The Uyghur lamb pilaf ($18) is superb: an immense mountain of rice cooked with enough carrots to sweeten it and tint it slightly orange, with plenty of chunks of tender lamb, tasting of garlic and cumin.
I waited for two hours at Brooklyn Social but that is the dedication this job requires and I'm glad I did. Kao Klook Kapi ($28) is crunchy shrimp paste fried rice with Chinese sausage, sour mango, beans, chile, lime.