"Al-Aqsa has been catering to the sizable Bangladeshi community in the Bronx since 2009. Here, owner Zakir Hasnat’s large restaurant and banquet hall spotlights modern riffs on classic Bengali foods. Among these are excellent takes on traditional South Asian curry chicken and curry goat, as well as dal gosh, a stew of slow-cooked lentils and peas. For a smaller bite, there are also samosa puffs filed with curried meats or vegetables." - Dan Q. Dao