dLeña by Chef Richard Sandoval

Restaurant · Mount Vernon Triangle

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Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week: April 3 | Eater DC

"Running a special honey-centric “Viva Abejas” menu through April 22 that uses sustainably obtained honey and pollen to spotlight the importance of bees, with international chef Richard Sandoval leading a yearly campaign to install hives globally and educate kids. On the menu, the coconut tuna ceviche is a real standout — creamy coconut milk balances sweet orange blossom honey and fresno chiles — but the reviewer’s favorite was a grilled-shrimp entree: four giant head-on shrimps coated in a simple garlic marinade, served atop grilled green onions, roasted corn, and guava mole; the marinade and mole were notably delicious (the reviewer admits sucking on every shrimp head to get the last bits), and the tortillas that came with the dish made lovely breakfast tacos the next day." - Eater Staff

https://dc.eater.com/2025/4/3/24400573/favorite-best-dishes-dc-dmv-eater-editors-april-3

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