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[title]Frej—the pint-size Nordic powerhouse run out of Williamsburg bar Kinfolk Studios—incited a minor palace revolution in Gotham dining last year, channeling modern cuisine’s hottest trend (Fäviken-style fare) into a criminally inexpensive tasting menu of five courses ($45). The restaurant closed last summer, but the main chef, Fredrik Berselius, has returned to the space, joining forces with star beverage manager Eamon Rockey (Atera, Eleven Madison Park). Tonight at 6pm, the pedigreed pair unveils a revamped restaurant called Aska, outfitted with potted plants and blond wood, at Kinfolk Studios. Berselius has extended the tasting menu to six courses, with dishes like apple-cider-doused pork trotters and shank highlighting foraged herbs and greenery. Rockey’s cocktail list mirrors the herbal bent with tipples like a warm Swedish Punsch, mixed with sweet fern and juniper. Check out the food, bar and cocktail menus below. 90 Wythe Ave at North 11th St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn (no phone yet)
SIX-COURSE TASTING MENU ($65)
Dried Maine shrimp
Cucumber, dill, rapeseed oil
Broccoli
Mussel, seaweed
Potato
Onion, preserved mackerel, soured milk
Salsify
Lichen, forest leaves and herbs
Pork trotters and shank
Sunchoke, apple cider
Cardamom
Ice cream, hazelnut, brown butter
BAR MENU
Potatis dumpling $6
Pork, smoked cheese
Poached egg $8
Cabbage, black kale, seaweed
Shrimp Smorgas $12
Dill, toast
Beef cheek $14
Potato, onion
Pork belly and heart $14
Parsnip, anchovies
COCKTAIL MENU ($12 each)
Next of Kin
Aquavit, Pu-er kombucha, caraway
Hurricane Shandy
Brooklyn Beer & Wort, malt, persimmon
Suburbanite
Vodka, triple sec, cranberry, lime
Red Hare
Our boozy energy drink (add a shot $3)
Passed Bright Milk Punch
Tequila, rum, oolong, fennel, orange
The Bond
Gin, Pineau des Charentes, Swedish Punsch, jasmine
U.S. Export
Whiskeys of all sorts, pear, maple, Angostura
Warm Swedish Punsch
Batavia arrack, sweet fern, juniper