Girl Meets Food

Bacon, bacon, booze, brunch.  Those are my priorities.  What are yours?

If your mind is already on the weekend, read on for some exciting morning noshing, including bacon flights, Turkish eggs Benedict, and a half-smoked Bloody Mary.

Eola offers Sunday brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with fresh ingredients plucked straight out of the Dupont Farmers’ Market.  Wake up to French toast, eggs and hash, homemade cinnamon rolls, market veggies, Cheddar grits,or  biscuits and jam.

But the most important part of Eola’s brunch in my opinion, is the bacon flight.  Did you hear me?  A.  Bacon.  Flight.

Choose from a variety of house-cured and smoked bacon including Duroc-Hampshire, Farmer’s Cross, Ossabaw, and Tamworth breeds, for $12. See the brunch menu here.  Eola, 2020 P. Street NW. 202.466.4441

The Source by Wolfgang Puck starts brunch a day early on Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., with traditional brunch and Asian-inspired dishes.  Order a dim sum platter with spicy Thai-style chicken salad or market-fresh berry French toast with sausage.  There’s also a three-course prix-fixe lunch for $28. See the brunch menu here. Don’t forget The Source’s creative take on the Bloody Mary!  Shanghai Mary with Szechuan chili paste; and the classic District Mary with a miniature half-smoke garnish.  The Source, 575 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.  202.637.6100.

Agora is serving up a Mediterranean brunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Get a healthy start with labneh, strained yogurt with fruits and nuts; or a beet salad with lemon mashed potatoes, garlic, and orange; or charcoal-smoked eggplant, green and red peppers.  A Turkish twist on the old includes Pastirma Eggs Benedict with poached eggs and cured loin of beef; or scrambled eggs with spicy Turkish sausage. Agora, 1527 17th Street NW.  202.332.6767

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Pork. It’s what’s for dinner.  Pork belly, pork roasts, pork skins, pork sandwiches, pork rinds, pork everything.

And bacon.

Pork is everywhere you turn, and it’s hip to be swine.

Pig roasts were once reserved only for special occasions in many cultures, like births and weddings.  Now they are synonymous with summer barbeques.

Dolcezza’s grand opening party on May 9th included a 250-pound pig roast from Eco-Friendly Foods.

Cochon 555 was the porker of all events on May 2nd, with five 140-pound pigs, prepared by five chefs.  This Pork Prom saw creations like pork jowl stew, pork “bombs,” pork jerky, lardo, ham jam, pork lollipops and bacon ice cream.

If you missed that, 3 Bar & Grill will host a similar soirée May 30th, with a 250-pound-plus pig roast, with hot, smoky pulled pork sandwiches.  Tenpenh hosts a Filipino-style lechon pig roast every Sunday on their patio, complete with a full bar. Poste’s hickory-smoked roasts occur six days a week in the garden, served with fresh, seasonal sides.

Art and Soul has elevated pork rinds into an art form, with its curly, silky ribbons of deep-fried pork skin sprinkled with Old Bay.

Trummer’s on Main has the most mouth-watering, tender vanilla pork belly, while Kushi cooks its Buta Bara pork belly sous vide, then grills it.  Tastes like smoky pork butter.  Mmm.

Eola will host an evening of “snout to tail” indulgence along with wine on May 27th, with more than 20 innovative dishes crafted from every part of the pig, and I do mean every…part.

With so much pork in the city, you can never get “boar-ed.”

That’s right, I’ll give you $5.00 if you lick the sidewalk.  Just kidding.  I have a tastier deal for you.

Tomorrow, November 17, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, create your own progressive dinner with $5.00 tasting tickets redeemable at any of the dining establishments below, many of which will have special priced cocktails or wines paired with your tasting.

It’s $5.00 for each ticket, and a five tasting ticket package for just $20.  You save $5.00!  Group ticket packages are also available.

You can purchase tickets here or at the Dupont Resource Center, 9 Dupont Cir NW, Nov 17th beginning at 5:00pm. Credit cards are accepted.

Annie’s Paramount Steak House, 1609 17th St NW, (202) 232-0395.  Special Tasting menu, Happy Hour specials: $4 Stella, $4 House Wine, $4 Stoli Mixed Drinks, $4 House Manhattans and $4 House Martinis.

DC Bread & Brew, 1247 20th Street.  Slow Roasted Pork Belly with vanilla & Cabernet gastrique served with smoked Jalapeno Sweet Potato OR (Vegan) Butternut Squash Risotto with cashew nut cream drizzled with sage oil. The cellar bar will be serving All Night Happy Hour $1 off all drafts, $3 rail drinks, $5 Martinis & Margaritas.

Scion Restaurant, 2100 P Street.  BBQ Duck Bun: Pulled Hoisin Tangerine duck and caramelized onions topped with shredded carrots and cucumbers and Thai chili cilantro aioli all set in a soft Asian Bao. Served with Pumpkin Tiramisu: Kahlua soaked lady fingers topped with pumpkin mousse, caramel, and chocolate.

Eola Restaurant, 2020 P Street.  “Savory & Sweet:” Pork Tortellini with Squash Fondue & Opera Cake.

Urbana at the Hotel Palomar 2121 P St NW.  Beef short ribs and foie gras ravioli with chantererelle mushrooms and caramelized onion broth. Western Mediterranean influenced restaurant and bar

Pesce Restaurant, 2002 P Street.   Blowfish Tails sauteed with mushroom asparagus lemon beurre blanc. Paired with a glass of muscadet or a special cocktail!

Café Dupont at the Hotel Dupont, 1500 NH Ave.  Seared Dive Scallop with Liquid Center Butternut Squash Ravioli with Brown Butter and Maple Syrup.

Ruth’s Chris Restaurant, 1801 Connecticut Ave NW.  “Soup & Sandwich:” Authentic New Orleans Turtle soup paired with a Prime Rib Eye Slider.

James Hoban’s Irish Restaurant, 1 Dupont Circle. Taste Offering: Chicken Salad on homemade brown bread; pair with a glass of house wine for just $5.