesto
gnocchi with lamb ragù and mint
roast suckling pig
katsikaki

And then rhubarb and lemon
passionfruit tapioca
meyer lemon and olive oil cake
greek doughnuts

and root beer lollipops, except that I brought mine back to the hotel to have tomorrow, one can only do so much.

Champagne, Pierre Peters 1997, Cuvée speciale (in magnum); Riesling, Jungfernlese, Nikolaihof, 2002; Grüner Veltliner Smaragd Steinertal, Alzinger, 2004; Schewebe Kabinett, Geil, 2006; Rioja, Lopez de Herida, Viña Bosconia rossa, 1981; Muscat Beerenauslese, Messmer, 2001

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