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Solutions to Your Dining Dilemmas

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Best Thing on the Menu answers your Washington, DC dining dilemmas every Thursday on Twitter.  Find yourself in a comida conundrum? Want some ideas on where to dine? Look no further than some of our top tweets below. Don’t forget to follow @BTMenu. Enjoy!

#Thatmomentwhen … Evening plans call for sushi but you don’t touch the raw stuff. http://ow.ly/nK1d8

#Thatmomentwhen … You want 2 convert your man into a Brussels sprouts eater so you can cook them more at home. http://ow.ly/nK13g

#Thatmomentwhen … You have a mixed bag of vegetarian & meat-eating friends and want 2 try something trendy. http://bit.ly/14gcokX

#Thatmomentwhen … You just want to wear shorts and have a casual evening without sacrificing flavor. http://ow.ly/nK0IQ

#Thatmomentwhen … It’s 2:00 a.m. You’ve been on U Street since 7:00 p.m. You wanna be bad and eat something naughty. http://ow.ly/nxjO4

#Thatmomentwhen … You haven’t had a really good date in a long time. http://ow.ly/nxjsc

#Thatmomentwhen … You need really cool gifts for bridal/baby shower guests or a rehearsal dinner. http://bit.ly/10TwqKQ

#Thatmomentwhen … You visit Union Market for the first time and you’re overwhelmed with choices. http://ow.ly/nxiO8 

#Thatmomentwhen … You realize its the last full month of summer and you want some burger ideas for your next BBQ. http://ow.ly/nxiry

#Thatmomentwhen … You’re craving smoke and spice and everything nice. Even the cocktails are smokey. http://bit.ly/1aVnJbC

#Thatmomentwhen … You can’t look at another turkey sandwich & want something that will BLOW YOUR MIND. http://ow.ly/njxRc 

#Thatmomentwhen … Try as you might, you just can’t get a reservation at Estadio but crave high-quality tapas. http://ow.ly/njxvM

#Thatmomentwhen … You need a post-yoga lunch and don’t want to undo your sun salutation calories. http://ow.ly/njwVN 

#Thatmomentwhen … You have the urge to have an Anthony Bourdain-inspired evening without leaving the District. http://ow.ly/njwyi  

#ThatMomentWhen … You want that thing that everyone’s talking about and can’t believe you haven’t tried.  http://bit.ly/12Uob4M

#ThatMomentWhen … You want to expand your Japanese food vocabulary past sushi & dive into pub-style snacks. http://bit.ly/13cUPPf

#ThatMomentWhen … You forgot Bubbe and Zayde were coming to visit and have yet to make a reservation. http://ow.ly/n4dRL

#ThatMomentWhen … You are headed to Le Diplomate for dinner and as a pescatarian, can’t get the steak frites. http://ow.ly/n4dzQ

#ThatMomentWhen … Your sweet tooth outranks all of your other teeth and you need. dessert. right. now. http://ow.ly/n4dpt

#ThatMomentWhen … You’re in need of providing guests with a patriotic DC meal, yet want something new. http://bit.ly/125rbs9

#ThatMomentWhen … You just want something greasy to soak up your sorrow/hangover/happiness. http://bit.ly/1ajsf0H

#ThatMomentWhen … Tears run down your cheeks because it’s summer and you don’t have a grill in your condo. http://bit.ly/1aVnJbC 

Cheesetique: Gjetost and Banana

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There are a few moments in dining when the clouds part, the sun shows itself and the angels sing. Okay, maybe not that last part. But one bite of Cheestetique’s Best Thing on the Menu: Gjetost and Banana and your outlook on grilled cheese, and perhaps sandwiches in general, will be forever changed.

Cheesetique is a quaint cheese shop with an accompanying café that can be found in two Virginia locations: Shirlington and Alexandria. Their cheese-driven specialties include cheese boards, gourmet macs and grown-up grilled cheese sandwiches.

Tucked away at the bottom of the menu, the BTM gjetost and banana is a salty-sweet grilled cheese made with Norwegian Gjetost (pronounced YAY-toast) on cranberry walnut bread with bacon. This sandwich packs personality with its warm, squishy banana, thick fudgy cheese, smoky bacon and fruity grilled bread. We think that Elvis, lover of peanut butter, bacon and banana sandwiches, would have really dug this dish.

Gjetost is often described as a “love it or hate it” food. Perhaps this is why the Cheesetique menu reads, “It’s good, we promise!” Gjetost is a nutty, silky, caramelized cheese that is brown in appearance and fudge-like in texture. It’s made by boiling milk, cream and whey for several hours causing the water to evaporate. The heat turns the milk sugar into caramel, which gives the cheese its characteristic taste. Ski Queen is the most readily available gjetost brand in the U.S. and can be found on Amazon.com or, for Logan Circle locals, at the P Street Whole Foods. Read more about gjetost here.

Cheesetique is the perfect rainy-day hideaway and those who dine in the wine bar cafe receive 10% off any retail purchase that day. Oh and, they bring you chocolate chips with the check!

Gjetost and Banana not your BTM? Share your favorites in the comments section.