There’s a new mini-trend afoot in DC dining this season: successful restaurants from the perimeter (think Silver Spring, or Bethesda) marking territory downtown. Try Googling Mandalay, or Bar Charley.
The latest? Monday’s opening of Newton’s Noodles, the fast-casual spin-off of Bethesda’s popular Newton’s Table. While the Table’s menu ranges from steak to herbed cheese puffs to gin cocktails, it’s chef Dennis Friedman’s invention of “Fuzu Noodles” that gets to debut downtown. Health freaks: stand down – these are not to be confused with Kuzu (or Kudzu) noodles. The rest of you: rejoice. Fuzu is a variation on Pad Thai, which features rice noodles; customers get to select their protein (shrimp, scallops, chicken, tofu, beef), vegetables (ranging from carrots to broccoli) and level of spiciness.
Newton’s Noodles opened for a sneak peak on Wednesday, and will celebrate its Grand Opening starting at 10am on Monday, September 23.
The Fuzu staff, which have been in training the last few weeks, were a blaze of action in their “How Do You Fuzu?” shirts.
Would I eat this for lunch? While Fuzu might never make an appearance in a respectable Asian restaurant, it’s fresh, customizable and tasty (and in their words, “the perfect balance of salty and sweet with a touch of heat”). So, yes.
Let’s get a little closer. YES.
While they will not have a liquor license, they will have amazing Maine Root sodas on tap, which is almost better news than beer. Get the Ginger Brew to go, take it back to your office, and add a little something from that rum bottle you’ve got in the bottom drawer. Assuming you stash good rum in your desk (unlikely, I know), this will be a vastly superior Dark & Stormy to what you’ll get in most DC bars.
Fuzu will be made-to-order in three minutes, but the store will have free wifi so freelancers can camp out (don’t let them see your rum bottle). Prices are in the $9-$12 range, with sides (think spring rolls, wontons) priced at $4-$9.
Newton’s Noodles, 1129 20th St NW, Washington DC; www.newtonsnoodles.com ; nearest metro Farragut North, Foggy Bottom.
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