"At this Korean-style BYOB in Chinatown there’s a private room, comfortable booths, and dates fishing for the squid ring they plopped in the kimchi-style broth minutes ago. Boiling soup is the name of the game here. Like most places on this list, you can get individual bowls of broth, but if your friends are down to try a bunch, you can get up to three in a large basin. The spicy Thai is a must, along with the rolls of lamb shoulder and beef. Your table will get overcrowded with green onions, diced garlic, and a hybrid hoisin-soy sauce you just concocted at the topping station. But all that bowl carrying will help you work up an appetite. You can grill for just $5 extra" - candis mclean
