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“Bar Q”
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Night Out | Asian | West Village | Moderate | Great |
As we looked over the menu and sipped on our cocktails, the wire basket filled with papadams, flatbreads and rice crackers was obliterated was reduced to nothing but crumbs in seconds. The selection of appetizers at Bar Q can be a way to start a meal, or if you prefer, an entire meal. Whichever route you chose, I would order the unagi and scallion fritters—warm and fat, with a sticky sweet soy dipping sauce ($12). While I’m not sure I tasted all that much unagi in there, it didn’t really matter. I loved the greaseless puffs and the sharp flavor of the scallions and the sweetness of the sticky soy together.
The steamed buns are very good as well—a do it yourself plate of spit-roasted pork belly with cracklins, kimchee and green sauce, though for $13, I’d have expected more than two buns and a bit more than just two slices of that delicious pork. Tuna ribs ($15), marinated in yuzu and chiles with a bright cucumber and pickled onion salad, are a bold idea and one I’d never seen before. But on the night we had them we had them they tasted only of pepper and were gray in color, which made them sadly resemble something that should have been in the trash. Kathy had enjoyed them a few days earlier and was surprised at their taste and color. Apparently when she’d had them last time they were seared pink and rare, with enough meat to nibble off the bones with enjoyment, not frustration.
But lobster spring rolls ($16) are the complete opposite of those skimpy gray ribs. Huge claws of sweet buttery lobster meat teeter on rings of “spring roll”—pasta-li ... [more, click below]
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