Last Friday night, new restaurant 1 Knickerbocker celebrated its official opening night with a party

Seated by owner Giorgio Voglino at the bar, we took off our heavy coats welcoming the heat coming from an open oven in the back corner

Bushwick is going through an Asian restaurant boom lately with Bunker, Bon Spice, and Falansai all opening up in the past year

Crispy sashimi rolls made of rice as light as a heavenly cloud, savory ramen soup that restore your faith in humanity, shrimp rolls that make you want to leave for Hanoi and never come back – yes, dear Asian food lovers, Bushwick has just the stuff for you

This is Part I of a rolling conversation with photographer and sense provocateur