El Centro D.F., located in the lively 14th street neighborhood at 1819 14th Street, NW, 20009, is serving up all-you-can-eat authentic Mexican brunch on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Priced at $35 per person (tax and gratuity not included), guests can enjoy an endless selection from the entire brunch menu, with options such as Shrimp Ceviche with habanero citrus sauce and pico de gallo; Mexican French Toast and Huevos Divorciados, smothered in green and red sauce with chorizo and bean purée. Bottomless brunch drinks, such as the Michilada, Bloody Maria and choice of seasonal Aqua Fresca cocktails, complement the unlimited brunch offering. The all-you-can-eat brunch menu must be ordered for the entire table, and all items are available a la carte priced between $5 and $12.95.
October
Cruises on the Odyssey and Spirit of Washington. Get in the Halloween spirit with the Spirit of Washington’s annual Boo Cruise! on Saturday, October 27 from 9:30 pm to 12:05 a.m. Tickets are from $44.90
per person, not including taxes or fees. Guests 21 and over can come
aboard and enjoy passed hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar all night long. Halloween
costumes are encouraged and the best costume will win 4 free tickets on
the Spirit of Washington during the costume contest by the end of the night! Call
800.250.3897 or visit Odyssey Cruises online to make a reservation for the Go Pink Brunch Cruise. Call
800.250.3897
or visit Spirit of Washington online to make a
reservation for the Boo
Cruise!
Executive
Chef/Owner Domenico Cornacchia of the authentic Italian neighborhood
favorites Assaggi Osteria in McLean and Assaggi Mozzarella Bar in
Bethesda as well as the French oasis, Bistro Vivant, are offering a
special chestnut menu thru October 29th. The chestnut has been a
food staple and an icon of health in southern Europe since 400 B.C., and
the symbolic nut is welcomed every fall with culinary creativity.
Throughout the month of October, villages in
the south of France, Switzerland, and northern Italy draw hundreds of
thousands of visitors for their chestnuts festivals, where chestnuts are
roasted, candied, boiled, ormade into bread or sugar. Dishes that will
be available during the promotion include Chestnut Bisque with
crispy ‘jambon de Bayonne’; Grilled Quail with chestnut risotto; Wild
Boar Sausage with Chestnut and Porcini Mushroom Ragu; Fresh Chestnut Tagliatelle Pasta with Rabbit Ragu.
From Oct 22nd through November 2nd, Jose Andres and his team at Oyamel are celebrating their sixth annual Day of the Dead festival. This years theme is around the ancient foods of Mexico.
The restaurant was inspired by the pre-hispanic foods set out as
offerings on traditional Day of the Dead altars. Mexicans leave staple
foods such as beans, corn, chiles, chocolate and mezcal (tequila is a
mezcal) on their altars so their loved ones can stay sustained in the
afterlife. The pre hispanic foods of Mexico are a mixture of ancient
cultivation techniques (corn, amaranth, chiles and beans), collecting
indigenous foods (fruits, chapulines, herbs and cacao) and the art of
the hunt (fish, venison, turkey and quail).
Finally, Richard
Sandoval’s colorful Latin-Asian inspired neighborhood restaurant, Masa 14,
located at 1825 14th Street, NW, 20009, is pleased to introduce its Melting
Pot series. The Melting Pot will offering guests a special menu in
addition to the dinner menu, which will showcase the evolution of cuisine
across Latin America and Asia, highlighting how foreign cultures have mingled
and melded cuisines overtime. This special menu will be available for one
month each quarter. For the month of November, newly appointed Executive
Chef Adam Goldman is preparing, Sao Paulo, which will highlight
the Chinese and Japanese influences on Sao Paulo, Brazil’s culinary landscape,
dating back to the Colonial Period. Sao Paulo has the largest
Asian-Brazilian population in the country and Goldman’s November Melting Pot
menu will be available exclusively for dinner service in Masa 14’s main dining
room.
Metro Cooking Show's All Star Line-Up and Food Extravaganza: This year’s Metro Cooking Show on
November 3-4, 2012 will feature some of the biggest names in cooking including:
·
Giada De
Laurentiis (star
of Giada at Home)
·
Celebrity
TV chefs Jacques & Claudine Pépin
·
American chef, restaurateur, and television
personality Michael Symon
·
Co-host
of ‘The Chew’ and ‘Top Chef’ competitor Carla Hall
·
Top Chef judges -- Gail Simmons
&Tom Colicchio, and
·
Next Food Network
Star winner “The
Sandwich King” Jeff Mauro
In addition to these food stars, the Metro Cooking
Show will showcase local and regional chefs’ cooking demonstrations, tasting and
entertaining workshops, a beer, wine and spirits pavilion highlighting local
mixologists, and nearly 400 specialty food exhibitors selling culinary products. Ticket packages for a two-day pass, VIP
tickets with meet and greet receptions, and day tickets are available at www.MetroCookingDC.com. This year’s Metro Cooking Show is an event
you don’t want to miss!
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