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Good Taste: Tamashaa Brightens Columbia Heights With Showy, Colorful Indian Cuisine
I cannot stop devouring the bowl of chaat. Over the years, I’ve eaten several hundred renditions of the multi-textured, taste bud-spanning Indian street snack-turned-restaurant staple, but this one is an especially irresistible iteration. A tumble of golden fried kale, crackly but still toothsome, is punctuated with bright pockets of dried cranberries and fresh pomegranate seeds, adding a tart yet sweet counterpoint. Also in the mix: curry-rich chana masala, playfully referred to on the menu as sloppy Joe chickpeas.
by Nevin Martell July 31st, 2024
BREAKING “Opening Today: Tamashaa in Columbia Heights”!!
“Tamashaa, a modern Indian Gastro Bar, will debut on Wednesday, May 15th in the heart of Columbia Heights (3115 14th Street, NW). Seating 95, Tamashaa is the brainchild of esteemed restaurateur Rajiv Chopra (Bombay Velvet in Reston), renowned Chef Manoj Goel, and their dynamic Beverage Director /General Manager, Satyam Rai. This upscale Indian establishment will offer a unique tapas-style menu, transporting its guests on a culinary journey, complete with nostalgic flavors and unexpected familiarity . . . .
Prince Of PetworthMay 15, 2024 at 11:35 am
Tamashaa Brings Inventive Indian Cooking to Columbia Heights
Northern Virginia is home to some of the DC area’s most exciting and uncompromising South Asian restaurants. Now one of them is making the jump from the suburbs into DC proper.
New Delhi-born restaurateur Rajiv Chopra and his wife Shivani Chopra open Tamashaa, an upscale Indian “gastro bar” in Columbia Heights today. The restaurant draws on regional techniques and dishes from all over the subcontinent, giving them a glamorous treatment with showy presentations, elaborate cocktails, and moody lighting. . . . .
D.C.’s Hottest New Indian Restaurant Comes From a Taj Mahal Hotel Alum
Tamashaa, billed as a “modern Indian gastro bar,” debuts in the heart of Columbia Heights on Wednesday, May 15 (3115 14th Street NW).
The 95-seat fine dining establishment — which gets its name from the Hindi word for “performance or spectacle” — is the brainchild of esteemed restaurateur and New Delhi native Rajiv Chopra (Bombay Velvet in Reston); renowned chef Manoj Goel, a 24-year culinary vet who formerly cooked at the five-star Taj Mahal hotel; and general manager and beverage director Satyam Rai, who’s stirred drinks at James Beard Award-winning Husk in Charleston.. . . . .
by Tierney Plumb May 13, 2024, 5:33pm EDT