Fish Cheeks

New York City's Most Iconic Foods—and Where to Get Them | Condé Nast Traveler

"New York City is not necessarily a wing city. There are serviceable options, to be sure, and always have been—dive bar Buffalo baskets, namely. Come 2016, when Fish Cheeks opened in NoHo, the ebullient Thai restaurant brought with it a menu item so juicy yet so crisp, so sweet yet so sharp and all around-unexpected, that they’ve remained one of the essential bites in this city in the decade that has followed. How do they do it? The enormous wings are served full—as in, drum and flat still connected—fried and tossed in a dry-rub of chili, lime, sugar, and chili. Kwame Onwuachi, of New York institution Tatiana, among others, is on the record confirming it here: “This is the best wing in New York City, hands down.”" - Kat Chen