I love this place and sad to see it go. The Asian influence comes out beautifully in their cooking. It feels like home cooking with their mismatched plates and quirky decor. Hopefully we'll see more from this team in the future.
Lacey D.
We are so glad we got a chance to eat here. The food was wonderful and service friendly. The prices are a bit high and the space is small, but overall we felt it was worth it. We tried: shallot dip, pork knuckles, coal roasted mushrooms, coal roasted sweet potato, cornbread, pickles, yardbird plate and chocolate cake. Everything was good! The favorites were the yardbird and sweet potato. And the cake was excellent.
Jonathan Canales
It was killer.Every plate was a wonderful play of salty, sour, sweet, and savory with a bend toward the sour. Service was great and friendly. The space is very casual for family and friends.Make a reservation of be prepared to wait because it's worth it.Pictured here;Yard birdPorgiPig knuckle
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jobie Jacomine
I just want to say that this restaurant has pushed New Orleans cuisine to a new realm!! The use of local ingredients with southern and south Asian techniques is revolutionary and DELICIOUS!! We’ve been coming here since they opened and I always tried to make it a stop when in Nola!! I was lucky enough to have my last meal here (which happened to be right around my birthday) and it was another one of those dinners you’ll never forget.. the catfish was completely out of control good, the pork knuckles are our FAVORITE!!! It was mag Monday and we got a wonderful gamay!! Thank you for always being a showstopper!! #broadstreetballers
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kevin Thompson
The flowers were significant and nothing was overwhelming spicy. Great for family style and service was great. Do wish the pacing was more consistent, but still a great time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam du Shole
I thoroughly enjoyed this entire meal. We started on a high point with the Crab Finger & Persimmonn salad and stayed there throughout the evening with every additional plate.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buttered Cornbread, Chili Butter Gulf Shrimp
Raiden Bailey
Went with a group of friends while in town and had a family style dinner. Everything was amazing! The outdoor seating area is so cute and the food is literally the best we had in the city. So fresh and perfectly spiced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chancy F.
I'm conflicted about what star rating to give this place. I would probably give it a 3.5, but a 4 feels way too high, so 3 stars it is.Food:I did enjoy almost all the dishes we ordered. We ordered:The crab and persimmons - I thought this was delicious and flavor forward. The persimmons and greens were lovely and it was chalk full of crab. I loved the sauce, which definitely had a kick, but my friend thought it was too salty. At $18, I thought this dish was excellent and really reasonably priced.Turnips in a citrus miso sauce - by far the worst dish of the night. After such a flavor forward dish with the crab, these were so bland, we were both incredibly disappointed. It was also surprising because when is miso ever bland? My friend had to eventually ask for some salt. The cornbread - really, really good. It comes in a honey sauce that is delicious. At only $3.50, don't skip this.The yardbird chicken dish - this was an really interesting, delicious mix of flavors and textures. The sauce it was cooked in was great as was the side sauce it came with. It also came with collard green leaves to wrap it in and a bunch of fresh herbs and greens that complimented the chicken well. My problem with this dish is the price. At $41, it was the most expensive thing on the menu and although we really enjoyed it, we just don't get why half a (not large) chicken costs that much. I don't think I'd pay that much for it again.The satsuma upside down cake - this cake was superb. A little denser cake than you might be expecting, the texture is smooth and the cake is moist and delicious. The satsumas were delightfully sweet with some tartness that you should expect from citrus. I would come back to eat that cake every night.Drinks:Yardbird - Delicious and very lemon forward.Vodka tonic - my friend just wanted a classic cocktail. She ordered a vodka tonic with three limes. Instead her guess is that she got a vodka club soda with three limes, which she hated. When the bill came, they charged us $9 for the vodka (fine) and $2 for the tonic. What a weird way to bill for a drink, especially because the drink did not have tonic in it. Just charge us $11 dollars for the drink in total. Polyamory cocktail - My friend liked this, but I thought the shrub made it too vinegar forward and couldn't finish it.Service:The service was probably the low point of the night. There wasn't anything horrible about it, but when you pay over $150 for your meal, the service should be above average. For example, the yardbird chicken special: we are both fairly certain that the description did not specify that it was meant to be chicken wraps. And the dish came with no explanation other than the server mumbling "here are you chicken wraps" as she dropped them off and walked away. My friend never even heard the server say it at all. The collard green leaves were sort of hidden under all the other herbs, so it was not obvious that they should be the wraps. If I hadn't thought I heard them say it, we would have been eating these undressed greens separately from the chicken, missing out on the great combination of flavors and textures. Overall, I loved the food (minus the turnips which were pretty bad). I think if I came back, I would not order any cocktails and would try a different entree that was more reasonably priced for what you are getting.
