100 Very Best Restaurants: #52 – Q by Peter Chang

Q by Peter Chang, one of many top Chinese restaurants open on Christmas. Photograph by Scott Suchman

About Q by Peter Chang

cuisines
Chinese
Location(s)
4500 East-West Hwy
Bethesda, MD 20814

Chinese chef Peter Chang’s jade-accented flagship is hidden away in an off-the-grid Bethesda office building. Here’s why you should seek it out: There’s terrific week-end dim sum (plus an even more terrific lunchtime sampler of dumplings and turnip cakes) and a standard-setting Peking duck (bonus: you can get it whole or in an appetizer portion). Then there are the hits that have elevated Chang to near legendary status in national foodie circles: his numbing cumin lamb chops, the balloon-like scallion bubble pancake, and the spears of dry-fried eggplant you wish every bar would serve as a snack. Moderate.


Ann Limpert
Executive Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.

Food Editor

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