Macao Trading Company @ NYC **

Stuffed Quail with Sticky Rice

While the recessed booths in this restaurant’s dimly lit basement are the perfect setting for a tête-à-tête, if you actually want to eat something you might be better served elsewhere. Although the Jade Dumplings with Crab, Shrimp and Cilantro were fairly good and the Stuffed Quail passable, when one orders a dish like Olive Oil Poached Octopus with Potatoes and Fennel and has to puzzle over which morsel is which ingredient, alarm bells ring!

Details: 311 Church St (bet Walker & Lispenard) New York, NY 10013-2491 (+1-212-431-8642)