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Salt & Battery
80 2nd Ave; (bet 4th & 5th St); 212-254-6610; OR 112
Greenwich Ave; (bet 12th & 13th St)
A Salt and Battery is the original take-out haven which began
the Tea & Sympathy empire of Nicky Perry and Sean Kavannagh-Dowsett.
The atmosphere is authentically British, including the live
radio broadcasts from Capital and Virgin UK. A traditional
Brit menu starting with fish and chips is served up by the
British staff accompanied by old world UK décor. Serving
nearly a dozen varieties of fish fried in only vegetable oil,
you can also add a selection of British sodas and hearty sides
or soup to your England-in Manhattan dining experience.
Bread
from Beirut
24 W. 45th St (bet 5th & 6th Ave); 212-764-1588
"Diamond merchant Samer Halimeh has given a new name
to the term home cooking: he missed the comfort foods of his
native Lebanon so much that he opened his own cheery place.
Inexpensive, bright and comfortable with an eclectic crowd,
the best choices are the vegetarian platters - smoky baba
ghanouj, spicy tabbouleh, and laban bill khiar are superior.
Other specialties include chicken taouk, falafel comes rolled
with pink half-moons of pickle and sliced tomato, kebab sandwiches,
Foul-fava beans with lemon juice and garlic and green vegetables,
Keshik - dried goat cheese, crushed wheat, sesame seeds, olive
oil."
DoSirak
30 E. 13th St (bet 5th Ave & University Pl); 646-336-1685
"In its past incarnation on East 13th Street, owner Hirokazu
Sakai’s restaurant called ""Hero’s Sweet
Potatoes,"" featured a menu of mainly satsumai,
the Japanese version of sweet potatoes. DoSirak has embraced
the program of the restaurant’s previous occupant, offering
dishes on one half of his menu that are entirely devoted to
the recipe possibilities for the superior spud. The other
selections consist of casserole-Korean entrees. The baked
potato (yakimo) specialties include toppings such as maple
syrup or peanut butter or imo-gayu (risotto with sweet-potato
bits), along with its own Korean fare, including spicy ramen."
Ivo
& Lulu
558 Broome St (bet 6th Ave & Varick St); 212-226-4399
This husband-and-wife proprietor/chef team originally from
the uptown restaurant, "A's," has created an affordable,
intimate, French-Caribbean eatery just steps from the Holland
Tunnel. Everything on the inviting, 8-item menu falls into
the $6-$10 range. Delicious appetizers such as grilled organic
avocado with spinach mousse, Scottish pheasant or shiitake-sesame
vinaigrette may be followed with specialty entrees of pheasant
terrine swathed in an herbed brie crust, smoked chicken breast
in goat cheese and gingery sausage made from free-range rabbit.
The food deserves to be well-complimented by the wine you
bring.
Phoenix
Garden Restaurant
242 E 40th St (bet 2nd & 3rd Ave); 212-983-6666
For superb Cantonese dining but without the Chinatown address
and lacking in decorative style and attentive service - Phoenix
Garden Restaurant is the conveniently located midtown alternative.
There are over 200 menu items to choose from and all are cooked
to order, but its renowned forte is the salt and pepper shrimp.
The high quality Cantonese cuisine specialties include the
crispy roasted duck and fragrant soup. Bring your own wine
or as a better compliment to Cantonese food, a hearty ale.
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