Monday, January 29, 2018

DC's District Commons restaurant week gets raves, save for dessert....(1-17-18)

The three of us headed to District Commons for dinner before the Kennedy Center and Will & I chose the $35 3-course restaurant week menu, which is always(almost) a good deal.
Sam always likes to order the delicious Pretzel bread with beer mustard butter that has been a hit since the place opened, and who are we to say no.
The wine list here is huge and well-rounded and we loved the American Albarino 2015 from Tangent in Edna Valley. To start Will stuck to his diet and had the huge Mixed Green Salad with Deviled Eggs, Praline Bacon and Mustard Vinaigrette while I adored the Mussels with a spicy Chipotle Cream and Sausage as well as two huge hunks of bread to mop up the awesome sauce (FB fotos); our server John thought it should be on the regular manu and I agreed! Samuel ordered off the Restaurant Week menu and started with the Arugula Salad with Pimento Cheese Fritters which were extremely rich, although the salad itself was super tasty and worked well if you chose to mix a small bite of fritter with the arugula.
For his main course, Sam chose the Charred Broccoli Flatbread with Butternut Squash Bechamel, Shaved Manchego, hazelnuts & Honey. Will liked his Blackened Swordfish with salad, and when he realized it was the same salad as his starter, John offered to switch it for any side, but he liked it enough to keep it. My Pan Seared Scallops with lobster Grits, Pancetta, almond cream fraiche and crispy spinach was a bit rich, but superb.
Desserts were a letdown with the Peanut Butter Sundae being a scoop of vanilla ice cream with a dash of PB Fudge sauce and tons of whipped cream(which was not in the description and I rarely like) and toasted peanuts. the Boston Cream Pie with salted caramel was even less impressive as we know the full-sized dessert is quite good...we blamed it on the restaurant week portion. Luckily the friandises still came and impressed us wildly with Peanut butter cookies, fruit gelees, a minty brownie fudge and more.
We did leave full and happy with those!