Kabawa

Manhattan, New York · Caribbean · $$

Chef Paul Carmichael channels his Barbados upbringing into a $145 three-course tasting built for choice, not rigidity - pick your pepper shrimp or your goat, your black bass or your jerk duck sausage, then let the kitchen surprise you with what's moving. The open kitchen counter and dark green room, down to the disco ball in the wine cellar, were made with intention, turning fine dining into something that doesn't whisper.