Oct 26th, 2007
Rock Creek Restaurant
This past weekend I decided to take the initiative and seek out a new restaurant in DC.
After a bit of digging, I struck upon Rock Creek Restaurant in Bethesda, MD (incidentally, why is it that every restaurant’s Web site either looks like it was built by a college student in 1996 or tries to be uber-hip with ridiculous amounts of flash and a lounge soundtrack).
I haven’t been to the gym in about a month (since I dislocated my shoulder), I’ve been trying to make a concerted effort to eat healthier. At any rate, what appealed to be about the place was their emphasis on “delicious meals with nutritionally balanced ingredients.”
So I made a reservation and checked the place out. It was probably one of the best dining experiences I’ve had in DC for the past few months. The first thing I noticed was that the service was amazing - our waiter was laid back and friendly to the point that I thought he might have been taking bong hits in the kitchen except for the fact that was remarkably sharp and on-point -
The food was perfect - I had a perfectly grilled filet mignon and my companion had some well prepared (and fresh) crab cakes.
What’s more, they have a number of wine ‘flights,’ or samplers that allow you to try several of their wines. We had the Alsace Summer flight, which consisted of a Willm Pinot Blanc, Trimbach Riesling and Trimbach Gewurztraminer. The Riesling was particularly tasty.
I polished the meal off with a Grahams 10-year port and we shared a very solid creme brulet.
On a side note, when I initially ordered a glass of Warres Otima 1o-year the waiter came back and said, “Sorry, we are out of the Warres Otima but in its stead, would you prefer the Grahams 10-year?” His use of old English phrasing, ‘in its stead’, almost made the night worthwhile in and of itself.
All in all, my experience at Rock Creek Restaurant in Bethesda reminded me that DC can in fact be a great place to grab dinner, and I’m planning on putting the Rock Creek Restaurant in Friendship Heights on my short-list of places to try next.
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[...] (Drift Reality) This past weekend I decided to take the initiative and seek out a new restaurant in DC.After a bit of digging, I struck upon Rock Creek Restaurant in Bethesda, MD (incidentally, why is it that every restaurant’s Web site either looks like it was built by a college student in 1996 or tries to be uber-hip with ridiculous amounts of flash and a lounge soundtrack). [...]