Wasabi Sushi

908 17th St NW
Washington, DC

Kathryn and I went on a mini-celebratory dinner on Friday for sushi (that once I knew we were going for sushi could not stop thinking about). One the advice of a co-worker (and the fact I knew I'd be going near an atm) headed over the Farragut Square and try out Wasabi Sushi. It was 'eh'. It had a conveyor belt style service but you could also order sides, a few noodle dishes and a few hot dishes. Though I didn't know at the time, it would have been cheaper to get the 6 plates for $20 bucks option - I ended up with 7 plates. I was really looking forward to some nigiri and had the salmon and tuna. Like I said, just ok. The cucumber avocado roll was to hard - the cucumber was so not in season. The seaweed salad was not that great at all. I had a few other sushi pieces but nothing remarkable enough to remember what they were.

Neyla: A Mediterranean Grill

3206 N Street NW
Washington, DC 20007

For a belated birthday dinner, I went with some friends to Neyla for Restaurant Week. The atmosphere was really great! When we arrived for a 7 o'clock reservation on a Sunday night the restaurant was maybe a quarter full. But it did pick up through the night. I had a sweet spiced chicken and almond spice pastilla, the chicken shish taouk ith Lebanese almond rice and the chocolate fondant dessert. The pastilla was a great mix of sweet and savory and the phillo dough was cooked really well. The main chicken dish was a bit to oniony for me, but the rice was amazing and the chicken moist. Of course by the time we got to dessert I was so full it wasn't funny. But the chocolate cake was good even though we all thought it was going to have some type of chocolatey inside.