Bong
Cambodian restaurant · Crown Heights
724 Sterling Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11216, USA
Highlights
Cambodian cuisine served in a vibrant, cozy space
Cambodian cuisine served in a vibrant, cozy space
"Still just in soft-open mode, Bong is already one of the year’s most exciting new restaurants. Formerly a pop-up, the Cambodian spot in Crown Heights releases limited reservations while they find their footing. That shouldn’t take too long, considering the menu is already stacked with hits. For a big feast in a tiny room, order most of the menu: fried shrimp in tart mango sauce, lightly battered squid in velvety salted egg yolk, a delightfully fatty pork chop soaking in tuk trey ping poh, and a crisp whole fried fish. The Tierra Whack/A$AP Rocky playlist makes it feel like a party, as do the couple who run this place: one butchers lobster in the open kitchen, while the other can recommend a fun wine." - bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, will hartman, sonal shah, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, willa moore, will hartman, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick, will hartman, bryan kim, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, willa moore, willa moore, sonal shah, willa moore
"Still just in soft-open mode, Bong is already one of the year’s most exciting new restaurants. Formerly a pop-up, the Cambodian spot in Crown Heights releases limited reservations while they find their footing. That shouldn’t take too long, considering the menu is already stacked with hits. For a big feast in a tiny room, order most of the menu: fried shrimp in tart mango sauce, lightly battered squid in velvety salted egg yolk, a delightfully fatty pork chop soaking in tuk trey ping poh, and a crisp whole fried fish. The Tierra Whack/A$AP Rocky playlist makes it feel like a party, as do the couple who run this place: one butchers lobster in the open kitchen, while the other can recommend a fun wine." - will hartman, willa moore, molly fitzpatrick, bryan kim, sonal shah
"Chef Chakriya Un, Alexander Chaparro, and the family turned pop-up Kreung Cambodia into what has become one of New York’s hottest new restaurants in Crown Heights. The cool space is an ode to Khmer cuisine, with dishes like crispy whole fried fish served with lettuce, dips, and herbs. It’s a reservations-only affair; book ‘em online." - Emma Orlow
"A cool Cambodian restaurant from chefs Chakriya Un and Alexander Chaparro decorated with lime-green walls and cantaloupe-shaped light fixtures, centering on family recipes such as whole stir-fried lobster, salaw machu kroeung (sour soup), and a fermented fish paste made from freshly caught striped bass." - Melissa McCart
"From the couple behind a buzzy pop-up, Bong is one of the most exciting restaurants for roughly 21 diners to squeeze into right now. Even in soft-open mode, the lime-green space on a mostly residential stretch of Crown Heights practically vibrates. Someone does a little dance on their wooden stool and you can’t be sure whether it’s because of the Tierra Whack/A$AP Rocky playlist, or reaction to the oyster with strawberry mignonette and toasted rice powder, the fried shrimp in a tart pool of mango sauce, or the lightly battered fried squid, coated in velvety salted egg yolk. photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore photo credit: Willa Moore Pause Unmute Through a window to the open kitchen, you can see one (very pregnant) half of the couple butchering lobster, while her partner recommends a “fun, party wine.” If your party consists of four people, you could also order the whole menu along with that bottle. But if you need to narrow it down, the delightfully fatty pork chop soaking in tuk trey ping poh—a tomato-fish sauce condiment, and an impeccably moist-but-crisp whole dorade are musts." - Willa Moore
