Korai Kitchen (NO DINE-IN WITHOUT RESERVATIONS!)
Bangladeshi restaurant · Jersey City
576 Summit Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Highlights
Homestyle Bangladeshi specialties prepared in compact digs with a warm
Homestyle Bangladeshi specialties prepared in compact digs with a warm
"It’s all about slow-cooked homestyle Bangladeshi food from James Beard-nominated chef Nur-E Gulshan Rahman and her daughter, Nur-E Farhana Rahman. On Friday and Saturday, at 8 p.m., the duo prepares an eight-course dinner that might include fried fillets of hilsa fish, kosha mangsho (goat curry), or chingri dopiaza (shrimp curry). These dinners are limited to reservations. The restaurant operates take-out only on all other days. Call to order ahead from the menu of daily specials." - Caroline Shin
"The restaurant recently offered limited seated dinners available on Resy, a change for what had primarily been a takeout place. The menu changes frequently, but look for any freshwater fish, like hilsa; chicken curry; and the mustard-oil-laced vegetarian dishes called bhortas. Owner and chef is Nur-E Gulshan Rahman but she gets lots of help from her daughter. — MM" - Melissa McCart
"The age-old sentiment goes something like, “Mom’s cooking is the best.” Nur-E Gulshan Rahman took that to heart, and funneled all her years cooking for her kids into her own Korai Kitchen — and piling on accolades from Eater and the New York Times while doing so. This year, the restaurant has been nominated as a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic, compelling it opened for limited sit-down prix-fixe meals (with tons of food!)." - Caroline Shin, Robert Sietsema
"As a Jersey City regular, I find Korai Kitchen a fantastic spot for its homestyle fish dishes; we especially liked the mustard oil–laced hilsa ($60), similar to shad and imported from Bangladesh for celebration meals, served with eggplant and potatoes, and I appreciated that the owners also run a nearby halal grocery and plan to bring back sit-down dining soon." - Eater Staff
A mother–daughter team serves soulful Bangladeshi home cooking with BYO spirit and rotating menus. Lauded by The New York Times, Eater, The Infatuation, and James Beard nomination news, it’s a heartfelt crash course in flavors rarely found elsewhere.
