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Because like I said, I lived there. For longer than I've lived in LA, actually. And like I said, I've always found the supposedly hot restaurants in DC serve food that is wholly unremarkable, and overpriced. We go back every year during the holidays to visit my wife's family and I still have yet to be impressed. One of my DC buddies took us to some new place on 14th called Barcelona that was supposed to be decent and it was completely meh. If you're from DC and you haven't lived in other places I don't expect you to get it, but trust me- the eating gets much better in other places- LA, SF...I've even had some amazing and adventurous dishes in Atlanta.
I won't dispute that there are decent ethnic eats in the burbs...Annandale for Korean, Seven Corners for Vietnamese, and some great Indian in Maryland (Woodlands in Langley Park has South Indian food to die for). But these places are not in DC proper, and visiting them always feels like an excursion and usually involves hopping in a car.
Sounds like you need to try some other restaurants. Actual popular ones. Barcelona? I guess so......
If you only like Ethnic food, then I agree the best places that are more the hole in the whole authentic kind are in the suburbs. A lot of people don't trust food from places that look like that so those don't really exist in the city. If they are in the city, they will be nice which comes with a price.
Because like I said, I lived there. For longer than I've lived in LA, actually. And like I said, I've always found the supposedly hot restaurants in DC serve food that is wholly unremarkable, and overpriced. We go back every year during the holidays to visit my wife's family and I still have yet to be impressed. One of my DC buddies took us to some new place on 14th called Barcelona that was supposed to be decent and it was completely meh. If you're from DC and you haven't lived in other places I don't expect you to get it, but trust me- the eating gets much better in other places- LA, SF...I've even had some amazing and adventurous dishes in Atlanta.
I won't dispute that there are decent ethnic eats in the burbs...Annandale for Korean, Seven Corners for Vietnamese, and some great Indian in Maryland (Woodlands in Langley Park has South Indian food to die for). But these places are not in DC proper, and visiting them always feels like an excursion and usually involves hopping in a car.
Rasika was voted the best Indian Restaurant in the nation and it's in D.C.
I will give a couple of those a try next time I'm in town.
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Have you tried this Indian restaurant before? Indique
I have. Indique Heights too. I was dating an indian girl at the time so I've basically tried them all. Indique is solid traditional north indian. A little pricey to eat there all the time, but its good for special occasions.
Indian street food gastropub. So. freaking. good. 2 Indian-Canadian brothers from Toronto came down to start the restaurant. They have a Chicken Tikka Poutine dish that is ridiculous.
That was my big takeaway when I moved out here: that delicious food doesn't need to be expensive.
The big issue is, do you care what the restaurant looks like? I think that may be a major difference between D.C. and L.A. People don't want to eat in places without nice decor. It's the populace I guess. There are some pretty good food places in the black community which doesn't really care about that stuff. It's a socio-economic issue. The same is true in all the low income ethnic communities in the region. There aren't many of them in the city other than black. History matters in this subject guys.
Austin by far... Don't know the exact definition of "Vibrant", but in my eyes, vibrant = Austin
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Indique is solid traditional north indian. A little pricey to eat there all the time, but its good for special occasions.
