This post from DCist contributor Matt Cordell Although BLT Steak just moved into town (“BLT” is not bacon, lettuce, and tomato, but Bistro Laurent Tourondel as in New York City’s BLT Steak, BLT Prime, BLT Fish, and BLT Burger), it has already masterfully affected one of D.C.’s core stereotypes: the clubby lobbyist haunt. Here, in a scene of dark wood and suede, pricey food comes heavy, dull, and fast, but without any serious missteps. As…

This post written by DCist contributor, Matt Cordell After watching Jose Andres easily handle Bobby Flay a few weeks ago in Iron Chef “Battle Goat,” I expected to suffer the same treatment when I sat down at the newly relocated Oyamel. I prepared to be flayed like Flay. I thought I would be laid low by his ceviche, knocked out by his potables, and rendered dumb by the small plates of D.C.’s undisputed king of…

This post from new DCist contributor, Matt Cordell How do D.C. chefs stack up? Last night, representatives were put to the test when José Andrés (owner of Zatinya, Café Atlantico, Jaleo, Oyamel, and minibar by josé andrés) and his sous chefs, Katsuya Fukushima and Ruben Garcia, stepped into Kitchen Stadium to do battle on Food Network’s Iron Chef America. Despite being advertised in advance here, here, and here (looking like the Spanish Terminator), José “chose”…