Food

Signature Dish

Signature Dish discovers and reveals the standout dishes at a wide array of the region’s best restaurants, from the latest dining hot spots to strip-mall eateries serving up authentic global cuisines.

Schedule

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    Signature Dish

    Exploring Europe

    Saturday
    Sep 26

    30 Minutes

    A European expedition across the DMV. Norwegian kjøttkaker at the Café Sophie. Ukrainian holubtsi at Ruta. Irish fare in Brookland with pan-seared monkfish at The Harp.
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    Indian Adventure

    Monday
    Sep 28

    30 Minutes

    Seth Tillman embarks on tour of D.C.'s Indian cuisine, visiting the celebrated Daru on the H Street Corridor, stopping in Chinatown for the complex Nirvana 37 at the sleek Karizma Modern Indian, and finishing up in NoMa.
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    Museum Eats

    Monday
    Sep 28

    30 Minutes

    Sweet Home Cafe in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Filipino fried chicken at Immigrant Food housed in Planet Word. Finally, National Gallery of Art for stracciatella gelato from Dolci Gelati.
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    Latin American Kitchen

    Monday
    Sep 28

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Museum Eats

    Monday
    Sep 28

    30 Minutes

    Sweet Home Cafe in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Filipino fried chicken at Immigrant Food housed in Planet Word. Finally, National Gallery of Art for stracciatella gelato from Dolci Gelati.
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    Latin American Kitchen

    Monday
    Sep 28

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Museum Eats

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Sweet Home Cafe in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Filipino fried chicken at Immigrant Food housed in Planet Word. Finally, National Gallery of Art for stracciatella gelato from Dolci Gelati.
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    Museum Eats

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Sweet Home Cafe in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Filipino fried chicken at Immigrant Food housed in Planet Word. Finally, National Gallery of Art for stracciatella gelato from Dolci Gelati.
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    Latin American Kitchen

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Signature Dish

    Latin American Kitchen

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Museum Eats

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Sweet Home Cafe in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Filipino fried chicken at Immigrant Food housed in Planet Word. Finally, National Gallery of Art for stracciatella gelato from Dolci Gelati.
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    Signature Dish

    Latin American Kitchen

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Museum Eats

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Sweet Home Cafe in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Filipino fried chicken at Immigrant Food housed in Planet Word. Finally, National Gallery of Art for stracciatella gelato from Dolci Gelati.
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    Signature Dish

    Latin American Kitchen

    Tuesday
    Sep 29

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Vietnamese Voyage

    Saturday
    Oct 3

    30 Minutes

    Explore the Vietnamese cuisine, starting at the Eden Center with the Mũi Tàu bánh mì from Bánh Mì Oi. Moon Rabbit in Penn Quarter for the Rainbow Trout. A bowl of the unique spicy lemongrass pho at Pho Viet in Columbia Heights.
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    Latin American Kitchen

    Sunday
    Oct 4

    30 Minutes

    Seth savors D.C.'s delectable Latin cuisine! He starts with Puerto Rican lechon at Lechonera DMV, then Mole Poblano at Lime & Cilantro in Silver Spring, MD. Finally, he enjoys chorizo dumplings at Adams Morgan's Ceibo.
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    Cafe Culture

    Monday
    Oct 5

    30 Minutes

    In this episode, Seth explores DC-area café culture, sampling specialty coffee at Lost Sock Roasters, enjoying an Awaze Tibs Panini at Lemon Slice Café, and finishing with a Pandan Coconut Donut at Rose Ave Bakery.
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    Treasures of the Mid-Atlantic

    Monday
    Oct 5

    30 Minutes

    Seth celebrates Mid-Atlantic cuisine with local twists on classic dishes. He tastes locally sourced whole lamb in Blagden Alley at The Dabney, rockfish massaman curry at The Wharf's Fish Shop, and signature Mel's Crab Rice at Marcus DC in NoMa.
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    Treasures of the Mid-Atlantic

    Monday
    Oct 5

    30 Minutes

    Seth celebrates Mid-Atlantic cuisine with local twists on classic dishes. He tastes locally sourced whole lamb in Blagden Alley at The Dabney, rockfish massaman curry at The Wharf's Fish Shop, and signature Mel's Crab Rice at Marcus DC in NoMa.
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    Treasures of the Mid-Atlantic

    Tuesday
    Oct 6

    30 Minutes

    Seth celebrates Mid-Atlantic cuisine with local twists on classic dishes. He tastes locally sourced whole lamb in Blagden Alley at The Dabney, rockfish massaman curry at The Wharf's Fish Shop, and signature Mel's Crab Rice at Marcus DC in NoMa.

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Signature Dish Restaurant Guide

The Signature Dish Restaurant Guide provides additional information about each signature dish, including restaurant locations, reviews, and video clips from each episode, all sorted by cuisine type and plotted on an interactive map of the local area.

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