East

Frommer's Review

The decor of this roomy, sophisticated kitchen/bar/lounge is stylish 21st-century Asian/Western, and the food is a dramatic, inventive mix of Eastern and Western influences. Spring rolls come with a salad of Middle Eastern herbs (including mint leaves) and American iceberg lettuce, all to be consumed with sweet and sour dipping sauce. The bouillabaisse is filled with seafood, red peppers and green onions; there are skewers of tempura scallops with black mushrooms; and the trendy square-shaped hamburgers with tomato and onion are accompanied not by ketchup, but with spicy Philippine banana sauce. The kitchen is endlessly experimenting and the management strongly urges you try the NIS 120 ($27) tasting menu to see what East is about. The music is soft at dinner, but by 10pm, East jolts into a bar with exotic tapas, and the decibel level rises. The location, in the seedy, somewhat derelict neighborhood of the disused Old (outdoor) Tel Aviv Bus Station is very "in," and experiencing a revival, but no place to wander in. A taxi is essential coming and going.

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