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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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    Museum Eats

    Saturday
    Oct 10

    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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    Let's Brunch

    Monday
    Oct 12

    30 Minutes

    Seth Tillman takes on D.C.'s weekend ritual, brunch. Begins at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean, VA for grits. Next, chicken pot pie, at Georgetown's 1310 Kitchen and Bar, ending with sweet potatoes shakshuka at Unconventional Diner.
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    Let's Brunch

    Monday
    Oct 12

    30 Minutes

    Seth Tillman takes on D.C.'s weekend ritual, brunch. Begins at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean, VA for grits. Next, chicken pot pie, at Georgetown's 1310 Kitchen and Bar, ending with sweet potatoes shakshuka at Unconventional Diner.
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    Let's Brunch

    Tuesday
    Oct 13

    30 Minutes

    Seth Tillman takes on D.C.'s weekend ritual, brunch. Begins at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean, VA for grits. Next, chicken pot pie, at Georgetown's 1310 Kitchen and Bar, ending with sweet potatoes shakshuka at Unconventional Diner.
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    Let's Brunch

    Tuesday
    Oct 13

    30 Minutes

    Seth Tillman takes on D.C.'s weekend ritual, brunch. Begins at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean, VA for grits. Next, chicken pot pie, at Georgetown's 1310 Kitchen and Bar, ending with sweet potatoes shakshuka at Unconventional Diner.
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    Vietnamese Voyage

    Tuesday
    Oct 13

    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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    Signature Dish

    Let's Brunch

    Tuesday
    Oct 13

    30 Minutes

    Seth Tillman takes on D.C.'s weekend ritual, brunch. Begins at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean, VA for grits. Next, chicken pot pie, at Georgetown's 1310 Kitchen and Bar, ending with sweet potatoes shakshuka at Unconventional Diner.
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    Treasures of the Mid-Atlantic

    Saturday
    Oct 17

    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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    BBQ Bonanza

    Monday
    Oct 19

    30 Minutes

    In this episode, Seth follows the aroma of smoke across the DMV. Kicking off his journey across the Bay Bridge, he enjoys a pork belly sandwich at Bark in Stevensville, MD. Next, he heads to DCity Smokehouse in Anacostia to dig into The Big Snoop, their loaded twist on the classic half-smoke. He wraps up at Smokecraft in Arlington, VA for a pitmaster's modern take on cedar plank salmon.
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    Taste of Thai

    Monday
    Oct 19

    30 Minutes

    Thailand's regional flavors starting with southern-coastal Chumphon pad thai at Sense of Thai in Ashburn, VA. Then, catfish dry curry at Thai Chef in Rockville, MD, finishing at Rimtang in Georgetown for some northern funky flavors with nam prik ong.
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    Taste of Thai

    Monday
    Oct 19

    30 Minutes

    Thailand's regional flavors starting with southern-coastal Chumphon pad thai at Sense of Thai in Ashburn, VA. Then, catfish dry curry at Thai Chef in Rockville, MD, finishing at Rimtang in Georgetown for some northern funky flavors with nam prik ong.
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    Taste of Thai

    Tuesday
    Oct 20

    30 Minutes

    Thailand's regional flavors starting with southern-coastal Chumphon pad thai at Sense of Thai in Ashburn, VA. Then, catfish dry curry at Thai Chef in Rockville, MD, finishing at Rimtang in Georgetown for some northern funky flavors with nam prik ong.
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    Signature Dish

    Taste of Thai

    Tuesday
    Oct 20

    30 Minutes

    Thailand's regional flavors starting with southern-coastal Chumphon pad thai at Sense of Thai in Ashburn, VA. Then, catfish dry curry at Thai Chef in Rockville, MD, finishing at Rimtang in Georgetown for some northern funky flavors with nam prik ong.
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    Signature Dish

    Taste of Thai

    Tuesday
    Oct 20

    30 Minutes

    Thailand's regional flavors starting with southern-coastal Chumphon pad thai at Sense of Thai in Ashburn, VA. Then, catfish dry curry at Thai Chef in Rockville, MD, finishing at Rimtang in Georgetown for some northern funky flavors with nam prik ong.
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    Signature Dish: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Signature Dish

    Taste of Thai

    Tuesday
    Oct 20

    30 Minutes

    Thailand's regional flavors starting with southern-coastal Chumphon pad thai at Sense of Thai in Ashburn, VA. Then, catfish dry curry at Thai Chef in Rockville, MD, finishing at Rimtang in Georgetown for some northern funky flavors with nam prik ong.

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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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