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Around Town: Grand Opening @ Notti 824 — 1/17/19

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Parklifer in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged Arc the Hotel, Foggy Bottom, food, Notti 824, Taib Akiremi, tapas.

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Arc The Hotel at night

Boutique inn Arc The Hotel hosted a reception in Foggy Bottom recently to showcase the opening of its restaurant Notti 824, now the closest dining establishment to the Kennedy Center (outside of the Kennedy Center, of course).

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Submitted for Your Approval: DC Spotting in Vegas (Jose Andres Edition)

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Mickey McCarter in Food Talk, Submitted For Your Approval and tagged China Poblano, Chinese, Cosmopolitan, Jaleo, Jose Andres, Las Vegas, Mexican, Spanish, tapas.

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Jaleo by Jose Andres, in Las Vegas

On the upper floors of the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, visitors have left the mod bars and modest casino of the first level to explore restaurants and shops that lead upward to the hotel’s exclusive clubs.

But nestled atop the layers of restaurants comes a pleasant surprise to anyone visiting Vegas from DC: Jaleo. Yes, indeed, the same chain of tapas restaurants founded by Jose Andres in DC has spawned a sibling in the Cosmopolitan, where it actually has served guests for quite a few years now.

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Paella cooking in Jaleo

Perhaps even more intriguing, another Jose Andres concept sits on another floor—the fusion restaurant China Poblano, which started serving noodles and tacos long before the similar concept China Chilcano united Peruvian, Chinese and Japanese food in downtown DC.

Direct from the introduction of the menu of China Poblano: “What brings Mexico and China together? You could start with the Spanish galleons that first sailed the Pacific in 1565 during the reign of King Philip II. Along with the lucrative trade in silk and silver, they brought Asian spices and fruit to Mexico, and New World peppers to the Middle Kingdom of China. They also brought the legend of an Asian girl kidnapped by pirates and shipped to Mexico, known as La China Poblana. These dishes continue a voyage, first dreamed by Christopher Columbus, that has connected East and West for the last five centuries.”

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China Poblano offers Chinese and Mexican cuisine.

I was in Vegas last week for a conference, and I got to check out these familiar restaurants once again. So if ever you find yourself DC homesick while visiting Las Vegas, you at least have the option of sitting for a meal or drinks in a ThinkFoodGroup establishment while you consider how dishing food in Vegas may have affected the approaches taken by Mr. Andres and company back home.

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