{"id":52926,"date":"2026-10-15T12:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/52926\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T12:23:12","slug":"five-new-foods-to-eat-in-nyc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/52926\/","title":{"rendered":"Five New Foods to Eat in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Kine Musubi is now open on the Upper West Side.
\n Illustration: Igor Bastidas\n <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re like us, you\u2019re thinking about what you want to do this weekend. We\u2019re here to help. Every Thursday, we offer exactly what this column\u2019s name promises: five things to eat, Friday through Sunday. We\u2019ve sifted through the newest restaurant openings, events, and limited-run menu items so you don\u2019t have to. This week, we\u2019re excited about blackberry-filled brioche, appletinis (and applecanos), Spam musubi, coconut duck curry pastels, and a congee meant for rice nerds.<\/p>\n

Curried Duck Pastels at Caf\u00e9 Charmant (340 Bleecker St.)
Almost overnight, Saint Theo\u2019s became Caf\u00e9 Charmant, the newest, impossible-to-land-a-reservation spot from the folks behind the Corner Store and Or\u2019esh. Sit at the bar and order a plateful of neatly folded, braised duck curry pastels, which takes the kitchen three days to make from start to finish. They\u2019re served with tamarind chutney, but I think they pair better with Charmant\u2019s delicious (and sub-$20!) honey-and-pear martini.<\/p>\n

Spam Lakika at Kine Musubi (128 West 72nd St.)
Husband-and-wife duo Chi Ian Chan and Lizzy Han are calling the Upper West Side home after years of serving Hawaiian-style Spam musubi at pop-ups around the city. The menu is tight, and you can\u2019t go wrong with the textural combo of gochujang-coated Spam over furikake rice with crunchy pickled radishes.<\/p>\n

Blackberry Brioche at La Cabra Lantern House (515 West 18th St.)
The new Chelsea flagship of Scandinavian cult coffee shop La Cabra is its biggest location in the city, with a new pastry program to draw crowds westward.\u00a0The flaky, laminated brioche filled with tart blackberries and earthy hyssop is a perfect fall bite, and the orange upholstered interiors inspired by the Danish IC3 train are cozy (and weird) enough to linger in while you finish your cortado.<\/p>\n

Apple Cocktails, Three Ways at Lola\u2019s (2 West 28th St.)
Need to have dinner with someone who doesn\u2019t drink, has a toddler to chase the next morning, and wants a big night out? Head to Suzanne Cupps\u2019s restaurant, where a Greenmarket cocktail program centers on individual, seasonal ingredients and uses them in a no-, low-, and full-proof drink. The current Apple menu features a nostalgic appletini, a low-ABV apple-based riff on an Americano, and a refreshing apple cooler.<\/p>\n

New-Look Congee at Kiko (307 Spring St.)
Even if you aren\u2019t local to the Hudson Square neighborhood, make a reservation for Kiko\u2019s first weekend of brunch service, which includes congee made with a brand-new rice varietal, a hybrid of Carnaroli, Arborio, and more, that reportedly took 12 years to perfect. It\u2019s an ideal late-morning meal, served with roasted maitake mushrooms, a dashi-marinated gooey egg, scallions, and chile oil.<\/p>\n

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