A Canadian tea shop, this is one of the first few US locations. You can get a free tea tin when you purchase at least 4oz of one tea. Some amazing choices; beware, you'll be addicted!
Try the estrellados y tampiqueña from our 100 Best list: We order steak and eggs, and we challenge you to find a better, more fairly priced version than this aggressively seasoned $12 skirt steak.
The spiced fries served alongside the lunchtime miniburgers are worthy on their own: perfectly crispy and doused with an Old Bay–like mix of dark chili powder, oregano and garlic powder. Read more.
The $22 three-course lunch includes interesting choices like calamari with apples and fennel, North African chicken with spiced chickpeas and coconut and grapefruit parfait with spiced rum. Read more.
The pan-roasted wild salmon is perfectly crisp fish, subtly sauced, with simple but hardly bland vegetable partners such as buttery melted leeks and celery that coax out more flavor. Read more.
Sambal Fish Taco: The tempura frying method is an inspired choice, since it produces a particularly crackly crust. It easily stands up to spicy sambal sauce, losing none of its crunch along the way.
Enjoyed eating at the bar and the staff's recommendations. Devoured the Oiistar ramen with pork belly. It needed heat so ask for a side of their house made spicy paste.
Monday Nights = Ramen Nights! Call or check the FB page for the ramen special. Also, save room for the passion fruit dessert!!!
Jason for cut, especially for curly hair, Penny for color. Both do a fab job and are interesting and entertaining professionals!
The crab cakes might as well be your sins because they are to die for.
Try the house-made tofu with okra, dashi and a tumbleweed of shaved bonito, then add few drops of soy sauce to enliven the delicate flavors: Read more.
Roka Akor only serves its ramen at lunch when the clientele is sparse. But, figuring in the miso soup and nicely dressed salad, this lunch offering is a surprising value at $15.
On top of the butchery, check out the groceries like olive oils, vinegars, and rare tea cellars teas.
Take a walk down Fulton St after dinner to view the iconic Fulton Market Cold Storage building before it's demolished. Read more.
"Japanese Tofu with King Mushroom" is awesome!! the tofu is sooo crispy and the sauce is delicious
Hot & Sour Seafood Soup: this dynamic version arrives laced with spice and vinegar, and stuffed full of sweet and tender seafood. It's a meal in itself, and particularly satisfying on a frigid day.
The Chili Fusion Crab at Go 4 Food is one of the 100 best things we ate this year. http://tmout.us/rLOtk
Try the roast carrot and avocado salad from our 100 Best list:Crunchy with seeds, redolent with spices and enhanced with crème fraîche, this is proof there is such a thing as salad evolution.
The mesclun salad isn't as boring as it sounds. In fact, it's the most fun salad you'll ever have. Get it.
