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Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

Written by Washingtonian Staff | Published on February 20, 2012
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Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

Meals at Bandolero will begin with classic guacamole. Photograph by Dakota Fine

Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

For the spicy chicken tacos, Isabella slow cooks and shreds the meat by hand, then dresses it up with with avocado and radishes. Photograph by Dakota Fine

Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

Spicy pork meatballs are made with yellow roasted-pepper puree and topped with sofrito. Photograph by Dakota Fine

Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

A dish of hanger steak is created using chimichurri and chili de arbol salsa. Photograph by Dakota Fine

Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

Isabella dresses up a tamale with marinated wild mushrooms, huitlacoche (corn fungus), and epazote. Photograph by Dakota Fine

Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

The charred asparagus taco features spinach puree and beet salsa. Photograph by Dakota Fine

Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero
Mike Isabella Debuts the Dishes at Bandolero

Taquitos, in which a fried batata chip is filled with blue crab, coconut, red chilies, and a squeeze of lime. Photograph by Dakota Fine

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