D.C.’s 38 Best Restaurants | Eater DC

"Katsuya Fukushima’s wafu restaurant in Chinatown brings a Japanese spin to Italian dishes like pizza and pasta. That means thick, square pies with a crust made from Hokkaido wheat flour and smothered with Wisconsin brick cheese, available in varieties like pollock roe-covered Mentaiko corn. The chef is always experimenting; he recently introduced a Monday night menu focused on Japanese-influenced cheesesteaks (don’t forget to add an order of fries dripping with S&B curry sauce) and the summer return of kakigori (Japanese shaved ice) on weekends. The buzzy two-floor restaurant has a spacious bar downstairs, but if crowds are an issue, fear not: Fukushima, Yama Jewayni, and Daisuke Utagawa also own neighboring ramen shop and izakaya Daikaya and chicken ramen haunt Bantam King around the corner. Takeout and delivery here. Best for: An ambitious, reasonably affordable dinner before or after a Capital One Arena event" - Tierney Plumb