Upper East Side South Indian Dining With Arrack Cocktails
Try Madurai goat chukka, pair it with an arrack Ceylon cocktail, and plan for higher prices than a casual night.
🌶️ Heat With a Regional Accent
Your next Upper East Side dinner can take a detour through South Indian and Sri Lankan cooking at Lungi. The kitchen moves beyond standard staples with Madurai goat chukka, a spiced, tender regional specialty that puts meat and heat at the center of the meal. This is a place to make the food and the drinks part of the same evening.
At the bar, the Ceylon cocktail brings an arrack base with house made lemon cordial into the mix. Regional flavors carry across from the plates to the cocktails, rather than stopping at the kitchen. Fiery dishes and a citrus accented drink give you two sides of the same dinner plan.
An enclosed patio adds another setting for the meal at 1136 1st Ave in Manhattan. Keep the budget in mind, some diners find the pricing high for a casual night out. The draw remains the regional cooking, with a cocktail alongside it.
