Lulu Chang
Washington, D.C. Contributor
Lulu is a food and travel writer based in Washington, D.C., where she covers restaurants, hotels, and the people who keep them running. She has spent more than a decade on the beat, and her work appears in Resy, Eater, The Kitchn, InsideHook, USA Today, Hotels Above Par, Northern Virginia Magazine, and SheKnows, among others. She also reports on air for Fox 5 DC, on everything from road-trip snacks to how to fly with a baby.
Her reporting tends toward the operational: how a reservation book actually works, why a dining room feels the way it does, whether a hyped opening earns the drive. She grew up in Texas, learned to cook at her parents’ counter, and now writes from a row house in Northwest D.C. that she shares with her husband, their son, and a standing Friday reservation she will move heaven and earth to keep. She believes in a sharp knife, a cold martini, and sitting at the bar.
Fun Facts
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Lives between
Washington, D.C. and the Upper West Side of NYC -
Drink of choice
A 50/50 martini, gin, with a twist. If the bar looks nervous, an old fashioned. -
A spot you’d almost gatekeep
Lungi in NYC. You probably haven’t had Sri Lankan food and that’s a mistake -
Your Ratatouille moment
My mom’s rice cooker going at 6 a.m. in Texas. (Breakfast was never cereal.) -
Favorite food city
Lima, with Houston as a runner-up I will defend at length. -
Pro tip for diners
Book the 5:15 p.m. reservation. Same kitchen, same menu, emptier room, and your whole night still ahead of you.
