Restaurant Review: Founding Farmers Washington DC

Founding Farmers, about three blocks from the White House in Washington DC is a farm to table restaurant literally founded by and supported by family farmers in the North Dakota Farmer's Union. Their story is fascinating enough to make this a very popular restaurant with tourists and locals so reservations are a must for larger parties.

When I am at a restaurant with large farm tables and big buckets of yummy whirly pop kettle corn pot, ordering their vegetarian option is always the best test of the quality of the food, so I ordered the cauliflower steak with butternut barley risotto and grilled (still crunchy) broccolini.  The cauliflower steak comes with a green sauce arugula pesto. The steak itself was huge. I got a half a head of cauliflower and I barely finished. In fact I was too full for dessert.

At $16 for the plate, it's a cheap dinner for DC, especially since I didn't have a cocktail. I would have been happy with just the steak (maybe not as big) as a side too. I may try this at home although cauliflower is very expensive in Hawaii, but this NYTimes recipe for whole roasted cauliflower with almond-herb sauce is on my to make list.