Zahav and Izakaya named to Travel + Leisure list
The Israeli restaurant next to Society Hill Towers and the Japanese lounge in A.C. made the magazine's roundup of 50 top newcomers.
Zahav, the Israeli restaurant next to Society Hill Towers, and Izakaya, the Japanese lounge in the Borgata, made Travel + Leisure magazine's roundup of 50 best new restaurants in the United States.
Zahav's tout reads: "Can hummus be haute? Yes, in this laid-back Jerusalem-stone room, where chef Michael Solomonov brilliantly reinterprets Israeli street food. Zero in on the meze — say, Sephardic minted-leek fritters with sheep's cheese and honey, or kibbe naya, a Middle Eastern lamb-and-bulgur tartare scented with allspice. Dinner for two $68."
Izakaya's blurb reads: "Having dazzled New Yorkers with his unexpectedly refined cooking at Buddakan [and Pod in Philly], chef Michael Schulson now masterminds the Pan-Asian small-plates menu at this loungy casino restaurant. Follow shrimp dumplings in white-miso lobster broth with the addictive "kinki" chicken wings: braised in duck fat, crisp-fried, then slicked with spicy-sweet glaze. Dinner for two $105."
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