RangUni Takes Tiki Snacks to the Next Level at Chicago's Lost Lake

Crab Rangoon, an American-Chinese staple around since the ‘50s, was purportedly invented at tiki bar Trader Vic’s circa 1956. That origin story inspired Chef Fred Noinaj of Chicago’s Lost Lake to create ranguni, a rich, buttery uni version of the fried snack.

“I just had to have a foot on that OG-vs-new-wave-tiki border, just like Lost Lake’s cocktails,” he says. After deeming a crab version “too easy,” Noinaj...