8 Delicious Dishes and Cocktails — With a Dash of Weird

East meets the Middle East in this mashup dish of Japanese uni, heirloom cucumbers, za'atar, fried cheese, and hard-boiled egg from chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo of Animal in Los Angeles. The zesty Mediterranean flavors made the uni taste like a slab of butter (in a good way).

Photo: Anna Monette Roberts