Monday, March 21, 2005

Musings on Food @ CIL

While most people who attend a conference will tell you all about an awesome session they attended, or the awesome tourist sites they visited, I'm not most people. I talk about food. There were many awesome restaurants right around our hotel in Dupont Circle. Here's a rundown:

~Mexican...mmmmmm. Can't remember what it was called, but the portobello quesadillas rocked my world.
~Chipotle! I have been deprived of its goodness for far, far too long. I ate the entire chicken burrito in one sitting (okay, okay...I gave up with about an inch left). Best rice ever.
~The restaurant in our hotel, where I had a plate of tomato, fresh basil and mozzarella, drizzled with olive oil. And then there was the French onion soup with toasted cheese...
~La Tomate had incredibly good fresh bread. (Memories of Europe...) The spinach tagliatelle with chicken, artichokes, asparagus tips and sundried tomato strips (in cream sauce!) was perfection.
~Firehook bakery...and the biggest slab of focaccia bread, with tomatoes, artichokes and delicious toasted cheese.
~Kramerbooks and Afterwords. I had the most amazing spinach/artichoke/mushroom/cheesy goodness quesadilla. Bliss.

I'm noticing a theme. Cheese, anyone?

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