Shan dong - what a safe choice. They have a line out the door many nights. Whenever I see it on a best of list, I assume that the writer found it on someone else’s list, ate there once, and deemed it list-worthy. Eater’s list has nothing new and I can rank those restaurants on my own, so there’s no value add.
I havent been to Nido lately because we dont have a regular sitter, but it is high on my list since Ramos went from consulting chef to exec. chef. I was a huge fan of Nopalito in its early days. I hope he changes the horchata recipe, Nopalito’s was awesome and Nido’s was not.
Ive never understood why Ippuku and Comal keep making all the best of lists.
Chili Padi is excellent, just had their Singaporean chili shrimp again today. Im sure the crab version is also very good but I didnt want a messy lunch and it isnt really crab season.
China Village isnt on the list, which is unusual because it usually ends up on lists like these.
The chicken and waffle place is very mediocre, Brown Sugar Kitchen and Cosecha have far superior waffles.
