Scandinavian

Agern

Why Come Here? Modern Nordic dining experience from Noma Co-Founder When a restaurant opens from a co-founder of the former #1 restaurant in the world, its going to get my attention. Such is the case with Agern, a recently opened Nordic eatery from Claus Meyer of Noma in Copenhagen and […]

Contra

Why Come Here? Great tasting menu at a great price To me, the tasting menu represents the pinnacle of the dining experience. You get to just sit back and let the professionals bring you the best dishes they can make that day. Multiple foods, fresh ingredients to try and no […]

Skal

Why Come Here? Fantastic “Icelandic” dishes, open late Duck Wings Last week I was invited to a tasting event at Skal hosted by Tabelog. If you’re unfamiliar with Tabelog, it’s a new (to America) site that’s similar to Yelp except with more photos and the reviewers are all food bloggers. […]

Aska

Why Come Here? An adventurous night out, great cocktails, NYC’s premier foraging restaurant Let me start out by saying this: Aska is not a restaurant you bring your parents to. The modern Scandinavian cooking bears no resemblance to the ligonberry, smoked salmon and herring platters you think of as “traditional Scandinavian.” In fact, much of […]