Falls Church Restaurant On Best DC Area Dishes List

FALLS CHURCH, VA -- One Falls Church restaurant made The Washington Post's "40 Most Essential DC Restaurant Dishes of 2017."

Peking Gourmet Inn (6029 Leesburg Pike) made the list for its Peking duck. The restaurant was the only one representing Falls Church.

The Post determined the top dishes by polling readers, industry insiders and its own staff. It received over 400 submissions and narrowed it down through a taste test. Staff explain, "We curated a selection that could cater to meat-eaters and vegetarians, sweets lovers and fried-food fans, suburban dwellers and urbanites without cars."

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Peking Gourmet Inn's duck is served whole or as a half. The dark meat and crispy golden skin are flavored with cucumbers and spicy spring onions grown in Northern Virginia. The Post writes, "One thing above all has drawn hordes of diners to Peking Gourmet since it opened, in 1978, and it’s not the photos of politicians and celebrities on the walls. It’s the duck. Plump, glistening and carved into thin slices tableside, the birds steal the show here, and for good reason."

See the full list of the DC area's best dishes here.

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