Foodie To-Do List: Week O' Bacon, Champagne & Chocolate Tasting, and Slice of Life

October 21, 11:37 PMDC Restaurant ExaminerLisa Shapiro

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Looking for some food-related events for this week or upcoming weeks? Below is a compilation of various food-related events, such as tastings, fall festivals, and workshops or classes throughout the DC Washington Metropolitan area for the weekend or upcoming weeks.

October 21, 2009: Restaurant 3 in Clarendon, VA offers die-hard bacon lovers an entire week of tastings, festivities and bacon themed happy hours. Owner Jonathan Williams and Executive Chef Brian Robinson will put the spotlight on the cured meat by dedicating an entire week to its smoky salty goodness by offering the "Week of Bacon” from October 21-27, 2009.

Each day for the duration of the week of bacon, the restaurant will offer a daily Bacon Happy Hour, where bar guests can feast on bacon bites such as bacon on a stick & bacon-wrapped shrimp and wash it all down with $3 craft beer draft specials. Executive Chef Brian Robinson cures all his own bacon in-house and is a firm believer in the foodie philosophy that, “Everything tastes better with bacon,” a philosophy that he looks forward to sharing with his guests through his gut-busting Bacon Tasting Menu being offered throughout the duration of the Week of Bacon. Priced at $30 per person, the menu will feature some of Robinson’s favorite food and bacon pairings such as Bacon & Eggs and Maple Bacon Ice Cream. Order the tasting menu and get a complimentary craft draft beer by mentioning CityShopGirl.

October 22; 23; 27: Champagne & Chocolate Tasting. Enjoy an evening of pure decadence when Morton’s The Steakhouse brings together one of the finest Champagnes and some of the world’s best chocolate for a tasting series like no other. For $45 per person (inclusive of tax and gratuity), guests will enjoy Brut and Rose Champagnes by Piper-Heidsieck alongside a variety of Vosges chocolates in an educational tasting designed to show off the flavor profiles of each when enjoyed together. Morton’s will also serve savory signature hors d’oeuvres to round out the experience. At Morton’s The Steakhouse – Virginia Locations (6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.)

• October 22: Tysons Corner
• October 23: Reston
• October 27: Crystal City

Asia Nine offers Pumpkin Menu

October 23 through Sunday, November 1: Asian Inspired Pumpkin Dishes for Halloween at Asia Nine: From this Friday until November 1, Asia Nine (915 E Street, NW) will offer ghouls of all ages a special fall menu aimed at pumpkin lovers. The special menu just in time for Halloween is full of seasonal squash dishes wth Asian flavors including Halloween Chinese Dumplings with pan-fried squash and a soy-vinaigrette sauce, Twilight— baked jasmine rice, pumpkin, chestnuts, ginkgo nuts topped off with a crispy filet flounder and orange sweet-sour sauce, and Thai Pumpkin Custard. They even offer a Pumpkin Ale Beer! The Pumpkin menu items will be available alongside the regular menu and run from $6 to $12. In addition, on Halloween Day, the Asia Nine staff will be dressed to the nines in their most creative Halloween costumes to entertain…or frighten restaurant goers.

 October 24: Artisanal Ice Cream Making Workshop at Moorenko’s Ice Cream Factory Join the DC chapter of Les Dames D’Escoffier and Moorenko’s Ice Cream this Saturday, October 24, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. for a delicious and educational ice cream making workshop. For just $17 per person (non-members) create a delicious artisanal flavor alongside the members of DC’s renowned organization of female food and hospitality professionals and take home your very own pint at the end of the night. Reservations are required. Moorenko’s Ice Cream is located at 8810 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD. Contact: www.lesdamesdc.org or tel: (202) 973-2168

October 24 and 25: Clyde’s Willow Creek Farm Hosts Third Annual Fall Festival On this Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 5 p.m., Clyde’s Willow Creek Farm, located just 30 miles from DC, will be hosting a two-day outdoor fall festival with live music, a petting zoo and BBQ for friends and family. Featured on the menu are a variety of favorites, including BBQ beef brisket, grilled pork loin sandwiches, hot dogs and bratwurst, grilled chicken and homemade pumpkin cheesecake. This two-day extravaganza is ideal for families as local musicians Kerry McCool, James Stevens and Laurence McKenna enrich the fun. Delicious homemade treats will be available like candied and caramel apples and there will be an apple butter demonstration courtesy of 1789 Restaurant Pastry Chef Travis Olson.

The event is open to the public and prices range from $3 to $5 for menu items. Family fun and good eats abound in the great outdoors. Patrons visiting Clyde’s Willow Creek Farm are also encouraged to take a short stroll beyond the grounds of Clyde’s stunning restaurant, to steal a moment by a picturesque pond before touring the vegetable and herb garden and the restored barns. A labor of love for Clyde’s Restaurant Group’s exuberant Executive Vice President Tom Meyer, the vegetable and herb garden includes rows of fragrant basil, thyme, rosemary, peppers, tomatoes and berries which soak up the sunshine in front of two antique dairy barns. Clyde’s of Willow Creek Farm located at 42920 Broadlands Boulevard, Broadlands, Virginia, phone (571) 209-1200, www.clydes.com

Give the DC Community in need a reason to be Thankful

October 21 through November 19: SLICE OF LIFE  for Food & Friends is the only area pie sale allowing Washingtonians to purchase Thanksgiving pies while impacting the lives of those in need in our community. Food & Friends is selling Harvest Apple Crumb, Picture Perfect Pumpkin and Oh So Sweet Potato for $25 each, and Southern Pecan and Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake for $35 each. 

Each pie sold will directly impact the lives of children and adults facing HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses. In order to purchase PIES for yourself, or as gifts for friends, family, clients or colleagues, go to the Food & Friends Slice of Life webpage for the online order form. Not going to be in town for Turkey Day? Purchase pies for Food & Friends’ clients in need who will receive with their Thanksgiving dinner and thanks to your donation, a delicious pie.

Food & Friends home-delivers specialized meals and provides nutrition services to men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses.  Services are free of charge and offered to individuals who qualify on their health need alone.  Since their beginning in 1988, thanks to the help of generous donors like you, Food & Friends has delivered more than 11 million meals to more than 18,000 individuals.