Smörgåsboard: Hong Kong Rice Rolls, Japanese Pork Cutlets

[Photograph: Lunch Studio]

• Pork katsu at Katsuhama in midtown comes with a mountain of shredded cabbage and a "just greasy enough" cutlet. [Lunch Studio]
• Poon Kee's spare menu of street food includes fresh rice rolls and fish balls "so springy that they might have bounced." [Eating in Translation]
• A $30,000 grant to the Bowery Mission brings its rooftop garden into full operation. [Bowery Boogie]

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