The most daring pastry chef in D.C. hits her stride at Moon Rabbit
'Every single table orders at least one dessert,' says Susan Bae, arguably the most inventive pastry chef in the Washington restaurant scene right now.
This makes sense. The savory offerings at Moon Rabbit are reason enough to visit the Vietnamese-inspired standout restaurant in the heart of Penn Quarter — but Bae's desserts are unmissable. All five choices on the dinner menu feature multiple sweet and savory flavors mingling intimately together, with several different textures. While they veer close to a much-too-muchness cliff, they never go off the edge.
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Yahoo
17 hours ago
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