"Prepared by executive chef Dejan Pilovic, Ambar’s Christmas Eve dinner includes festive dishes like beef schnitzel with dry porcini mushrooms, mashed potato, white wine and slow cooked root vegetables; black sea bass with lentil stew, moravska salsa, red pepper and tomato; and Istrian pasta with wild mushrooms, truffle and parmesan. These seasonal menu items can be enjoyed as part of Ambar’s Balkan dinner experience of unlimited small plates ( $79.99 per person). Its Capitol Hill and Clarendon locations will be open from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve." - Vinciane Ngomsi