Debbie and I went to Spices with Rita and Bob. Rita suggested the restaurant. The restaurant seats 96 people at various 2, 4 and 6 tops plus 12 seats at the bar.
We ordered Edamame – Whole green soy bean pods, steamed & lightly salted for the table.
Bob ordered Miso soup – Tofu, seaweed & scallions. I ordered Seabass Spring Rolls, crispy spring rolls filled with Chilean sea bass & shitake mushrooms. While I ate most of the spring rolls a couple of the others had bites.
For the table we ordered:
Whole duck – served with pancakes, cucumbers, scallions and plum sauce;
Crispy Shumai – homemade open-faced dumplings with chicken, shrimp and shitake mushrooms;
Bulgogi Kimchi Fried Rice – Korean style spicy fried rice with grilled thin slices rib eye steak and Kimchi, served in hot stone pot;
Vegetables Hot Pot – Cellophane noodles, Napa cabbage, scallions, onions, carrots
The men’s room floor is covered with rectangular wooden strips and very large tiles covering the walls. There is a white ceramic wall-hanging urinal to the left as you enter the restroom. Across the room are two wall-hanging white ceramic rectangular wash basins with a mirror above them. Dead ahead as you enter is a commode area with a grey metal wall and door, open at the bottom and top. In this area there is a white ceramic floor mounted commode.
Spices
3331 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington DC 20008
202-686-3833