Everyone handles the hunger of homesickness differently.
By Richard Morgan Richard Morgan Bio May 16 at 10:04 AM In our stateless capital, everyone handles the hunger of homesickness differently. Most of us have our take-me-home go-tos, whether we’re transplants from Texas or Thailand, Ohio or Oman. That’s true even of diplomats.
We asked dozens of ambassadors based in the District what they eat when they miss home. Some gave us very broad answers — pasta with seafood for Tunisia’s Fayçal Gouia, for instance, or a fish dish with an outdoor aperitif for Italy’s Armando Varricchio — while others declined to offer suggestions because of their relative newness to Washington . And one told us that he never gets homesick.
But many of them shared with us the dishes and restaurants they turn to when they want to be reminded of home. Their answers have been edited for clarity and length.“For us, tea is almost a religion, an article of faith. But it’s hard to find whole leaf, loose leaf tea in D.C. I go to the Blue Duck Tavern in the Park Hyatt, where the tea is excellent, and I get a kettle. I always bring someone. Even though it’s a chain, I like the lentil soup at Lebanese Taverna.
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