There’s been one restaurant in DC that’s been on my bucket list for a while. Everyone probably heard about Momofuku, it’s a restaurant brand established by the chef David Chang, and it’s a well-known noodle bar place in New York.
I haven’t been to the restaurants in New York, but I definitely have heard about the name Momofuku quite often. Once I heard there is a Momofuku opened in CityCenter in DC, I’ve always wanted to check it out. The only thing was I highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time because every other time I’ve tried to go and walk in, the place was always packed and the wait time would be over an hour.
When I went, I made a reservation ahead of time and I have to say for a Friday night, I was surprised it wasn’t super packed. The environment was somewhat elegant-looking, but casual and the inside was a lot bigger than I thought. The food was great though I have to say for the price, the portions a bit smaller than I expected.
Including myself we had two people and we got a bing bread plate, a large plate, and then 2 desserts to share. To start, we got the and the chicken liver mousse bing bread, which may sound weird, but it was creamy and sweet as it had some type of jam on top of it. Our large plate/main entree was the grilled chicken with cilantro yogurt sauce on top of it that came with pickled onions & olives and rice.
Chicken liver mousse Bing bread
Grilled chicken w/ cilantro yogurt sauce + rice & pickled onions & olives
One thing great about Momofuku CCDC is Milk Bar is right next to it so for dessert we got the cereal milk soft serve from Milk Bar and then from the dessert menu of Momofuku we got the Coconut Panna Cotta. I loved panna cotta cause personally I’m not a huge fun of coconut, but the coconut flavor wasn’t strong. I also loved the grapefruit and the frozen calamansi on top it. The frozen calamansi tasted like a fruit sherbet.
Cereal Milk Soft Serve
Coconut Panna Cotta w/ Grapefruit & Calamansi
I’ll definitely go back so I can try some of the other things on the menu.
For the full menu options, check out the restaurant’s website below. For reservations, you can make reservations through OpenTable.
Restaurant Website: https://ccdc.momofuku.com/
*Disclaimer: This post is based on personal opinion and is not sponsored. Photos are my own photos I took at the restaurant. The website above is an affiliate link.
