A whole week at home??? That's unpossible!

I was on the road for 3 weeks straight and I finally conned one week at home for myself. This hasn't happened since god knows when. There's a shit ton of things in DC/VA that I haven't experienced, it's pretty amazing.

First off, one of the best sandwich places around, definitely in DC, and top 3 in the country: SUNdeVICH. The place is located in an old garage off of N street NW and it's slightly hard to find, but definitely worth your time. I've tried the Kingston, Istanbul (kabob sandwich), Athens (medium rare lamb and tzatziki), and Buenos Aires (rare steak w/ something like a pesto spread). All of them were amazing, the best being the Kingston. It's a jerk chicken sandwich with a pineapple chutney. It's spicy, which is a rare find. I'm not a huge fan of fruit in my sandwich, but the spicy makes sure that the fruity taste doesn't overpower the sandwich. This maybe the best jerk chicken outside of Jamaica. No joke....

One of my critics has said that I use the word "amazing" too loosely, but this place is AMAZING! Go there! This critic says it's very good, but the only time I've heard him use the word "amazing" to describe food was for Le Bernardin. This place has also been rated one of the best restaurants in the world and since the fall of El Bulli (THE best restaurant in the world by a mile), the best seafood restaurant in the world. It continously receives 3 stars from Michelin. So, compared to a $200 meal at Le Bernardin, a $9-12 sandwich, I feel, can be classified as amazing. 

There is one place that I will say don't go to, though it looks nice and tempting, don't do it: Masa 14. DON'T DO IT. It looks nice and trendy and who doesn't like small plates? But I didn't realize that it was "Latin/Asian Fusion". Don't do that shit...stop...stop fusing shit that shouldn't fuse. I guess if your a really good chef and know what your doing, this might work. But it failed...pretty badly...at a high price. My apologizes to my dinner guests, I should have read reviews on it. 

I also finally got a chance to cook this week...doesn't happen much, but I'm not bad. It was also feeling some post-event blues so I made feijoada for make up for it. My feijoada is a little different, here's the recipe:

1 lb black beans, fresh

1/4 white onion

1 habanero pepper

1 jalapeno pepper

2 spicy chorizos

2 spicy Italian sausages 

1 slab bacon

1 bone in pig shank (optional)

Bay leaves

Dendê , 2 table spoons

Black pepper

So, it's fairly simple. Soak the beans overnight. Put beans into a large pot with about 2 liters of water, maybe a bit more, with the bone in pig shank. Heat at high until boiling, then bring it down to a low bubble. Add chopped onions, habanero, jalapeno peppers, dendê, sliced sausages and bacon, bay leaves into the pot. Cook for about 2 hours. I tend to do it for about 4, just because, I feel, the longer it cooks, the better it gets. Before you turn off the heat, take about a large bowl and scope out a bowl of it and taste it, season for taste as you wish. Mash that bowl of beans and stuff up, and pour back into the pot and stir for 15 minutes. I don't like watery feijoada, so this will help thicken the base. Some people may not like that, so feel free to skip it. 

I don't really have a good farofa recipe, but I'm working on it.

Anyhow, hope you enjoyed that. And go to SUNdeVICH. That is all.