Shop NYC Top

Despite “fusion” becoming a dirty word in cooking, Kumar is using his eclectic background to create some of the most unique dishes in Brooklyn. Kumar moved from India to Switzerland in 1989 for hospitality and culinary school, and after landing in places like Dubai and England — and ingesting European and Continental techniques and sensibilities — he ended up back in Basel, Switzerland, where he opened three restaurants over the next 20 years.

In 2019, he met his future wife, who is from Brooklyn, and the two decided to move to New York. Lore opened on a quiet corner in Park Slope in 2021, smack in the middle of the pandemic, and quickly became a neighborhood staple. A few years later, neighborhood regulars form the backbone of the customer base, but it’s also typical to see patrons who found out about the restaurant through word of mouth, or its recent inclusion on Michelin’s Bib Gourmand list.

Kumar recently doubled down on the neighborhood, opening a cocktail bar called Folk around the corner. Just like Lore, many of the drinks and small plates are Indian-inflected, but the menu is global.

Here’s a closer look at Lore’s most popular dishes, beloved by regulars and considered non-negotiables for any newcomers.

The post Traversing Lore’s Indian European American Menu in Five Dishes  appeared first on Resy | Right This Way.