For a filling shareable appetizer, be sure to order the lamb lahmacun, which is a Turkish flatbread. The minced meat is packed with spices and spread all over the flatbread. It arrives piping hot and topped with sumac pickled onions, which offer the perfect acidic crunch to cut through the fattiness of the meat.
Chef Alex Candelas and his wife Irina run Homemakase, an at-home edomae-style omakase with fresh seafood sourced from Japan... the quick pickled tuna spinal jelly that was a revelation for me... The spinal jelly (extracted from the spine bone of tuna) melts in your mouth with rich, umami notes and subtle salinity.
Mukja serves some of the best Korean fried chicken in Midtown and would be a great spot to get your Super Bowl watch party snacks from. The fried chicken sando with dark meat topped with pickled radish and carrots is delicious.
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