Lauriol Plaza, Washington, D.C.

Peter wanted Mexican food last night. We went through a list of the better places in town that approximate Mexican food, IMming back and forth, and discovered that he'd never eaten at Lauriol Plaza. So, we made dinner plans for after the work day, shooting for as early a dinner as we could to avoid the crowds and lines. We were pleased that a 6:30 dinner time got us right in to the main dining room without a wait (at least on an early in the week weeknight).

Since he's toying with some quasi-vegetarianism, Peter selected the Santa Fe Platter. It sounded like a really fun combination, with a cheese chile relleno, a cheese enchilada, and a guacamole taco, plus Mexican rice and a little bowl of black beans.


I got a beef chimichanga with rice and brown beans. The ample beef filling was flavorful, but the chunks of beef were a bit too big to neatly and easily eat in the chimichanga context. The guacamole on my plate—a garnish for the chimichanga—struck me as particularly good last night. I wanted more!


For dessert, Peter got one of the daily specials, a nice looking white chocolate mousse cake. He reported the cake to be just a touch dry, but the mousse and fillings were great and made up for it. I had the key lime pie, which turned out to be quite pleasant, neither too tart nor too sweet.



And, here's Peter (showing off his newly shorn hair) with one of his three margaritas sitting for his very first Kody Pose.