"I attended a Tale of Two Cities dinner at Shirley Brasserie where guest chef Yuu Shimano served a meltingly tender, salt-crusted lamb saddle over a silky-smooth purée; a lamb and clam reduction studded with aonori gave the dish a tint of Japanese flavor, while ginger and pine nuts nestled into the meat lent texture. The dish won’t be repeatable outside of Brooklyn, but the ongoing series — which will include chef Mads Refslund from Noma, Ilisin May and Thomas Troisgrois from Brazil’s Olympe in October, and Sylvestre Wahid from France’s Restaurant Sylvestre in November — makes it easier to get to Hollywood than to travel to France or Brazil." - Eater Staff