Where To Eat With Flaky Friends

"It’s possible that exactly one person is going to make it to this dinner on time (you). That person will then be tasked with having to hold down a table, promising the servers that the rest of the party is coming, and maybe even ordering food for all the people who swear they’re “10 minutes away.” At Han Dynasty on the Upper West Side, this won’t be too stressful to pull off. There are plenty of round tables and great shareable Szechuan dishes, like dry pepper chicken and spicy garlic green beans. That first person (again, you) definitely has permission to eat the majority’s share of dan dan noodles - they earned it." - hannah albertine, nikko duren