Derek’s post about berbere on injera got me homesick for some of DC’s Ethiopian restaurants. Which got me thinking that I’m really, really going to enjoy being at MLA in December, just for the food, although I’m sure I’ll be stressed from interviewing. First on the list of priorities is Dukem for a proper Ethiopian dinner, but I’m also thinking Eat First on H Street in Chinatown for the best (and cheap!) Cantonese roast duck I’ve ever had, taking the Metro up to Negril in Silver Spring for a fine Jamaican lunch, Mama Ayesha’s in Adams Morgan for Lebanese, maybe Jaleo for tapas (I used to temp just up the street) after the theater rush, definitely Half Moon BBQ with live music in Silver Spring, and — though it’s a little more than walking distance from the Silver Spring Metro stop; like a five-minute cab ride down Wayne Avenue — El Gavilan’s Salvadorean food is not to be missed.
Dang I’m hungry.
Yum! I wanna dine with you! Got any fav thai places?
Duangrat’s is the best, hands down, but not really accessible by Metro. I’ll have my car, though, so maybe we’ll see if other folks are interested in taking a short ride out to Northern Virginia some night.
Wayne? As in towards Piney Branch? One hundred years ago my first husband and I used to eat at Meskerem in Adams Morgan. Now that was some good injera.
Wayne Avenue to Flower Avenue from the Silver Spring Metro, Joanna, and then a right on Flower and maybe two blocks down on the left, just before what used to be the Flower Theater. The tiny building in the big parking lot that overlooks the Arliss Giant parking lot and the Long Branch Library beyond. Live music on weekends. Good, good food.
Dukem! Mmm, been there. Mmmm.