Kids In The Kitchen

Kids in the Kitchen is one of my favorite JLW events of the year. I have been volunteering with the organization since 2009 and have not missed a year. Granted, I am a foodie at heart and I love kid events so its right up my alley but I really do think its fun for the entire family. So if you are looking for plans this weekend please join us at the Junior League of Washington's Kids in the Kitchen on Saturday, March 2nd (10:00 AM - 2:00 PM) at the YMCA National Capital (1711 Rhode Island Avenue, NW).

This FREE event will have activities galore for kids of all ages including cooking activities, yoga, sports games, unique demonstrations, guest chefs and nutritional experts. It aims to empower youths to make healthy lifestyle choices and help reverse the growth of childhood obesity and its associated health issues. 

Some of my favorite activities from past years include a vegetarian meal station where local chefs provided recipes and prepare kid friendly vegetarian meals for you and your family to taste. The ever popular obstacle course that lets the kids blow off some steam and of course the chef hat decorating which little B just loved last year. 

Table: A Restaurant Review

It has been months since we have had a date night and it is definitely my doing. It's hard to desire to take your wife out on the town when she spends most of her time flip flopping between getting sick and complaining about the life being sucked out of her. With the worst of the first trimester behind us, a sitter swap and a new restaurant in our sights we decided to venture out for the evening last weekend.

I know I no longer get out much anymore but I must say that Table was amazing. I felt just like I was in a friends cozy kitchen that had been dropped into a modern urban setting. I loved the completely exposed open kitchen.  You literally feel like you are on the set of an amazingly talented chefs cooking show as the line whips up deliciously comforting food steps away from you. It was so inspiring to see how cool, calm and collected the line worked throughout the dinner service. It was almost like dinner theater to me!

The food was absolutely delicious. The Mr and I shared the scallop appetizer, followed by a pork belly and clams dish and the wild boar bolognese and finished up the meal with the pumpkin bread pudding which now of course has me itching to make one of my own. Every bite was superb and while I would go into more detail about the actual items consumed I feel it would just be a tease since the "hyper seasonal" menu is sure to change before you read this post.

One last interesting note is that the menus were all hand written in pencil which will allow them to update as frequently as needed. In theory I love this concept but I found it to be a bit cumbersome in practice. The cursive was difficult to read at times so I found myself asking a lot more questions about items than I would usually have to. I will say that since that night I did go get my eyes checked and maybe that was actually the real issue at hand. 

I would definitely recommend Table as a great place to have your next date night. While I did see one family who was brave enough to bring their toddler aged children in for a meal I would say this one is definitely better left up to the adults.