Rooster & Owl

"Fine dining vet Yuan Tang seamlessly unites global cuisines across four-course seasonal tasting menus ($105 per person). Think roasted mushrooms cooked with honey nut squash and harissa or a “pot roast” made of pho-braised oxtail and carrots. Champagne and brown butter steamed buns to fill with Petrossian Royal Daurenki caviar are an optional $145 supplement. Snag a seat indoors or outdoors on Resy." - Tierney Plumb, Emily Venezky

"“As a chef, sometimes I’m like, ‘Oh, I just can’t do a tasting menu.’ But these are proper plates. The thing that was so amazing is an add-on, the little yeast rolls with the caviar and all of the fixings—the boiled eggs and the red onions. You’re like, ‘I don't care how much this costs, can we get another one?’ Well, we didn’t, but it was delicious. The service is low-key amazing. I don’t drink, but they had non-alcoholic drinks for me. That's another thing that has me going back to places: have you anticipated me being there? If I can run up a tab with non-alcoholic beverages, I don’t care. I just wanna know that there are at least three drinks that I can go and enjoy that aren’t too sweet either.”" - brennan carley

"Rooster & Owl is a restaurant in Columbia Heights offering a prix-fixe menu from Carey and Yuan Tang. We haven’t been here yet, but want you to know this spot exists." - Team Infatuation

"The Michelin-rated mainstay on 14th Street NW (and its newer Falls Church sibling Ellie Bird) got a big pastry chef boost in 2022 with the hire of Jean-Gorges alum and NYC transplant Rachel Sherriffe. Decadent creations under her watch include a burnt orange pavlova or (oat milk) chocolate cremeux with espresso and caramel cream.⁠⁠ Another good ending to Yuan Tang’s four-course seasonal tasting menu is its destination hummingbird cake (caramel chili pineapple, cream cheese, and coconut sorbet)." - Tierney Plumb

"Four years in, fine-dining vet Yuan Tang continues to seamlessly unite global cuisines across four-course seasonal tasting menus at his Michelin-rated mainstay on 14th Street NW. Options right now include a tzatziki salad with honeydew and Calabrian chili; foie gras-filled banh mi with Nueske’s bacon; “cacio-e-elote” with charred corn and queso fresco; and goat cheesecake. For a splurge-worthy add-on to the $95-per-person meal, go for Royal Ossetra caviar with creative fix-ins, brown butter steamed buns, and Champagne ($135). Tang’s local restaurant group grew last spring with the arrival of family-friendly Ellie Bird in Falls Church." - Tierney Plumb, Eater Staff