2026 Bite
Kare pan at dancerobot
This Krispy Kreme–inspired meat doughnut served at Justin Bacharach and Jesse Ito’s throwback Japanese-American nostalgia machine is a panko-crusted, nori-dusted wonder. Yes, it’s based on the yeasted dough formula from the famous Charlotte, North Carolina–based doughnut chain and designed around childhood memories of Mitsuwa Marketplace, the Japanese grocery store in Edgewater, New Jersey. Yes, Justin got the idea while wandering around lost in Osaka on a research trip. But this fried softball stuffed with Japanese beef cheek curry is a purely Philly phenom.
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