Molly Fitzpatrick

3 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Molly Fitzpatrick |Bryan Kim |Willa Moore |Will Hartman

At this Midtown East restaurant, expect your server to explain each dish and the nutritional value of various mushrooms in an ASMR-inducing near-whisper. Bodai seats no more than 12 guests at a time for a $99 vegetarian tasting menu inspired by imperial Chinese cuisine. The loudest noise in the dining room is the gentle burbling of the water feature in the corner zen garden.

3 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Molly Fitzpatrick

The Grand Salon at Baccarat Hotel—from the French luxury brand specializing in crystal glassware—is an excellent choice for anyone who wants to spend a couple of hours under sparkly chandeliers snacking off a three-tiered stand they surely cannot afford to break. Unlike some other afternoon teas in NYC, where the atmosphere is elegant but the cucumber sandwiches taste hopelessly stale, Grand Salon's Prince of Wales service ($140) is a pleasure to eat.

4 weeks ago | theinfatuation.com | Bryan Kim |Molly Fitzpatrick |Willa Moore |Will Hartman

There are a lot of great things to eat at this Woodside Filipino institution—like the shatteringly crisp lumpia—but no dish is quite as spectacular as the grilled tuna jaw, which looks like a fossil unearthed from the deepest layer of the ocean floor. It's smoky, wonderfully fatty and fishy, and an absolute pleasure to attack with a crowd. During a recent meal at classic Midwood establishment Taci’s Beyti, a young diner stood up (at the prompting of her mother) and played the violin for everyone.

1 month ago | theinfatuation.com | Molly Fitzpatrick

You’ll find New York City's best, most meticulously constructed donuts at this Filipino bakery in Sunnyside. At Kora, your donut might come garnished with ube chips. Or the core might be excavated and replaced by flan. But the fried brioche dough stands up to the fanciful embellishments they’re known for here, while still being light and airy. Kora began as a pandemic-era home-kitchen project, eventually growing a 10,000-person waitlist for preorders.

1 month ago | theinfatuation.com | Will Hartman |Willa Moore |Molly Fitzpatrick |Bryan Kim

P.J. Clarke’s burgers were the most recommended by readers for this guide, and their cheeseburger is a definite best in class. The inch-thick patty is griddled perfectly to spec, with seasoning that stays out of the way, so you mostly taste juicy meat, melded with a square of american cheese. The bun—“scented” with rings of raw onion—is a basic-but-soft Arnold roll that sogs up on the bottom without falling apart.