Tom Sietsema:Pom Pom Is a Delicious Replacement for Petworth’s Himitsu | Eater DC

"Visiting the reinvented shared-plates restaurant in the old Himitsu space, I found Pom Pom to be a different, delicious restaurant in its own right. With Himitsu's founding partner and beverage director playing a bigger role on a multi-cuisine menu, I singled out her influence in a hamachi crudo encircled by Middle Eastern components like labneh, za’atar, and zhug; garnishes of preserved lemon and crimson pomegranate seeds make for explosive eating and the combination isn’t shy. A duck dish prepared two ways felt like the grandest item on the menu — duck pho served as a rousing dip — though I preferred the fried dark meat to the roasted breast and wished a side of carrot kimchi hadn’t tasted more of salt than fermentation." - Gabe Hiatt