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Imperfecto Menu
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Restaurant
1124 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037
À la carte
MOUSSAKA CIGAR
Phyllo dough, smoked eggplant, ground lamb, pine nuts, goat-manchego cheese cream
$22.00
TOMATES
Heirloom tomatoes, feta cream, pesto, tomato consommé, balsamic, home-made rye
$23.00
FALAFEL
Latin tahini, sumac, cardamom
$15.00
ALADDIN BURRATA
Tamarind hummus, crispy lentil tabbouleh, apple compote
$27.00
TUNA TARTARE
Bluefin Tuna, papaya-pasilla adobo, avocado, Pecorino, lavash
$28.00
CELERIAC
Roasted celery root, heart of palm, chimichurri, salsa cruda, tepache
$28.00
TRUFFLE TAGLIOLINI
Homemade pasta, sweet corn cream, asparagus, Pecorino, truffle
$28.00
TIGER PRAWNS “A LA DIABLO”
Lemon-butter sauce, Imperfecto Cholula, house-made sourdough
$36.00
SPRING ONION RISOTTO & CALAMARI
Bomba rice, ramps, goat Gouda, calamari escabeche, squid ink aioli
$32.00
STEAK TARTARE
Hand cut angus beef, whipped sheep's-milk ricotta, spicy Ras el Hanout honey, home-made sourdough
$31.00
FOIE GRAS
Crispy plantain brioche, soursop compote, Parmigiano Reggiano, shaved truffle
$37.00
SWEET POTATO & LABNEH
Nixtamalized sweet potato, sumac seasoned labneh, crispy quinoa
$28.00
LATIN KABKABOU
Aged branzino filet, Ecuadorian prawn, clams, sweet plantain, house-made bottarga sauce
$48.00
SPANISH COCHINILLO
Slow-roasted suckling pig, peas, cauliflower, beans, consommé
$51.00
DUCK MAGRET
Pickled green banana, morels cream, parsnip purée, l’orange jus
$48.00
LAMB TERRINE
Robuchon pomme purée, red cabbage confit, lamb jus, truffle
$52.00
A5 JAPANESE WAGYU
3 oz strip loin glazed with aged balsamic vinegar, torched to serve, taro root-parmesan terrine
$95.00
AUSTRALIAN WINTER TRUFFLE
/gm
$15.00
Dessert
EPICURIOUS CACAO
White chocolate ice cream, milk chocolate custard, 66% ganache, cacao nibs, lemon gel, sweet plantain
$16.00
RICOTTA BRULEE
Ricotta creme brûlée, kumquat confit, almond tuile, beet syrup, housemade tangerine sorbet
$17.00
IMPERFECTO ECLAIR
Mascarpone mocha cream, coffee anglaise, orange jelly, crushed hazelnut
$15.00
THE GOLDEN PEAR
Bosque pear poached in Sauternes, thyme-vanilla ice cream, tonka bean anglaise, Sicilian lemon gel, tuile
$18.00
SEVEN SORBETS
Tangerine, pink pineapple, Fragosika-grappa, black tea-white peach, blackberry-rosemary, green apple-vanilla, Sicilian lemon
$19.00
Brunch
PANCAKES
Halva foam, seasonal fruit
$19.00
ORA KING SALMON CARPACCIO
Cured salmon, feta nata, focaccia, gem lettuce, trout caviar sauce
$35.00
BURRATA
Potato latke, cherry tomatoes, aged balsamic
$25.00
ANCIENT GRAINS
Couscous, quinoa, shishito dressing, pickles, cabbage barbecue
$25.00
OYSTERS
Half dozen seasonal oysters, Latin mignonette
$22.00
WILD MUSHROOM OMELET
Wild porcini & black trumpet mushroom, crispy plantain brioche
$25.00
MIDDLE EAST BENEDICT
House-made sourdough, poached eggs, tomato-lamb merguez ragú, sumac hollandaise, gruyère, fine herbs
$23.00
SPICY AVOCADO TOAST
Focaccia, fresh avocado, grilled octopus, smoked jalapeño dressing, harissa mayonnaise
$28.00
HUEVOS ESTRELLADOS
Sunny-side up eggs, roasted potatoes, bell pepper, bacon, summer truffle
$23.00
MOULES ET FRITES
Bang Island Maine mussels, white vermouth, frites, in-house sourdough
$26.00
WAGYU BURGER
Gruyère cheese, crazy mayo, onion compote, pickles, potato sesame bun, fries
$25.00
TIGER PRAWNS “A LA DIABLO”
Lemon-butter sauce, Imperfecto Cholula, in-house sourdough
$29.00
MILANESE SANDWICH
Ciabatta, pork tenderloin, labneh-toum, cheddar, heirloom tomato
$28.00
CHICKEN & WAFFLES
Corn waffles, feta nata, double fried chicken thigh
$26.00
Royal Osetra Caviar
(.5 oz) Soft Scrambled egg, chive Sourdough
$70.00
YOGURT & GRANOLA
Greek yogurt ice cream, housemade granola, fresh fruit, orange blossom syrup
$14.00
CHOCOLATE & BRIOCHE
Warm brioche, house-made gianduja, sea salt, orange anglaise
$15.00
SEASONAL TART
Almond sablé, tropical caramel, mascarpone vanilla cream, fresh raspberries
$15.00
Chocolate
$5.00
Pistachio
$5.00
Vanilla
$5.00
Sicilian Lemon
$5.00
Raspberry-Mint
$5.00
Green Apple-Vanilla
$5.00
Apricot-Cayenne
$5.00
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