Up and coming celebuchef Susur Lee is ready to take on the austere palates belonging to sharp-toothed critics—namely, Manhattan foodies—by bringing a bevy of flavors from Taiwan and Hong Kong to the new Thompson LES. Large, round tables cradled by half-moon booths upholstered in Tang-red sit below soft Chinese lamps, or rather, giant, floating pieces of popcorn. Black and white...
A big, very hip restaurant that looks more like a futuristic singles bar than it does a platform for one of the world's top chefs.:
Susur Lee, Canada's most famous chef, brings his Asian fusion cooking to the swanky Thompson Hotel on the Lower East Side. The food is genuinely exotic, even for jaded New York foodies who've...