5. Seaweed cocktails
Ubiquitous in sushi and other Japanese dishes, seaweed—considered a superfood for its nutritional benefits—has started trending as a snack, vegetable and salad ingredient. Besides the familiar nori, several other varieties are coming onto menus, including kelp, kombu, wakame and dulse. And these sustainable sea vegetables are finding their way to the bar as well as the kitchen, showing up in green-tinted seaweed cocktails.
On the menu: Siren’s Call at Apotheke in New York City
Gin, roasted seaweed, cucumber, squid ink, fresh-cut ginger and candy pearl with a black smoked lava salt rim