​You ever give someone the Bird?

You ever give someone the Bird?

7/19/2017

Admit it, you have flipped someone off. But what you didn't know is that you have been doing it wrong all along.

If there is a bird that needs flipping— in your mouth that is— it is Logan Circle's The Bird. Located on the corner of 11th and O St. NW, this colorful restaurant's avian dedicated menu will have your taste buds taking flight.

The spicy tomato curry duck meatballs with yogurt and cashews had me replacing the 'd' in duck with another letter in the alphabet. Yeah, it was that ducking good!

I thought, "Could they match the tasty goodness of the duck meatballs with the grilled tamarind duck breast?" And match they did. Marinated in tamarind, a tropical fruit with origins in Africa and primarily grown in the tropics, the duck breast is paired well with chili, garlic and crispy baby kale. It also comes with basmati rice, which happens to be my favorite.

I tried their grilled peri-peri cornish hen but will refrain from comparing it to another Portuguese-inspired African restaurant with a similar recipe. Why? Because the meatballs and the duck breast greatly exceeded my expectations.

P.S. The Bird? Go flip it and flip it right!

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As a little boy I would repeatedly say, "A mí me gusta comer y dormir." "I like to eat and to sleep."

Some things never change. I still love doing both.

D.C. is full of great places to eat, as is the rest of America. As such, I will now write restaurant reviews. (Maybe I secretly want to become the next Anton Ego from the Disney movie Ratatouille... who are we kidding, I'm not mean, that dude is simply a jerk!)

I digress.

P.S. by Paulo will not be a boring blog critiquing food, I will be pithy but more importantly brief... because who wants to spend a lot of time reading when you can spend it eating.

P.S. stands for postscriptum, Latin for postscript or afterthought, and the two letters also happen to be my initials. (I see what you did there, Paulo!) I will share my "afterthought" whenever I visit a new restaurant in town. Basically, I am now a food critic, but a nice one unlike Anton Ego!

So do this hungry hippo... err man a favor, and let your friends know about it!

P.S. by Paulo