During a recent dinner at Wayan, a new Indonesian restaurant in Nolita, one of the owners — Ochi — fluttered from table to table, pollinating conversations with tidbits and jokes that helped ...

Robert Sietsema is the former Eater NY senior critic with more than 35 years of experience covering dining in New York City. As I pushed my way through the luffing curtain and into the dim warmth of ...

At the chef’s counter at Wayan, Cédric and Ochi Vongerichten’s stunner of an Indonesian restaurant, a waiter pours a glass of Champagne as cooks tend to sizzling satays. Skewered meats are normally a ...

At Wayan in New York’s SoHo neighborhood, husband-and-wife team Cédric and Ochi Vongerichten serve up the French-Indonesian cuisine that landed the restaurant with a recommendation in the Michelin ...

The moment I stepped through the doors of Wayan Aspen, the cold mountain air dissolved into a lush, Balinese dream. Outside, the snow-dusted streets felt worlds away as I took in the scene before me.

According to its Web site, Wayan, a new restaurant on a prime block of Nolita, offers “Indonesian cuisine with a modern French flair”—a description that feels borrowed from an era when it was in vogue ...

There is new culinary talent in Aspen away from the slopes this season — and they’re serving up fare that isn’t the pasta or sushi usually found on menus in the luxury haven. Cederic Vongerichten, son ...