Peter chang arlington reviews
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Restaurant Review: Peter Chang Arlington
ENTER PETER CHANG&#;S Arlington restaurant and your eyes are sure to fixate on one of the soccer ball-sized orbs of air-filled, scallion-flecked pancake making its way through the dining room. Your gaze will follow that delicate bubble—so mesmerizing and enchanting that you half expect Glinda the Good Witch to pop out of it—until it alights on its intended table. Suddenly you’ll know that everything you’ve heard about the chef’s culinary mastery is true.
When Chang opened the doors to his eponymous eatery in March, diners quickly lined up to fill the seats and over-order from his lengthy menu of dazzling Sichuan temptations. Longtime fans knew that this was not his first foray into Northern Virginia; the year-old chef’s cult following began more than a decade ago.
It started not long after Chang came to Washington in for a two-year stint as chef of the Chinese Embassy. As the completion of his assignment neared, he and his family stole away from the embassy, choosing not to return to China. Chang took jobs where he could find them, eventually winding up at a place called China Star in Fairfax in
As word of his talent spread among food groupies and writers, Chang—likely fearing reprisal by the Chinese government or being discovered
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Online Exclusive Review: Peter Chang-Arlington
Last month, Peter Chang was named a finalist in the category of outstanding chef for the James Beard Foundation Awards. In , he was nominated for the best chef Mid-Atlantic, but this is his first potential win for the best in the country. His competition are all big-city toques, hailing from San Francisco to Chicago to Savannah, Ga. Getting one of the top honors from the awards many refer to as akin to the culinary Oscars is nothing to sneeze at.
&#;We were surprised this time it&#;s the outstanding chef category, not the regional. It&#;s such an honor to be recognized among all the talented chefs,&#; Peter Chang told me in an email through his daughter, Lydia Zhang. When Zhang informed him of his nomination, he says, his response was, &#;OK, what&#;s next? We have a business to run here.&#;
More like an empire. There are seven Peter Chang locations in Virginia and Maryland, as well as Mama Chang in Fairfax. However, he spends the majority of his time at Q by Peter Chang in Bethesda. &#;He goes to each location for quality control and meetings on a regular basis,&#; Zhang explains.
It seemed like the right time to try Northern Virginia&#;s Peter Chang and its food that may win big on June What I found at the Arlington locati
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