East Village, Manhattan ยท restaurant
Tucked into Extra Place, Kabawa serves a Caribbean prix fixe that treats the region's cooking with the same level of ambition typically reserved for fine dining tasting menus. The pepper shrimp (raw royal red shrimp with scotch bonnet and sorrel) sets the tone early, while the goat with spicy scallop creole and Chuletas Can Can for two are the dishes most worth planning around. Many ingredients are sourced directly from the Caribbean, and Bar Kabawa next door keeps the evening going with a serious rum program.
Puerto Rican bone-in pork chop with recaito; served for two, usually the table highlight
Braised goat with spicy scallop creole; the most consistently praised main on the prix fixe
Raw royal red shrimp with scotch bonnet and sorrel; the opener that defines the kitchen