Peruvian restaurant with small plates. Items include chicken thighs and beef hearts on skewers, duck sausage with farro and butternut squash, and fluke ceviche
Head to this Chinese gem near Bryant Park for crispy cumin lamb, soft tofu with spicy pork, and braised whole bass with chili and scallions. The specialties here are all excellent. [Eater 38 Member]
Fierce Thai food at Elmhurst newcomer Paet Rio. Order the miang kha-na, it arrives with Chinese broccoli leaves, pork strands, split peanuts, bird's-eye chiles with shallots, garlic, ginger, & lime. Read more.
A little something for everyone: you can get a textbook roasted chicken, a serious pub burger, homemade pork dumplings, Korean-style steak & eggs, or a Peking duck leg, if you like. [Eater 38 Member]
One phenomenon this year was sandwiches made with substitutes for the usual two slices of bread. This spots "Tortillas de doble capa," is filled with spinach and leeks which tumble out the sides. Read more.
Fried rabbit, crispy artichokes, and fresh fruit are on the menu at this new restaurant from the West Village power couple. It's sort of a French bar meets an Italian country home. Read more.
A Robert Sietsema Top Cheap Eat: One of the best dishes was pork pozole that came with 2 tostados on the side. For an inexpensive group dinner with friends, there's no better place in Ridgewood. Read more.
A Robert Sietsema cheap eat: Vegetarians especially will appreciate the "de papa" taco, which comes stuffed with stewed potatoes. Read more.
Go try the entirely vegetarian $75 10-course tasting menu at Williamsburg newcomer Semilla. It features everything from pumpkin soup, & shaved sunchokes, to ice cream with fig. Read more.
Want top tier sushi at a great price? Head to Sushi Dojo. Order the 15-piece omakase and hand rolls. They also offers cooked dishes like braised snapper head and soba. Read more.
Check out their brunch. Get a classic spread of smoked fish, cream cheese, and a bagel, or go for one of the egg dishes, like matzoh brei, or scrambled eggs with lox and onion. Read more.
Get the fried chicken, biscuits, pork chop, shrimp and grits, & meatloaf- a shredded, $24 square of short rib disguised as brownie. Finish off with banana cream pie or mint chocolate cake. Read more.
Order the banh hoi thit heo nurong ($10.75). Masses of sliced pork on rice noodles, with sautéed scallions. Alongside come fresh basil, lime wedges, lettuce leaves, & pickled daikon and carrot. Read more.
The menu has rustic house-made pastas and daily specials, like veal tails with polenta, and hanger steak with salsa verde. Make sure to get the affogato for dessert. Read more.
Dale Talde breathes new life into the pan-Asian genre at this unabashedly fun Park Slope restaurant. Head here with a few friends and try a lot of things to share. [Eater 38 Member]
Now that the restaurant has a full liquor license, this is a solid choice for after work drinks and oysters, or a burger and cocktail at the bar. [Eater 38 Member]
Offering plates of zucchini fritters, fried salt-cod with garlicky skordalia, and fresh fish brought right to the restaurant by Long Island fishermen who are friends of the owner. [Eater 38 Member]
A riotous mix of fried chicken served with fiery sambals and a boiled egg; salads featuring tofu, peanut sauce, sprouts, and the compressed cylinders of rice starch called lontong. [Eater 38 Member]
There’s blood sausage, meaty curries, the ragged noodles called thenthuk, and don’t miss the wiggly mung-bean jelly laphing, carpeted with Sichuan peppercorns. [Eater 38 Member]
One of the most eagerly-awaited downtown openings of the year is Sara Jenkins’ latest, where she’ll augment her porchetta with homey dishes like lasagna al forno. Featured in Where to Eat 2011! Read more.
