Nibble and Sips – Buddha Bar

Jordan Wright
May 2010

Buddha Bar – Hot and Glamorous, World Class and Here

Only world-class cities like Moscow, Paris, Tokyo, New York and Dubai have Buddha Bar…until last week…when DC’s newest, screeching hot, upscale haunt with the world-music vibe opened to the public. Before the velvet ropes went up Washington Life held a swank reception for the well-heeled and well-known and believe me there were plenty of “nibbles and sips” to go around under the acquiescent gaze of the eighteen-foot Buddha. Buddha Bar is known for its eclectic music mixes. They have a dozen CDs out of their signature in-house mixes, ranging from operatic arias and New Age to Samba and Bollywood, and everything in between. I have an enormous collection of two so far and they are among my very favorites.

That night House DJ, Parisian Allan Davis, was spinning to Raspberry Saketinis, champagne, sushi and crispy Vietnamese spring rolls. Yum yum!

Co-owner Michael Don, “I’m originally from Soviet Georgia,” told me, “It’s all about the food here. That’s number one to us!” On that note we’ll have to return for a proper meal and let you know.

www.BuddhaBarDC.com