This was truly one of the BEST meals I've ever had. The flavors were so incredible, unique, and delicious. Our service was spectacular. They helped us choose how much to order and choose from everything that sounded good. It was the perfect amount and we were so pleased! Sadly didn't get a pic of the cornbread. It was different than any I've had before and I miss it already. The vibe of the restaurant was great. Laid back, and also very well curated. The tables and the dishes were so cute. We loved how comfortable it felt inside. I'm sad I can't eat here again anytime soon since I don't live in New Orleans! I would eat here several times a month if I could.
David W.
Came here on a whim on a Wednesday night and got seated immediately. It gives me eclectic dive bar feels that happens to serve bomb Asian fusion and southern comfort, family style dishes! What a sentence! In order of good to great, the corn bread was exactly the tasty, buttery type of corn bread I was hoping for without being dry. I wish the beef belly was more for what you paid but the flavor and tenderness was on point. The sauce with the crab cakes was gnarly! I was dipping the beef belly and corn bread in whatever remaining sauce there was!
James A Lucas
I’m not really clear why this place has such high reviews - the secret to good south East Asian food is a careful balance of sweet and savoury. The food here could be excellent but they overdo everything. The fish sauce overwhelms the crab and peach salad dish - extremely salty, you only need a dash yet the dish is literally swimming in it. The cold roasted summer squash dish is well cooked but the tomato cornbread is overwhelming and destroys the delicate vegetable flavor. The beef was incredibly tough, unusually so… I’m not sure what cut it was but it required a lot longer cooking. I would implore the kitchen to taste their own food and realise more is not necessarily better and to reconsider their choices
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Crab
Wine What
One of the best meals I've ever had! I recommend you let them feed you special if you're with a group you'll get served several items from the menu and maximize the experience. Lovely dedicated and particular alcohol menu with plenty of after dinner drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rachel Shapiro
We make a yearly pilgrimage to New Orleans that mostly centers around where we are going to eat and this one has been on my list for a long time and somehow we never get to it. Finally made it here last night and I understand the hype. Everything was ordered was so interesting and flavorful. Our waiter even convinced us to try the pigs knuckles which were surprisingly tasty! (if I didn't think to hard about what they are) Love the low key, friendly vibe. The table next to us was insanely loud which made it hard to hear but that's not really the restaurant's fault. Will definitely be back to try more things!
The food was great. My only compalint was that some of the sides like corn bread and sweet potato was too much fatty with melted butter over them.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
This is a hidden gem off the beaten path with some mouth watering fusion dishes!! The pork jowl was to die for!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buttered Cornbread, Fried Catfish
I love this place and sad to see it go. The Asian influence comes out beautifully in their cooking. It feels like home cooking with their mismatched plates and quirky decor. Hopefully we'll see more from this team in the future.
We are so glad we got a chance to eat here. The food was wonderful and service friendly. The prices are a bit high and the space is small, but overall we felt it was worth it. We tried: shallot dip, pork knuckles, coal roasted mushrooms, coal roasted sweet potato, cornbread, pickles, yardbird plate and chocolate cake. Everything was good! The favorites were the yardbird and sweet potato. And the cake was excellent.
It was killer.Every plate was a wonderful play of salty, sour, sweet, and savory with a bend toward the sour. Service was great and friendly. The space is very casual for family and friends.Make a reservation of be prepared to wait because it's worth it.Pictured here;Yard birdPorgiPig knuckle
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I just want to say that this restaurant has pushed New Orleans cuisine to a new realm!! The use of local ingredients with southern and south Asian techniques is revolutionary and DELICIOUS!! We’ve been coming here since they opened and I always tried to make it a stop when in Nola!! I was lucky enough to have my last meal here (which happened to be right around my birthday) and it was another one of those dinners you’ll never forget.. the catfish was completely out of control good, the pork knuckles are our FAVORITE!!! It was mag Monday and we got a wonderful gamay!! Thank you for always being a showstopper!! #broadstreetballers
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The flowers were significant and nothing was overwhelming spicy. Great for family style and service was great. Do wish the pacing was more consistent, but still a great time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I thoroughly enjoyed this entire meal. We started on a high point with the Crab Finger & Persimmonn salad and stayed there throughout the evening with every additional plate.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Buttered Cornbread, Chili Butter Gulf Shrimp
