Anita Lo

Chef
Anita Lo

New York

About Anita Lo

Anita Lo is a chef. She was the co-founder of Annisa, Rickshaw, and Bar Q. After completing culinary school in Paris, she returned to New York where she worked at several restaurants including Chanterelle, Can, a French-Vietnamese restaurant, and Maxim's. She then moved to Mirezi restaurant, where she earned headlines and rave reviews from restaurant critics, including Ruth Reichl from the New York Times. She has appeared on various television shows including Top Chef Masters.

Accolades

  • Best New Chefs
    Food & Wine
  • One Star
    Michelin Guide
  • Nominee for Best Chef: New York City
    James Beard Foundation
  • Three Stars
    New York Times Magazine's Pete Wells
  • Finalist
    Top Chef Masters
  • Best New Restaurant Chef
    The Village Voice

Where I Go Out

Duff's Famous wings
Duff's Famous wings
Duff's Famous Wings
$$, Happy Hour, Modern, Full Bar, Wings,
"When I last had these, they were just out of the fryer so the edges were still crispy. They were traditionally dressed with the right amount of Frank's RedHot sauce (I go medium) and butter."
Anita Lo
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Anita Lo
Bibim
Bibim
Jungsik
$$$$, Korean, Full Bar, Tribeca
"The bibim caprese salad at Jungsik is a marvel of textures, temperatures, and tastes that results in a harmonious, complex whole. It is a contemporary, sophisticated take on an Italian classic from an urban, Korean perspective."
Anita Lo
Chef
Anita Lo
Pork & crab soup dumplings
Pork & crab soup dumplings
RedFarm
$$$, Chinese, Dim Sum, Upper West Side
"I can’t wait to go back to Red Farm to get my own order of Shanghai soup dumplings. The memory of the ones I had recently still haunts me: the well-structured, thin skin yielding to a burst of rich, deeply satisfying, umami-punched broth, then to the sweet and earthy, fine-textured pork and crab meat. I’ve never had better."
Anita Lo
Chef
Anita Lo
Trio of tartare
Trio of tartare
Jewel Bako
$$$$, Sushi, Outdoor Seating, Japanese, Ukrainian Village
"I love the toro tartare topped with caviar at this lovely East Village sushi spot. Now it comes as part of trio of tartares, but I'm not complaining."
Anita Lo
Chef
Anita Lo
Melanzane e cioccolato alla Napoletana
Melanzane e cioccolato alla Napoletana
Del Posto
$$$$, Full Bar, Italian, Chelsea
"Melanzane e cioccolato is a special chocolate, eggplant, and ricotta gelato dessert at Mario Batali's four-star Italian restaurant. It's just what I love in a dish—something that challenges perception and teaches you something, while being wildly delicious."
Anita Lo
Chef
Anita Lo
Fried chicken
Fried chicken
Pies 'n' Thighs
$$, Southern, American, Bbq, Fried Chicken, Southern / Soul, Williamsburg
"I've been thinking about this Williamsburg-based fried chicken since I had it over a year ago. I had it as take out, so it wasn't even straight out of the fryer. Still, it remains the gold standard. The reasonably-priced fried chicken box comes with a biscuit and a side."
Anita Lo
Chef
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