Toast to the new year with Brasserie Astoria’s signature/ namesake Toast Astoria ($32), topped with savoury shoyu brined trout roe, sweet Japanese snow crab (quite a sizeable mound) and fresh-tasting coldwater shrimps on a crispy golden-brown butter fried toast amped up with piquant wasabi aioli and pickled red onions. A very refreshing and refined starter (even better with the squeeze of lime).