Eggshell Bistro

North African–inspired eggs.

A tour of the city’s best dining.

Elegant egg dishes and a Spanish-inflected quinoa salad make this week’s list.

The five dishes you must try this week, including Union 50’s house-cured pastrami poutine.

Lunching ladies, grab your favorite women and push back your afternoon meetings. These classic lunch spots encourage lingering.

The five dishes you must try this week, including a tangy-sweet summer salad at Napolese.

Including a heavenly slice of Raspberry Champagne cake from The Cake Bake Shop.

This place has enough rustic-modern style (and Smoking Goose meats) to woo committed carnivores, and plenty of finesse in the kitchen to make them crave clean living.

Take a crack at this Chinese street-food delicacy, a stunning mosaic of herbal, aromatic flavors.

Other gilded bistros were working their magpie charms long before Eggshell Bistro made its debut. Petite Chou (14390 Clay Terrace Blvd., Carmel, 566-0765; 823 Westfield Blvd., 259-0765; cafepatachou.com) sparks a craving for crepes and broken yolk sandwiches in a dining room that looks like Martha Hoover’s Pinterest board > The brunch crowd gravitates to Good Morning Mama’s (1001 E. 54th St., 255-3800, goodmorningmamas.com) for innovative breakfast-to-brunch fair in a brightly refurbished car repair shop. We love the Hoosierfied Hawaiian Loco Moco with cheesy grits and sausage gravy, and the blueberry pancakes.

The egg came first. And, oh mon dieu, what an egg this was.