SER Restaurant
This elegant and easygoing Ballston restaurant (“SER” stands for Simple, Easy, Real) offers inspired takes on hearty Spanish fare: a beet salad with goat cheese as a starter; salmon or chicken; and flan or an almond-filled tart for dessert. The lunch and dinner menus are identical.
TenPenh Tysons
Diners can choose their own appetizers, entrées and desserts from an expansive menu at this Asian fusion restaurant. Starters include pork-belly bao buns, lamb pot stickers, shiitake-miso soup and vegetable spring rolls. Some of the entrée choices are banh mi sandwiches, Philippine chicken adobo and ramen. Desserts include Taiwanese shaved snow or Japanese mochi ice cream.