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• #UNIVERSITY VILLAGE SEATTLE DIM SUM FREE#

I haven’t decided when, or whether, to bring back star ratings, but beginning Oct. Because readers asked, the following reviews offer information on vaccine mandates and accessibility. Ultimately, this is a record of why I think Washington remains one of the best places to dine in America. Ditto Annie’s Paramount Steakhouse and the Hitching Post, which remain prized members of my collection of D.C.-area classics.

I still stand behind stalwarts Buck’s Fishing & Camping in Washington and Charleston in Baltimore, which you can find in my Hall of Fame. Just because you don’t see some of my previous choices doesn’t necessarily mean they’ve dropped off my radar or fallen out of favor. For openers, I’m spending more time in increasingly casual restaurants, looking harder for more vegetarian dishes and inclined to shine a light on restaurants whose chefs aren’t household names. This year’s survey of my favorite restaurants, my 22nd annual fall dining guide, is a reflection of how the pandemic has changed me, too. His response to the upheaval: “radical self-care,” meaning more time with friends and outside pursuits and taking stock of the whole person, mental health included, in a business known for its long hours and uncomfortable working conditions. (Scott Suchman for The Washington Post) RIGHT: Rigatoni with sausage at the Red Hen in Washington. LEFT: Bartender Maurizio Arberi at Imperfecto in Washington. Rigatoni with sausage at the Red Hen in Washington. On the other hand, he feels he’s bonded more with his colleagues since the pandemic “set ego and hubris aside.” Echoing others in the industry, Barreto says, “We give so much to guests. “A lot of people have left the industry.” Asked to sum up 2021, “crucible” is the first word out of his mouth. The executive chef at Anju in Washington, who’s spent half his 32 years in the industry, is no Ted Lasso. One of them, Angel Barreto, sees something profound - positive even - coming out of the mess. Eighteen months into the global crisis, the people who feed us away from home wonder how much resilience they still need to muster. A lack of staff means shorter hours of operation at restaurants across the board.

#UNIVERSITY VILLAGE SEATTLE DIM SUM FREE#

Service seems to be in a free fall as dining room staff have left the industry in droves, there’s a chance you’ll be asked for proof of vaccination when you show up for your reservation, and good luck finding somewhere to eat early in the week or late at night. Especially after dealing with the mayhem that is University Village, you’ll be grateful to take a seat at a quiet restaurant that serves some of the best Chinese food in the city.Eat out with any frequency and you can’t help but notice changes on the restaurant scene wrought by the pandemic. But Little Duck is a better reason to visit the neighborhood than to see undergrads in their natural habitat or cherry blossoms that make you sneeze. Unless you’re a UW student or are shopping for hand soap at Aesop, chances are you don’t spend too much time in the University District. And, while Little Duck does serve dessert, the only sweet thing you need is the brown sugar caramelized sweet potatoes, which could really be mistaken as candy.

The corn in a buttery sauce with pine nuts has all of the comfort of creamy soup. The string beans here are crisp, garlicky, and even tastier than some of the meat dishes.

From the pickled cabbage dumplings tasty enough that they don’t need a dip, to the double-cooked pork slices coated in a sticky sweet and sour sauce, everything comes out piping hot and intensely flavorful. But if you do consult the menu, you’ll find that it has a ton of Northeastern Chinese dishes listed in both Mandarin and English, divided into appetizer, meat, vegetable, and rice/noodle/pastry sections.