Living with her grandma in China until she was 14, Lydia Chang fell in love with the comfort food of her childhood, that feeling of coming home from school and enjoying leftovers from the previous night’s dinner.

Each meal — lovingly cooked with no particular recipe, inspiration derived from a kitchen full of ingredients and the ability to pull them together to create bold, flavorful dishes — is what Lydia and her family strive to share with the community through Mama Chang, a new restaurant in Colmar at the former Golden City on Bethlehem Pike.

The opening is the latest venture by Lydia’s father Chef Peter Chang, a James Beard Foundation Award finalist who’s established himself as a strong force in the D.C. dining scene and beyond with 18 restaurants, including Chang Chang, which appea

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