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This Saturday is Columbia Heights Day. The most exciting event for cupcake addicts is a Sticky Fingers sponsored cupcake eating contest at 3:30 to 4:15.
Other exciting food deals include:
Hello Cupcake is celebrating its birthday tomorrow with free cupcakes!
Knowing about my cupcake obsession, a coworker sent me a link to brain cupcakes. These are the most disturbing cupcakes I've ever seen. I never thought I'd come across a cupcake I would not try, but the brain cupcake is so realistic, I don't know if I could do it. Possibly the most disturbing thing I've seen since the sonogram cake.
In May, when I found out that Kora would replace the disappointing Bebo Trattoria, I could not wait. I loved Farrah Olivia and was eager to see what Morou would do with Italian cuisine, which is my favorite.
As the restaurant looked more finished and buzz around the city started to grow, I turned into the foodie equivalent of a middle schooler with a crush. Every day at lunch I have forced coworkers to walk by the restaurant and stalk employees to see if it was open, and if not, when it would open. Every day I grew more impatient. So I was in ecstatic disbelief when I read the sign in the window that said tonight was opening night!
Unfortunately in my food frenzy, I completely forgot my camera. This means I will have to take another trip soon to provide you with pictures. Woe is me.
Kora did not disappoint. The atmosphere was perfect. It was comfortable and modern; Kora makes much better use of the space than Bebo. The staff was friendly and competent, impressive considering it was opening night.
The wine list had an interesting selection, but only for bottles. I expect that wine lists will have a better selections for bottles than by-the-glass wines, but only three choices for a glass of white? That is just sad.
The food was excellent. The bread was amazing. I tried shells stuffed with spinach and ricotta with sage butter, and my friend Anne got the crab cannelloni. Both were phenomenal. The shells melted in my mouth and the sage butter was a perfect complement, providing flavor but not overwhelming or taking away from the pasta. For dessert I ordered the chocolate pear tart and sampled some of Anne's tiramisu. The tart was topped with a light creme fraiche and lots of cinnamon. The chocolate, cinnamon, and pear were a flawless combination. The dessert was complex, but not heavy, an ideal dessert for Italian cuisine. Anne's tiramisu had a strong espresso flavor, but without being overwhelming. Overall, the food made the long anticipated wait well worth it.
As much as I love frozen yogurt, when faced with the painful dilemma of new cupcake vs. fro yo, the cupcake will always win.
So a few weeks ago, when the Dupont Tangy Sweet started serving Red Velvet Cupcakery cupcakes, I took the opportunity to try their peanut butter cup. The salted icing was a perfect compliment to the peanut butter flavor and worked well with the chocolate cake. I liked the frosting better than any other in the city. Unfortunately the cupcake did not live up to the icing's high standard; though the chocolate cake was rich, it was dry and crumbly.
Georgetown Cupcake and Best Buns are still my favorite cupcakes in town, but I'm interested to find out if there is a difference between the Red Velvet cupcakes at Tangy Sweet and the cupcakes at their E Street bakery.
I am a hardcore chocoholic. I used to not even consider chocolate-free desserts worth a second glance. But a few years ago, I gave fruit a chance and realized, "Wow, this stuff isn't so bad."
Since then a whole new world has opened up. Summers in particular have never been the same. There's nothing quite as refreshing as a fruit-based dessert. Now my summers seemed to be defined by a fruit-based dessert. The fruit tart summer. The strawberry smoothie summer. And now the frozen yogurt summer.
The fro-yo craze has been around for a while, but I didn't get hooked until now. It is the perfect tangy way to end a hot summer day. I can't stop thinking about my next yogurt fix. It has almost replaced cupcakes...at least while the weather is ridiculously hot.
DC has two great fro yo shops: TangySweet and Caliyogurt. Both are great and I can't decide which I like best. I haven't developed my yogurt palate enough to distinguish the difference between the two. Nor can I tell the difference between the stores - both look like a cross between a bar and an Ikea. The main difference is that TangySweet carries Red Velvet Cupcakery cupcakes, which is pretty awesome, though unsurprisingly the cupcakes distract me from the yogurt. So part of me likes the simplicity of Caliyogurt. Either way, you can't go wrong. If you don't have either in your area, Trader Joe's has an amazing Plain Non-Fat Frozen Yogurt that is great with pomegranate seeds, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, etc.
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