The interior of Buddakan, tucked away in the Meat Packing district of New York, takes you by surprise. Beyond intriguing dark nooks and crannies delivering late-night-appropriate ambiance, a great hall is revealed – walls stretch up, chandeliers shoot down, and it’s easy to settle in for impossibly cool cocktails and Asian-inflected food.

This week’s Frandoms are by Jim Kirby at KB Media.