Where to Eat - Out the Door (Bush St.)

I've long been obsessed with Out the Door's wonton soup - it comes with pig cracklings sprinkled in! The last time I went with my brother for dinner I promised myself I would try some new stuff. PS - The Bush St. location has an unexpectedly awesome brunch.

Out the Door has my favorite peanut sauce in the city so we started with the old standby - shrimp and pork springrolls. I could literally eat these everyday. I promise here's where the repetition ends.

We felt like some dumplings so we tried the hue dumplings next. Filled with mung bean, scallion oil and spicy soy. The wrappers were a little gummy for my taste but the filling was delicious. I would definitely get these again.

We saw the above fried squid being delivered to another table and decided to order it because it looked so good. The squid was lightly battered and fried, which I always like over heavily battered and fried. I like to actually taste the squid. The pairing with grilled pineapple was interesting and actually really delicious. The sweetness was set off with some hot peppers. As of now it is my favorite new fried squid in the city.

We had the dirty girl farm roasted cauliflower with red onion, roasted chilies and sweet soy. This was kind of bland for me. It's possible that it fell a little flat because I compare all cauliflower to Delfina's with chili, capers, and breadcrumbs. It's hard to stand up to that! From now on I will be sticking to the hodo soy beanery tofu sides.

I ordered the clam and sausage soup for my main. It was really tasty. In fact my brother took the leftover broth home with him! It was heavy on the yellow and green onion so keep that in mind if you're on a date. All in all trying some new dishes paid off. Maybe I'll keep branching out.