D.C.’s Retooled French Spot Le Sel Has a ‘Secret Garden’ Menu | Eater DC

"I find Le Sel reimagined as a “culinary garden party” under newly named executive chef Walter Silva, turning the three-year-old Dupont bistro into a menu-forward spot that hides a “secret” collection of dine-in dishes behind an artichoke-shaped QR code and stars veggies plucked from local gardens. Silva — originally from Lima, Peru, and formerly at Central by Michel Richard and Barcelona — is plating items at the Kimpton Banneker Hotel’s lobby-level restaurant such as rosemary raclette, a cheese board adorned with winter apple butter and borage blossoms, red wine–poached foie gras with pear chutney, and golden tilefish dressed with lavender butter; cocktails are decorated with freshly picked herbs and flowers, and the restaurant even offers a “sea salt” tasting served alongside a fresh baguette." - Tierney Plumb