I’m counting down the 100 best dishes I tasted in 2016…
Fried calamari usually conjures images of heavily breaded tentacles with a chewy sometimes rubber texture. Not so at Rasa, which specializes in Malaysian and Singaporean cuisine. The crispy squid appetizer is sweet and spicy, slicked with a smabal chili sauce. But the squid is fried sans breading to a crisp, crunchy texture. There is certainly no rubberiness here. It reminds me of the crispy Thai noodle appetier Mi krop. But it’s squid! Price: $15
| RASA |
| 25 West 8th Street (between Fifth Avenue and Macdougal Street), Greenwich Village (212) 253-9888 |
| rasanyc.com |