Went with a group of friends while in town and had a family style dinner. Everything was amazing! The outdoor seating area is so cute and the food is literally the best we had in the city. So fresh and perfectly spiced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I'm conflicted about what star rating to give this place. I would probably give it a 3.5, but a 4 feels way too high, so 3 stars it is.Food:I did enjoy almost all the dishes we ordered. We ordered:The crab and persimmons - I thought this was delicious and flavor forward. The persimmons and greens were lovely and it was chalk full of crab. I loved the sauce, which definitely had a kick, but my friend thought it was too salty. At $18, I thought this dish was excellent and really reasonably priced.Turnips in a citrus miso sauce - by far the worst dish of the night. After such a flavor forward dish with the crab, these were so bland, we were both incredibly disappointed. It was also surprising because when is miso ever bland? My friend had to eventually ask for some salt. The cornbread - really, really good. It comes in a honey sauce that is delicious. At only $3.50, don't skip this.The yardbird chicken dish - this was an really interesting, delicious mix of flavors and textures. The sauce it was cooked in was great as was the side sauce it came with. It also came with collard green leaves to wrap it in and a bunch of fresh herbs and greens that complimented the chicken well. My problem with this dish is the price. At $41, it was the most expensive thing on the menu and although we really enjoyed it, we just don't get why half a (not large) chicken costs that much. I don't think I'd pay that much for it again.The satsuma upside down cake - this cake was superb. A little denser cake than you might be expecting, the texture is smooth and the cake is moist and delicious. The satsumas were delightfully sweet with some tartness that you should expect from citrus. I would come back to eat that cake every night.Drinks:Yardbird - Delicious and very lemon forward.Vodka tonic - my friend just wanted a classic cocktail. She ordered a vodka tonic with three limes. Instead her guess is that she got a vodka club soda with three limes, which she hated. When the bill came, they charged us $9 for the vodka (fine) and $2 for the tonic. What a weird way to bill for a drink, especially because the drink did not have tonic in it. Just charge us $11 dollars for the drink in total. Polyamory cocktail - My friend liked this, but I thought the shrub made it too vinegar forward and couldn't finish it.Service:The service was probably the low point of the night. There wasn't anything horrible about it, but when you pay over $150 for your meal, the service should be above average. For example, the yardbird chicken special: we are both fairly certain that the description did not specify that it was meant to be chicken wraps. And the dish came with no explanation other than the server mumbling "here are you chicken wraps" as she dropped them off and walked away. My friend never even heard the server say it at all. The collard green leaves were sort of hidden under all the other herbs, so it was not obvious that they should be the wraps. If I hadn't thought I heard them say it, we would have been eating these undressed greens separately from the chicken, missing out on the great combination of flavors and textures. Overall, I loved the food (minus the turnips which were pretty bad). I think if I came back, I would not order any cocktails and would try a different entree that was more reasonably priced for what you are getting.
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This was truly one of the BEST meals I've ever had. The flavors were so incredible, unique, and delicious. Our service was spectacular. They helped us choose how much to order and choose from everything that sounded good. It was the perfect amount and we were so pleased! Sadly didn't get a pic of the cornbread. It was different than any I've had before and I miss it already. The vibe of the restaurant was great. Laid back, and also very well curated. The tables and the dishes were so cute. We loved how comfortable it felt inside. I'm sad I can't eat here again anytime soon since I don't live in New Orleans! I would eat here several times a month if I could.
Came here on a whim on a Wednesday night and got seated immediately. It gives me eclectic dive bar feels that happens to serve bomb Asian fusion and southern comfort, family style dishes! What a sentence! In order of good to great, the corn bread was exactly the tasty, buttery type of corn bread I was hoping for without being dry. I wish the beef belly was more for what you paid but the flavor and tenderness was on point. The sauce with the crab cakes was gnarly! I was dipping the beef belly and corn bread in whatever remaining sauce there was!
I’m not really clear why this place has such high reviews - the secret to good south East Asian food is a careful balance of sweet and savoury. The food here could be excellent but they overdo everything. The fish sauce overwhelms the crab and peach salad dish - extremely salty, you only need a dash yet the dish is literally swimming in it. The cold roasted summer squash dish is well cooked but the tomato cornbread is overwhelming and destroys the delicate vegetable flavor. The beef was incredibly tough, unusually so… I’m not sure what cut it was but it required a lot longer cooking. I would implore the kitchen to taste their own food and realise more is not necessarily better and to reconsider their choices
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Crab
One of the best meals I've ever had! I recommend you let them feed you special if you're with a group you'll get served several items from the menu and maximize the experience. Lovely dedicated and particular alcohol menu with plenty of after dinner drinks.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We make a yearly pilgrimage to New Orleans that mostly centers around where we are going to eat and this one has been on my list for a long time and somehow we never get to it. Finally made it here last night and I understand the hype. Everything was ordered was so interesting and flavorful. Our waiter even convinced us to try the pigs knuckles which were surprisingly tasty! (if I didn't think to hard about what they are) Love the low key, friendly vibe. The table next to us was insanely loud which made it hard to hear but that's not really the restaurant's fault. Will definitely be back to try more things!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5