At Criss Studio, sake is not an alternative to wine, but part of our pairing language — chosen for the way it works with fermentation, umami, smoke, spice, broths, vegetables and the Polish-Jamaican character of our tasting menu.

On our Spring Tasting Menu, Chłodnik Litewski becomes a condensed one-spoon soup: cold, bright, herbal and finished with lemon oil for an even fresher, more rounded aroma.

At Criss Studio, Mateusz A. Żurek and Jahmarley Grant are creating a Polish-Jamaican cuisine that did not exist as a ready-made tradition — a new culinary language built from memory, history, respect, research and taste.

At Criss Studio, we often begin with something familiar — then take it apart, question it, and build it again in our own language. The Bully Beef Sandwich is one of those dishes. In Jamaica, bully beef — canned corned beef — is more than a product. It belongs to everyday cooking, quick meals, family kitchens, late-night hunger, childhood memories and moments when food needs to be simple, generous and immediate. It is not luxurious in the classical sense. But it carries someth