Talde; Brooklyn, New York (Rest.)

***** Inspired by his family’s Filipino heritage and a former gig cooking upscale Chinese at Buddakan, Dale Talde (of seasons 4 and 8) serves Asian dishes with a homey spin at his new Park Slope restaurant. Dumplings come wrapped in crispy-salty pretzel dough, and crunchy Korean fried chicken is served with sweet cherries and spicy kimchi. His second project with partners David Massoni and John Bush is the food-lovers’ dive bar Pork Slope, which has a pool table, an extensive whiskey list, more than 30 kinds of beer and an unapologetically lowbrow menu of pork cheeseburgers, Tater Tots and everything-bagel spring rolls. And Talde just took over the kitchen as chef-partner of Massoni’s first restaurant, Thistle Hill Tavern, expanding his reach into the Park Slope market with an American pub menu. http://taldebrooklyn.com ; http://porkslopebrooklyn.com