Girl Meets Food

DC Winter Restaurant Week returns January 9-12, 2012!  During DC Restaurant Week, more than 200 of Washington, DC’s finest restaurants offer 3-course lunches for $20.12 and 3-course dinners for $35.12. DC Restaurant Week is a great opportunity to experience Washington, DC’s best restaurants at affordable prices. For complete coverage, recommendations and tips, go to Dining in DC for more info!

Alexandria Winter Restaurant Week returns January 13-22, 2012!  56 restaurants throughout the city will feature a $35 prix-fixe three-course dinner or $35 dinner for two. Savor the flavors of Alexandria’s distinctive collection of eateries, from fine dining establishments to casual neighborhood favorites, with special offers available exclusively during the event.

This 10-day dining event enables residents and visitors to experience Alexandria’s diversity of restaurant choices and taste the culinary inventiveness of local chefs.

Alexandria restaurants have taken their place alongside Washington, D.C., restaurants as some of the best in the nation with The New York Times praising,”…the city has taken its place at the culinary table”. With both locally owned and operated neighborhood restaurants as well as nationally recognized chef‐owned eateries, Alexandria is a flavorful melting pot in the truest sense.

Park Hyatt Washington will host Masters of Food & Wine, a seasonal culinary experience on Saturday, January 14, 2011 saluting the ingredients, flavors, and talents of local chefs, regional artisans and producers, and American brew masters and winemakers with winter tea and local microbrew tastings, as well as an intimate cooking class.

In the Kitchen with Blue Duck Tavern from 3:00-5:30 pm

Gather inside Blue Duck Tavern’s open kitchen, around the restaurant’s exquisite Molteni range, and assist Chef de Cuisine John Melfi as he prepares a warm and savory homemade “cassoulet”, using freshly-harvest winter ingredients from Eco Friendly Farms in Moneta, VA. Then, relax in the dining room while tasting the true flavors of local meats and vegetables found in this hearty dish, complemented by a selection of wines from Ravines Wine Cellars in Hammondsport, NY. Tickets are priced at $175 per person, all inclusive, and seating is limited to 8 guests.

Winter Tea Blend Tasting from 5:30-7:00 pm

Join Certified Tea Master Rodrick Markus, of Rare Tea Cellar, for an educational seminar of his premier winter tea blends, followed by a vertical tasting of rare Pu-erh teas, direct from Park Hyatt Washington’s unique Tea Cellar. Tickets are priced at $45 per person, all inclusive, and seating is limited to 8 guests.

Local Microbrew Tasting from 5:30-7:00 pm

Sample flights of locally-crafted winter ale from the brew masters at Port City Brewing Company in Alexandria, VA, paired with seasonal jar conserves straight from Blue Duck Tavern’s kitchen. Tickets are priced at $45 per person, all inclusive, and seating is limited to 10 guests.

Park Hyatt Washington & Blue Duck Tavern
1201 24th Street NW (at M Street)
Washington, DC 20037
202.419.6768