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Taste of D.C.


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The Scene
A sample shot of two food trucks, a row of booths, and the crowd at Taste of D.C.
Another sample shot of the rows of booths. Yes, I know they don't look like much.
The requisite shot of skewered meats. There were some grills like this at the festival, but many fewer than usual at street festivals (obviously because this festival was focused on restaurant-quality food).
This guy looks proud of his food.
A sample shot of two food trucks, a row of booths, and the crowd at Taste of D.C.
Another sample shot of the rows of booths. Yes, I know they don't look like much.
The requisite shot of skewered meats. There were some grills like this at the festival, but many fewer than usual at street festivals (obviously because this festival was focused on restaurant-quality food).
This guy looks proud of his food.
But I really wanted to take a picture (for Di Yin) for this older guy with a face with a lot of character. However, he wasn't as friendly, so I only managed to get him in this oblique shot.
But I really wanted to take a picture (for Di Yin) for this older guy with a face with a lot of character. However, he wasn't as friendly, so I only managed to get him in this oblique shot.
The Eats
My dumpling with duck and pine nuts from Sequoia. Good.
Di Yin's very good samosa with chickpeas from Mayur Kabab House.
Di Yin's pork belly from Station 4. Quite good.
Our Ethiopian gomen from Etete: rather oily, but the flavor was good. I couldn't eat much. The injera was good.
My dumpling with duck and pine nuts from Sequoia. Good.
Di Yin's very good samosa with chickpeas from Mayur Kabab House.
Di Yin's pork belly from Station 4. Quite good.
Our Ethiopian gomen from Etete: rather oily, but the flavor was good. I couldn't eat much. The injera was good.
Fried oysters with remoulade sauce from Marvin. Di Yin said, "tastes like the sea, fried." Indeed, they were salty and tasted of the ocean. Very good, especially with the remoulade.
A "crab chip" from Feelin' Crabby: a potato chip topped with good crab salad.
A (deep-)fried Oreo from Everything Nice: decent/good. It tasted like a hot/fresh fried donut filled with chocolate.
Shrimp po boy slider from Puddin'.
Fried oysters with remoulade sauce from Marvin. Di Yin said, "tastes like the sea, fried." Indeed, they were salty and tasted of the ocean. Very good, especially with the remoulade.
A "crab chip" from Feelin' Crabby: a potato chip topped with good crab salad.
A (deep-)fried Oreo from Everything Nice: decent/good. It tasted like a hot/fresh fried donut filled with chocolate.
Shrimp po boy slider from Puddin'.
Charred octopus from Station 4. Very good, meaty, and substantial.
Brown Butter Bourbon Bread Pudding from Puddin'. Almost shocking in its sweetness but nevertheless fantastic.
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Charred octopus from Station 4. Very good, meaty, and substantial.
Brown Butter Bourbon Bread Pudding from Puddin'. Almost shocking in its sweetness but nevertheless fantastic.
We tried the house-cured meats pizza from Local 16. It, like some other pizza vendors, brought a wood-burning oven to the festival. Quite good. Nicely crispy crust (smokey, charred, sourdough-y crust) and honeyed meats.
Di Yin got jerk chicken from Jamaican Gourmet. Quite good. She devoured it.
Pulled pork slider from Cedar. Okay; just plain uninteresting. Even the meat wasn't particularly flavorful. This was the worst item of all three meals I ate at the festival.
Crawfish & shrimp etouffee from The Cajun Experience. Good.
Fudge brownie from Firehook Bakery & Coffeehouse. Quite good: moist, melty, and chocolate-y.
Pulled pork slider from Cedar. Okay; just plain uninteresting. Even the meat wasn't particularly flavorful. This was the worst item of all three meals I ate at the festival.
Crawfish & shrimp etouffee from The Cajun Experience. Good.
Fudge brownie from Firehook Bakery & Coffeehouse. Quite good: moist, melty, and chocolate-y.
The Drinks
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As for drinks, I tried many. Stoudts Heifer-in-Wheat was a decent, basic, wheat beer, not as flavored as most.
The Charon Muyo Malbec 2010 was okay.
The Alta Luna Pinot Grigio was alright, decent.
Magic Hat #9: a pale blond pilsner (?), a tad bitter but easily drinkable. The kind of beer you drink a lot of quickly, without paying any attention.
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Flying Dog In-Heat Wheat German-Style Hefeweizen: good.
Leinenkugel Honey Weiss: good.
Mad Fox Brewery Lindy Weiss: okay. Tasted a bit funky to me.
The New Belgium Ranger IPA was quite hoppy as expected. A respectable IPA. I'm not sure it tasted better as a result of drinking it with spicy food, but the etouffee certainly tasted fuller, rounder in flavor profile (not that it wasn't good before).