"Live your cooking show fantasy at this contemporary Chinese restaurant that offers “Iron Chef dinners.” Choose an ingredient — any ingredient — and the talented chefs will present you with an imaginative, five-course tasting menu based on it. (Some caveats: They’ll need 10 days advance notice, and interested patrons need to have a conversation with kitchen staff prior to booking the $150 per person meal.) Short of that, there’s plenty that dazzles on the regular menu, including rich and fragrant truffle fried rice, two-day marinated buttermilk fried chicken with kimchi, and mantou (Chinese buns; try the braised ox tongue). Proper yakitori (using binchotan charcoal, of course) is also on the menu, and there are some interesting cocktail options, too. [$$$ - $$$$]" - Faiyaz Kara