Talde

Chef Dale Talde and partners, David Massoni and John Bush—the successful triumvirate behind Thistle Hill Tavern and Pork Slope in Park Slope, Brooklyn— invite you to dine at TALDE, a neighborhood restaurant featuring a creative menu of Asian-American cuisine that first opened in 2012.

A native of Chicago and raised by first-generation Filipino immigrants, Chef Talde—a “Top Chef”...

Fun but somewhat uneven, Talde has a few dishes of real note, but mostly it's popularity owes to the low standards of Brooklyn, where there are few imaginative restaurants of any kind.

We’ve come to expect certain things from Asian fusion restaurants: minimalist chairs, fried calamari salad, web sites that play dance music and no shortage of orchids floating in water. Talde, the namesake "Asian American" restaurant from Top Chef’s Dale Talde; however, seems to specialize in the unexpected. Classic Asian flavors find their way into majorly American fare, like pretzel and pork dumplings, everything bagel spring rolls and bacon pad thai. After tasting these spectacular dishes you'll wonder how this this hasn’t been thought of before.

Collaboration between the folks behind Park Slope favorite Thistle Hill Tavern and Top Chef alum Dale Talde. Even with nearby Pork Slope taking the pressure off of Talde's considerable creative output, his namesake restaurant is his shrine, an always bustling temple to his curious cuisine. The intention here is family-style eating, although in practice, you're more likely to want to horde your...

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Top Chef contender Dale Talde oversees this "high-energy" Park Slope Pan-Asian where the "creative", pork and seafood–heavy menu is rated a "triumph"; it's no-rez and the "tavern"-like digs are usually "jammed" – good thing the staff is so "patient and helpful."

We’ve come to expect certain things from Asian fusion restaurants: minimalist chairs, fried calamari salad, web sites that play dance music and no shortage of orchids floating in water. Talde, the namesake "Asian American" restaurant from Top Chef’s Dale Talde; however, seems to specialize in the unexpected. Classic Asian flavors find their way into majorly American fare, like pretzel and pork dumplings, everything bagel spring rolls and bacon pad thai. After tasting these spectacular dishes you'll wonder how this this hasn’t been thought of before.

Its getting major reviews in local and national press. Opened by "Top Chef" winner Dale Talde about 6-8 months ago.