Good afternoon Washington DC! What a day Friday was!
It started out raining cats and dogs, but then the sun came out and brought a little of the artist in me with it.
I brought my appetite with me too! I had heard of Merzi, but hadn't had an opportunity to stop in and check it out. Note that the restaurant is right next to the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows Temple. It's a fact.
The idea behind Merzi is Chipotle meets traditional Indian. Seems like a lot of folks are heading towards the Chipotle meets.....thing these days, and it's not a bad way to go. Do it right and you can be successful. Do it wrong, and you're a statistic. These folks do it pretty well. Choose your meat, your vehicle, i.e. rice bowl, naan, your toppings, your spices and your beverage, then pay. Quick and fairly painless. You can be out the door for less than $10.00 with a good lunch.
One thing I noted in my visit was the branding and the build. Interesting fonts, colors, and textures all put together very well.
I shot some B&W to take the focus off the colors and let you see what I meant about textures. Very pleasing to the eye.
Back to the food..
It's gotta be clean if you want to keep my business. I showed up towards the end of lunch and the place was still fairly busy, but there wasn't any muck/grease/wasted food laying around. Nice n' tidy, just the way I like it.
I'm not sure what I had here, but it was lamb on naan with all of their spicy toppings. I broke a sweat.... I also had a potato tikka. Crisp and tasty.
The one issue I have is that the food doesn't come out piping hot. As in my post about Shophouse, same issue. The proteins need to be kept hotter.
Neat place. I definitely recommend stopping in for lunch. Check it out. The GM is named Colin. Tell him where you heard about it!
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