Umi Nom: Master of Many

In Brooklyn, I did a review of the fantastic Bed-Stuy fusion spot Umi Nom for the Local, a New York Times experiment in community journalism. Check it out: 

"I admit to being put off by the idea of fusion cuisine. Call it the 'master of none' principle — the possibility of getting Italian-spiced calamari sushi that is neither Italian nor Japanese, but trapped in some parsley-flavored dead zone. (Also see: taco pizza, curry egg rolls.) But I was wholly proven wrong after eating at Umi Nom again and again. It has become my favorite Asian spot in the city — for Filipino, Thai and Vietnamese, all at once." READ THE WHOLE REVIEW AT THE LOCAL