Nando's Peri Peri

Nando's Peri Peri, a peruvian chicken place in Chinatown, opened to great excitement and large crowds early last summer. The fast-casual place, open on 7th St. just north of H St., had amassed quite the following from their other outposts, and Washingtonians were excited to see one in their neighbhorhood.

The system at NPP is a bit different from most other places, you go in, they give you a table flag with a number that corresponds with a table in the restaurant, you grab two menus and go sit down. After deciding what you want to eat, you go up to the counter to order, then get your sauces and drinks and the food is brought out to you when ready.

All of the chicken comes in 4 flavors - lemon pepper, medium, hot, and extra hot. Decide what you want, your heat level, and any sides, and you're good to go. I had the extra hot chicken pita... I tend to eat Tabasco on EVERYTHING, so I normally am disappointed when restaurants call something 'extra hot', but this had a bold heat level that also carried with it some flavor.

FYI for happy hour goers in the area, at happy hour (until 7) you can get a pitcher of sangria for the same price as a glass - 4.95, and it was pretty tasty sangria.