"The people behind Dhamaka and Semma have excelled at two things: serving food that people want to eat, and doing something different. At their latest spot, Naks, they keep the streak going. The East Village restaurant serves a Filipino tasting menu that starts out slow and builds to a finale that involves a warm pile of egg-noodle pancit and a thick round of pork belly you eat with your hands. If you have $135 and the attention span required to sit through a two-plus-hour meal with speeches and explanations sprinkled throughout, this place is worth checking out. There’s also a short à la carte menu in the bar area up front, in case you want to test the waters with an order of fried chicken." - Bryan Kim, Sonal Shah, Willa Moore, Neha Talreja, Will Hartman
