Marvin - How Sweet It (Sometimes) Is

Had my second Marvin experience this weekend and while I love the food, it is not without it's faults. You have to put up with a lot for some of the best scallops I have ever had. I made reservations a for 7pm Sunday for 5 people and was seated at 7:30. Now this is not so unusual for a DC restaurant, but not great. Our waiter was inattentive and judging by the smell, as pointed out by my daughter, he was spending more time out back smoking than he was serving. Luckily the busboy kept us in water


It is amazing to me that wait staff don't realize how much more they can sell if they return to the table a couple of times - we would have ordered more beer and wine and he would have had a bigger tip.

Enough with the complaining... I had the scallops appetizer and the frisee salad. Both were excellent. The scallops are large and exceptionally sweet and rich. Served on a bed of seared leeks with a very light buerre rouge, it is a perfect starter or accompanied by a salad, light meal. I also had the Apple Bacon Frisee Salad with Watercress and Roquefort. Overall it had great flavor although they should cut back on the cheese by about half. And that from a cheese-lover!

Others ordered the halibut, burger, chicken livers, and ribs and there were accolades on the food all-around. Perhaps the finest item on the menu that evening however, was the Salted Caramel Icecream. I am not a big dessert person, but I was wowed. The creamy texture and delightful salty sweetness had us all swooning. The banana bread pudding that came with it wasn't up to the task. We also ordered the chocolate icecream which was equally as good.

So sooth your service woes with a big bowl of homemade icecream. Mercy, Mercy Me.