Reviews for The Eddy, Spicy Lanka, Hot Dogs, and More:
Zachary Feldman finds interesting cocktails and excellent seafood dishes at The Eddy: "Silky oil-poached salmon yields to the gentlest pressure, flaking into pristine pink slabs to drag through grassy herb crème. Tinged with saffron, the plump fillet wears a crown of leafy greens, bolstered by lemony artichokes...Toothsome, seared cuttlefish ribbons texturally mimic planks of rendered pancetta,...
Luau at The Dutch; Sunday Fish Fries at Extra Fancy:
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SOHO — The Dutch is hosting a luau on Memorial Day for both lunch and dinner. The menu includes appetizers like spam musubi, plus a family-style main course of roast pig and sides like poi and macaroni salad. Chicken and fish mains are also available, and lunch is served a la carte while dinner is a prix fixe meal. Check out the full menu below. [EaterWire]
WILLIAMSBURG — Extra Fancy...
An Industry-Organized Benefit for Typhoon Relief:
Jay Poblador and Arnie Marcella, respectively the general manager and a chef at The Elm, are organizing NYers for the Philippines, a tasting event to raise money for victims of Typhoon Haiyan now working to rebuild their homes. Jay and Arnie, both natives of the Philippines themselves, have lined up quite a few excellent chefs to participate, including their colleague Paul Liebrandt, plus...
Chef Andrew Carmellini's "delish" riffs on American dishes draw "trendsetters" to this "fashionable" SoHo "winner"; critics cite "pricey" tariffs, "scene over substance" and "construction-zone decibel levels", but consensus says it's "well worth the investment" – "if only it were easier to get in."