Even though I was addicted to them, the bing craze didn't exactly catch on at Roll and Dough on West 3rd Street. But another potentially risky Asian food trend is rising up from its ashes: the second New York location of the conveyor belt sushi spot, Sakae (the first one is in Midtown).

Or, if the idea of eating your eel roll George Jetson-style seems too weird, you can always have a more predictable meal right next door at three-month-old Beyond Thai Kitchen, whose menu trots out the usual curries, noodles and cheap lunch specials.