It is host to nightly music from super-talented Cuban musicians, serves killer mojitos and sangria among a forest of fake pine trees, and, perhaps most importantly, cooks a spot-on ropa vieja. Mehr erfahren.
You can expect pies like blood orange and rhubarb or plumb crumble in the summer, salted caramel apple in the fall, dark chocolate and dried cherry in winter and pear ginger in spring. Mehr erfahren.
Serves up numerous riffs on its creamy namesake hummus: meat, mushroom, fava bean. Mehr erfahren.
Roasted quail, roasted ribeye for two, whole seabass, and braised rabbit are the highlights of a very solid seasonal menu, and there's octopus and polenta, too. Mehr erfahren.
The pork chop, too, is prodigious, especially when preceded by the pepper-dusted octopus appetizer. Mehr erfahren.
The pair of veggie samosas are a popular bargain snack, and while the cuisine is mostly North-Indian, South-Indian dosas appear on the menu and there are plenty of vegetarian options. Mehr erfahren.
With a variety of the best smoked salmon in the city, Russ & Das also has the best prices. Mehr erfahren.
The desserts might be the highlight: typical ones (apple strudel, quark cheesecake) sit comfortably next to authentic Austrian fare such as mozarttorte, a chocolate cake with pistachio and nougat. Mehr erfahren.
It's the pickles that will make us repeat customers. A dish of daikon achar is pungent and a tiny bit oily the way many Indian pickles are dyed yellowish with turmeric. Mehr erfahren.
Especially tasty is the vegetarian combo plate, which is essentially a big, spicy platter of all of Awashâs vegetable dishes on top of a spare salad of lettuce and tomatoes. Mehr erfahren.
Typically faint ice cream flavors like pear or green apple have a satisfying bite, and every once in a while an unorthodox flavor such as olive oil pops up, so its worth making the trip. Mehr erfahren.
A big bowl of soft buttery spatzle is dotted with snow peas and shiitake mushrooms while the seared salmon is unbelievably smoky Mehr erfahren.
The sausage plate for two is always a good bet, a plate piled high with sausages, pork belly and delightfully tangy quark dumplings. Mehr erfahren.
These are squishy and satisfying with thin, tender patties that are browned on the edges, and come with crisp lettuce, fresh tomatoes, and special sauce. Mehr erfahren.
Recommended are ceci (made with chick pea fritters), porchetta (Tuscan pork roast), and caprese (after the salad of tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil leaves). Mehr erfahren.
The bulbous rolls range from $3 to $5 apiece, and include edo sushi, inari sushi, and more things—eel, omelet, tofu, salmon, tuna, hijiki, pickled plum—than you can shake a chopstick at. Mehr erfahren.
Fatah is the only potential dessert on the menu, made with toasted bread strips flooded with butter and honey, topped with nigella seeds but so irresistible, you may want to make an entire meal of it. Mehr erfahren.
Unique tribal dishes are worth checking out, too, including salta, a bubbling pot of goo with a fenugreek emulsion on top called hilbeh, reminding you that Arabs were the first science chefs. Mehr erfahren.
Serves small plates of fried eggplant with honey and nigella seeds, roasted suckling pig that slides right off the shank bone, and wild salads of salt cod and pomegranate seeds Mehr erfahren.
The noodles are made to order: the batter is strung onto a shelf in a steam cabinet and topped with whatever fixings you like (scallions, cilantro, pork, shrimp, beef stew, or egg). Mehr erfahren.
Culture is generous with toppings, which range from gourmet basics like fruit, nuts, raw honey, and crumbles to more complex creations like the key lime pie or strawberry balsamic. Mehr erfahren.
If it's lunchtime, the obvious choice is the buffet at Punjabi Kabab House, including curries, plenty of vegetarian selections, and dessert. Mehr erfahren.
One of the most exceptional things in Georgian food is the khachapuri, a dense calzone-like boat of bread stuffed with lots of cheese and sometimes topped with butter and a soft-boiled egg. Mehr erfahren.
Our favorite dish was the "farmer special," a magnificent heap of fried taro, shredded garlic chives, slender stalks of pungent Chinese celery, and mushrooms, surmounted by a handful of fried lo mein. Mehr erfahren.
The shrimp are fine; the bul go ki is grand, but don't miss the special kalbiaitas extraordinary! Mehr erfahren.
Best of all is the namesake pizza baci & abbracci ("hugs & kisses"), littered with caramelized onions and gobs of pancetta. Mehr erfahren.
This wonderful Italian restaurant extends our pasta frontiers by making gnocchi with polenta, then saturates them with a scrumptious rabbit ragu, shot with black peppercorns. Mehr erfahren.
All of its cakes, cookies, muffins, brownies and other baked goods meet this strict checklist: vegan, kosher, gluten-free, wheat-free, refined sugar-free, casein-free and soy-free. Mehr erfahren.
Especially popular are the flaky-crusted egg-custard tarts and the pineapple bun (bao) filled with custard, but it's hard to go wrong with a selection of sweet and savory baked goods. Mehr erfahren.
