WASHINGTON DC: Some Ideas for Easter Sunday/Weekend-Inspired Menus, Dishes, Drinks & Desserts
Spring has sprung and Easter is just two short weekends away, so to help DC area diners figure out where to enjoy festive Easter Sunday-inspired dishes and drinks, chefs, restaurants and artisans throughout the DMV are offering up a festive assortment of dishes, drinks, desserts, and more for guests to enjoy alongside family and friends. Diners can experience the ultimate ‘dining with a view’ at 2941 Restaurant while they enjoy a stunning seasonal and holiday-inspired 3-course prix fixe menu with options for vegetarians and a children’s menu as well, a bottomless brunch and Syrian Christian-inspired specials from Chef Vinod and team at Indique, a new brunch menu – a la carte and prix fixe menu options - inviting guests to sport their favorite PJ’s and slippers at SER Restaurant in bustling Ballston, to sweet Italian-inspired holiday treats at Dolci Gelati, and more!
2941 RESTAURANT
2941 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 270-1500
www.2941.com
Executive Chef Bertrand Chemel, Pastry Chef Caitlin Dysart and team are excited to welcome diners to 2941 Restaurant on Easter Sunday, March 27th to enjoy a seasonal and holiday-inspired 3-course prix fixe menu featuring signatures such as their Yellowfin Tuna Tartare with Grand-Marnier aioli, avocado, fried shallot, pomme gaufrette, as well as spring-infused dishes such as Ricotta Ravioli fricassée of peas, pea tendrils, wild mushroom, Spring Vegetable Lovers with spiced baby carrot, creamy spinach, quail egg, asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, Pan Seared Sea Scallops with sautéed potato gnocchi, peas, truffled cream sauce, and for a sweet finish, diners are invited to select the dessert of their choice made by award-winning Pastry Chef Caitlin Dysart including her famous Chocolate Easter Basket featuring chocolate fudge cake, coconut macaroon, toasted almond gelato, and chocolate eggs. Priced at $75 per person, guests have the option of making reservations for two seatings – brunch from 11am-2:30pm – and for dinner from 4pm-8pm. In addition 2941 also offers Easter-inspired vegetarian and children’s menus options.
Easter Sunday Brunch & Dinner Menu: http://www.2941.com/easter-2016.html
SER RESTAURANT
1110 North Glebe Road
Arlington VA, 22201
(703) 746-9822
www.SER-Restaurant.com
SER Restaurant in Ballston, VA – celebrating their one year anniversary this month - is thrilled to launch their new brunch menu just in time for Easter weekend! The new brunch menu will feature both a selection of new a la carte menu options, as well as a 3-course prix fixe brunch menu option – priced at $32 per person. Brunch is a big deal in the DC area, especially in Ballston, so to invite guests to enjoy their brunch experience at SER in an even cozier way, guests that wear their favorite PJ’s (and/or slippers) to brunch on Saturday or Sunday will receive a complementary mimosa upon their arrival! Brunch will be available every Saturday and Sunday moving forward from 11am to 4pm beginning on Sunday, March 27th. For guests enjoying dinner at SER on Easter Sunday, the regular dinner menu will be available along with a variety of Easter specials to choose from.
Easter Sunday Brunch Menu: Here
INDIQUE
3512-14 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 244-6600
www.indique.com
Cleveland Park’s most celebrated Indian restaurant - Indique Restaurant - fusing traditional Indian cuisine with modern twists - is offering a Bottomless Brunch prix fixe menu on Easter Sunday and will also be offering an assortment of several Syrian Christian-inspired specials of which will be available a la carte. Guests can enjoy the 3-course bottomless brunch prix-fixe menu with unlimited brunch cocktails for only $24 per person on Easter Sunday from 11am-3pm.
Easter Sunday Brunch Menu: http://www.indique.com/brunch
Kozhi Ishtew (Chicken)
Vegetable Ishtew
Egg Hoppers (an egg is broken into the appam/pancake as it cooks)
Appam with coconut milk, fresh coconut, jaggery and cardamom
Appam is a common food in Kerala – where Chef Vinod is originally from in India - and is eaten most frequently for breakfast or dinner and considered a staple in locals diets and also serves as a cultural synonym of the Syrian Christians.
The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians or Nasrani, is a community of Christians from Tamilakam in present-day Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Saint Thomas in the 1st century, and is one of the oldest Christian communities of the world. The term Syrian relates not to their ethnicity but to their historical, religious, and liturgical connection to the Church of the East, or East Syrian Church.
