CityZen, Washington DC

When I left this restaurant I was seriously in pain. It was so long ago I don’t know how much detail I can remember, but I do remember being in the back seat with my skirt unzipped moaning in pain on the way home…how did I manage to eat SO MUCH!!!
I remember being greeted with a bit of snobbery. I know I am a young lady, and it is not uncommon for my identification to be requested, particularly in and around Washington DC. However, when I politely comply and then have to endure an entire professionally trained staff to cross-examine me about my valid New York license, I get annoyed. But on to more delectable things…
At any given time there are two set menus: one vegetarian, one including meat. It was a special occasion so we opted for the full tasting menu, I got the meat and my company the vegetarian. All of it was good, some of it spectacular. The things I remember were the complimentary highlights. For example, the bread box which came around offering brioche, country white, and a grain bread, served with two types of butter, one sweet cream and the other salted, all of which were delicious.
The next complimentary surprise came after dessert and was, so to speak, the straw that broke the camels back, or, the chocolates that made my stomach ache. After the nine or so courses, including the cheese course which was a selection from a beautiful marble table side display, and after the pre-desert palate cleansing sorbet, and after desert itself, just before the check perhaps to induce delirium they served an array of artisan chocolates and cookies, and oh yes, they were good.
So what can I say, greeted with snobbery, served a perverse amount of food, and I can’t wait to try it again!