"When New Nordic cuisine trudged through NYC in the early 2010s, it looked as though there’d be a lot of reindeer and root vegetables in our future. Things didn’t shake out that way, but Aska is one of the few Scandinavian establishments that stuck around, and for good reason. The $325 tasting isn’t just fascinating—foraged lichen alert—it also consists of 14-ish seafood-heavy courses that taste as good as they look, with serious assistance from butter and caviar. Picture a stripped-down room with brick walls, black tablecloths, and chefs in tall hats plating pale pink langoustine, tiny cubes of lobster with white asparagus foam, and scallop so fresh it's still wriggling." - team infatuation