What Makes a Perfect Restaurant with Time Out’s Bao Ong Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast

This week on Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Ryan talks to Time Out Food and Drink Editor Bao Ong about what it takes to make a restaurant great, how he puts together “Best of” lists, and then gets some recommendations for great places in New York City and beyond. Plus, our longest Recalculating yet!
Things we talked about in today’s podcast:
- Bao Ong
https://www.timeout.com/profile/UMTtSr53SqyIKETBUC1uNeQ==/ 
- NYT on why a volcano boosted Iceland tourism
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/17/world/europe/reykjavik-iceland-tourism.html
- Japantowns in the US
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japantown
- Tommy Wallach’s The Ladder: A Choice-Driven, Fully Replayable Escape Room
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1447182103/the-ladder-the-worlds-first-truly-replayable-escape-room/description
- Bao’s 100 Best Restaurants in NYC Right Now
https://www.timeout.com/newyork/restaurants/100-best-new-york-restaurants 
Restaurant Mention: Via Carota
http://www.viacarota.com/ 
Restaurant Mention: Superiority Burger
http://www.superiorityburger.com/ 
Restaurant Mention: Olmstead
http://www.olmstednyc.com/
Restaurant Rec: Maison Yaki
http://www.maisonyaki.com/
Restaurant Rec: Crown Shy
https://www.crownshy.nyc/
Restaurant Rec: Khe-Yo
https://www.kheyo.com/
Restaurant Rec: Pata Paplean
https://www.facebook.com/patapapleannyc/ 
Restaurant Rec: Dallas’s Laotian Khao Noodle Shop
https://www.dallasnews.com/food/2019/09/17/khao-noodle-shop-is-bon-appetit-s-no-2-best-new-restaurant-in-america/
Restaurant Rec: Saint Paul’s In Bloom
https://www.inbloomstp.com/ 
Natural Wines in Spain
https://culinarybackstreets.com/cities-category/barcelona/2019/wine-harvest-2019-4/ 
Restaurant Rec: Boston’s Japanese-Peruvian Ruka
https://www.rukarestobar.com/ 
Restaurant Rec: Detroit’s Lebanese Ollie’s
http://www.olliescuisine.com/
“Joker” stairs in the Bronx
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2482891/see-how-crowded-jokers-stairs-are-now-that-theyre-a-tourist-trap
Boston Harbor Now
https://www.bostonharbornow.org/
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