Esquina No. 525 | Nikkei Restaurant & Cocktail Bar in Asbury Park, NJ
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The bar at Esquina No. 525, Asbury Park
黄昏 — golden hour
Nikkei cuisine & cocktails · 525 Cookman Ave, Asbury Park NJ

Meet me at the esquina.

Golden hour through the Steinbach glass. Crudos, oysters, a first pisco sour. The room is just warming up.

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Perú

The Ingredients

Lima gives the pantry: ají amarillo, rocoto, choclo, cancha, huacatay, lúcuma, purple corn, lime — color, acid, heat, soul.

ají · choclo · huacatay · lúcuma · rocoto
日本

The Technique

Tokyo gives the hands: knife work, restraint, fermentation, binchotan charcoal, dashi, miso, rice — precision, balance, umami.

包丁 · 炭火 · 出汁 · 発酵 · 米

They meet at the corner

Esquina means corner. This is ours — Cookman Ave & Bangs Ave.

One room. Three rooms.

— flip the house lights (right edge) and watch the site change with the night

6PM

Golden Hour

Bright and polished. Raw bar glowing, pisco sours, sun on brass. Dinner worth dressing for.

9PM

Prime

Full room. Music builds, plates shared, the bar becomes the engine. Momentum.

12AM

After Midnight

Lights drop, music up. One more round. The night ends when it ends.

Reservations — La Tarjeta
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Meet Me at 525

a dinner worth dressing for — a drink worth staying for
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