Four seconds into one version of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," an animated horse with two arms and four legs hatches from an egg.

The most recent special on the menu at Almanac, the celebrated bar in Old City, is an egg salad sandwich-inspired cocktail. The base of vodka and shochu had been fat-washed with Japanese kewpie mayo.

Captain Ihab is a tiny new restaurant with a big concept — and one that’s rare on Long Island: Affordable seafood in a mostly Mediterranean style. The dinner menu offers five nice-sized servings of ...