Rimtang - Review - Georgetown - Washington DC - The Infatuation

"Unlike its sleek, scene-stealing sister restaurant, Kyojin Sushi, Rimtang isn’t trying to impress with a high-design dining room or a soundtrack curated by someone with an esoteric vinyl collection. This is a takeout-first spot that understands exactly what its job is: quietly serving excellent Thai food you’ll crave on a weekly (daily?) basis. The menu is rooted in family recipes from the chef and his mother that don’t try to reimagine Thai cuisine so much as perfect it. Take the crab dumplings—plump with juicy kurobuta pork, each bite carrying just the right hit of fried garlic. Or the sai ua, a Chiang Mai-style sausage that’s smoky, herbaceous, and made for pairing with sticky rice. But the dish that just might turn into your next obsession is the chicken panang curry. Silky, rich, and unapologetically heavy on the coconut, it’s the kind of comfort food you’ll find yourself thinking about at random hours of the day. photo credit: Nina Palazzolo photo credit: Nina Palazzolo photo credit: Nina Palazzolo Pause Unmute" - Allison Robicelli