It’s Noodle Week at Chiko, the trio of Chinese-Korean fast-casual spots.
Tonight, April 22, guest chef Spike Mendelsohn is honoring Earth Day with a special “Eat The Change” stirfry ($16). Daily specials range from $15 to $17, and will run through
Sunday, April 25. The Noodle Week menu is available for both pickup and delivery at all three locations: Capitol Hill (
423 Eighth St., SE), Dupont (
2029 P St., NW) and Bethesda (
7280 Woodmont Ave.).
today, April 22: Mendelsohn’s PLNT Burger is popping up at Sandlot Georgetown (
2715 Pennsylvania Ave., NW), which is set to open in May. From noon until 8 PM, there will be plant-based snacks from the burger shop, Soultarian Food Truck, and Soupergirl.
Trummer s chef Daniel Perron. Photo by Jennifer Chase.
The last time Daniel Perron cooked at Clifton restaurant Trummer’s, then in its fine dining iteration Trummer’s on Main, he was a line chef attending culinary school. Nine years later, after stints at glitzy dining rooms like Fiola Mare and the Oval Room, and leading the kitchen at now-shuttered seafood spot Whaley’s, Perron is back at Trummer’s this time as executive chef.
“It feels like I’m back at home,” says Perron.
In addition to revamping the menu, Perron is bringing in new cooking methods to the rotisserie-powered kitchen. When Whaley’s housed a shabu-shabu pop-up he began utilizing a Japanese binchotan grill. At Trummer’s, he plans to use the bintochan for Korean-style kalbi skewers and other meats. Perron’s Korean heritage manifests in small touches across the menu, such as monkfish marinated in spicy-sour kimchi.