I’m looking forward to other’s responses too—- we all talk about places we like, but you get real perspective when people are limited to what they think is best.
BTW, If you pick something in Chinatown, you can always go China Live after for desserts or cocktails. It’s a nice, not terribly crowded, space and your brother can pick up spices, fancy soy sauce, etc. if he’d be into that. I did that after a mixed meal at Z & Y last month, and it was a fun way to end the evening.