A Whale Of A Meal In D.C.

There's nothing like a meal in a suburban complex in the D.C. Metro area.

No. I'm not kidding.

Really.

Well, I could be. Just not this time. Why? Because I bypassed the Five Guys and Starbucks at the The Kentlands in Gaithersburg, Maryland and headed to a humble outpost of Moby Dick.

"For fish," you ask?

"No," I reply. "For Persian fare."

I'm not kidding.

I'm not only not kidding. I'm kvelling. Kvelling about a mammoth Lamb Kabob Sandwich, rolled in crispy, warm homemade flat-bread and stuffed with lettuce, tomato, onion and chunks of feta cheese with a creamy yogurt cucumber sauce on the side for dipping.

It wasn't a sandwich. It was a passport to Persepolis.

José Andrés can eat his heart out, cause next time I'm in the nation's capitol, I'm bypassing his dining establishments and heading straight to Moby Dick. Heck, I might even be tempted to try their sole testament to the sea: a lone Swordfish Kebab.

I like to think Herman Melville would approve.