DOLCI GELATI
1420 8th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 518-1287
www.dolcigelati.net
Along with the many authentic and delicious Italian gelato and sorbet flavors that Dolci Gelati currently makes fresh daily and offers wholesale and retail with locations now available in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia – including an impressive roster featuring over 400 flavors - Pastry Chef and Gelato Genius Gianluigi Dellaccio is excited to prepare a special Easter-inspired treat – Neapolitan Pastiera - a traditional Neapolitan cake baked during Holy Week to celebrate Easter with the whole family. Guests are encouraged to pre-order the cakes or purchase them in-store and choose from two sizes, large ($45) or small ($25).
2941 Fairview Park Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
(703) 270-1500
www.2941.com
Executive Chef Bertrand Chemel, Pastry Chef Caitlin Dysart and team are excited to welcome diners to 2941 Restaurant on Easter Sunday, March 27th to enjoy a seasonal and holiday-inspired 3-course prix fixe menu featuring signatures such as their Yellowfin Tuna Tartare with Grand-Marnier aioli, avocado, fried shallot, pomme gaufrette, as well as spring-infused dishes such as Ricotta Ravioli fricassée of peas, pea tendrils, wild mushroom, Spring Vegetable Lovers with spiced baby carrot, creamy spinach, quail egg, asparagus, fiddlehead ferns, Pan Seared Sea Scallops with sautéed potato gnocchi, peas, truffled cream sauce, and for a sweet finish, diners are invited to select the dessert of their choice made by award-winning Pastry Chef Caitlin Dysart including her famous Chocolate Easter Basket featuring chocolate fudge cake, coconut macaroon, toasted almond gelato, and chocolate eggs. Priced at $75 per person, guests have the option of making reservations for two seatings – brunch from 11am-2:30pm – and for dinner from 4pm-8pm. In addition 2941 also offers Easter-inspired vegetarian and children’s menus options.
Easter Sunday Brunch & Dinner Menu: http://www.2941.com/easter-2016.html
1110 North Glebe Road
Arlington VA, 22201
(703) 746-9822
www.SER-Restaurant.com
SER Restaurant in Ballston, VA – celebrating their one year anniversary this month - is thrilled to launch their new brunch menu just in time for Easter weekend! The new brunch menu will feature both a selection of new a la carte menu options, as well as a 3-course prix fixe brunch menu option – priced at $32 per person. Brunch is a big deal in the DC area, especially in Ballston, so to invite guests to enjoy their brunch experience at SER in an even cozier way, guests that wear their favorite PJ’s (and/or slippers) to brunch on Saturday or Sunday will receive a complementary mimosa upon their arrival! Brunch will be available every Saturday and Sunday moving forward from 11am to 4pm beginning on Sunday, March 27th. For guests enjoying dinner at SER on Easter Sunday, the regular dinner menu will be available along with a variety of Easter specials to choose from.
Easter Sunday Brunch Menu: Here
3512-14 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20008
(202) 244-6600
www.indique.com
Cleveland Park’s most celebrated Indian restaurant - Indique Restaurant - fusing traditional Indian cuisine with modern twists - is offering a Bottomless Brunch prix fixe menu on Easter Sunday and will also be offering an assortment of several Syrian Christian-inspired specials of which will be available a la carte. Guests can enjoy the 3-course bottomless brunch prix-fixe menu with unlimited brunch cocktails for only $24 per person on Easter Sunday from 11am-3pm.
Easter Sunday Brunch Menu: http://www.indique.com/brunch
*** Syrian Christian-inspired Specials ***
Appam (Appam is a type of pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk)Kozhi Ishtew (Chicken)
Vegetable Ishtew
Egg Hoppers (an egg is broken into the appam/pancake as it cooks)
Appam with coconut milk, fresh coconut, jaggery and cardamom
Appam is a common food in Kerala – where Chef Vinod is originally from in India - and is eaten most frequently for breakfast or dinner and considered a staple in locals diets and also serves as a cultural synonym of the Syrian Christians.
The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians or Nasrani, is a community of Christians from Tamilakam in present-day Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Saint Thomas in the 1st century, and is one of the oldest Christian communities of the world. The term Syrian relates not to their ethnicity but to their historical, religious, and liturgical connection to the Church of the East, or East Syrian Church.
1420 8th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 518-1287
www.dolcigelati.net
Along with the many authentic and delicious Italian gelato and sorbet flavors that Dolci Gelati currently makes fresh daily and offers wholesale and retail with locations now available in DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia – including an impressive roster featuring over 400 flavors - Pastry Chef and Gelato Genius Gianluigi Dellaccio is excited to prepare a special Easter-inspired treat – Neapolitan Pastiera - a traditional Neapolitan cake baked during Holy Week to celebrate Easter with the whole family. Guests are encouraged to pre-order the cakes or purchase them in-store and choose from two sizes, large ($45) or small ($25).
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