Omnivore - An endless meal of Southeast Asia flavors

We dined at Spice Market, inside the new W Midtown Atlanta hotel last week. The restaurant is one of the latest in culinary superstar Jean-Georges Vongeritchen’s empire and features the flavors of street food in Southeast Asia. Ian Winslade, formerly of Bluepointe, Shout and Posh, is the chef.

We ordered the mammoth five-course meal, which actually featured about 10 generous dishes (and is a phenomenal bargain at $48). Among the starters was one of tempura-fried onions garnished with radish slices, served over ripe avocado and — weirdly — Chinese mustard (top photo).

One of the more compelling dishes was the ginger fried rice (above). The kitchen fries an egg sunny-side up and coats the white with browned ginger and garlic, then places it over a heap of rice. The server breaks up the egg and mixes it with the rice.

I’ll have a full first look in next week’s Grazing column.