Tash Restaurant Review:
Tash offers succulent grilled meats with seasonings culled from Persia and other Middle Eastern regions. The menu emphasizes kebabs with sides of grilled vegetables. Perhaps the most memorable kebab in the entire metro area is Tash’s spicy lamb kubideh, a dish of chopped lamb grilled with Asian eggplant rounds. Breads, appetizers like baba ghanouj, and sides of zucchini or eggplant make for a...
On a thoroughfare packed with international restaurants on Capitol Hill, this newcomer distinguishes itself with its Middle Eastern menu of fire-grilled meats and kebabs along with salads and traditional sides like baba ghanoush and homemade hummus; a casually stylish cafe setting, patio and inexpensive prices are additional draws.
This modern mecca for mezes (small plates for sharing) delivers delicious and chic Mediterranean without the whiz-bang conceits of Zaytinya, its competitor for the title of tops in D.C. The entire Greek catalogue is here for the taking, from fluffy taramosalata (salmon roe dip) with a touch of citrus to rich, melt-in-your-mouth spinach pie to pita-clad lamb souvlaki topped by a puff of thick...
Rustic, suburban wine bar/resto opens doors to Waspy Capitol Hill. Distressed wood doors and weathered, stucco-esque walls want so much to be that tumbledown farmhouse on Crete but endless wine racks and sophisticated plates disrupt the mirage. Zesty lemony Greek mezze for pairing, from grilled haloumi to spicy lamb sliders. Happy hour heavy with policy talk, moves into lingering dinnertime...