Author: The Dishelin Guide

Nusr-Et aka SaltBae Steakhouse New York

The sensual cutting of meats. The salt raining off a chiseled forearm. The trademark round sunglasses, slicked back hair and skin tight white t-shirt. You’ve seen the videos (in case you’ve been living under a salt rock, here is the original). Now the greatest food meme of 2017 is performing […]

Ootoya

Normally a giant publicly traded restaurant chain is not a place I’m rushing to dine at, much less write about. But this is a chain from Japan. And if there’s one thing I learned on my trip there last fall, it’s that the Japanese do not settle for sub par […]

Paname French Restaurant

Paname is a slang term for Paris, which makes it a fitting name for this relaxed and modern bistro. Well, as modern as a restaurant decked out in Art Nouveau can be. But Paname is certainly modern in its approach to French dining. It manages to retain a classy air […]

2017 Fantasy Tasting Menu

As has become tradition, I end 2017 by drafting a Fantasy Tasting Menu of my favorite New York dishes of the year. It’s not necessarily the twelve best dishes or most innovative dishes of the year. There are enough of those lists by people who eat out even more than […]

Salt + Charcoal

When you think of Japanese food, usually delicate pieces of fish come to mind over massive hunks of meat. But you can always trust the Japanese to do something well, especially when it comes to food. Salt + Charcoal in Williamsburg is no exception and is the Japanese steakhouse you […]