Pupusas

Griddled masa cakes stuffed with cheese, beans, or pork, pulled apart piping hot with curtido slaw and salsa — the national dish of El Salvador, and D.C.'s adopted staple thanks to the largest Salvadoran community in the U.S. The city even set the world record for the biggest pupusa.

Try it at: El Tamarindo in Adams Morgan, D.C.'s oldest Salvadoran spot, or pupuserías across Columbia Heights