The Absolute Best Knish in New YorkIconic New York food or starch-on-starch anachronism, the potato-stuffed pastry provides nostalgia and nourishment in equal measure.
The Absolute Best Izakayas in New YorkSpending an evening at one of the city’s izakayas — a.k.a. Japanese gastropubs — is one of the most transportive things you can do in this city.
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The Absolute Best Mapo Tofu in New YorkIt’s bewitchingly addictive, holds up well as leftovers, and is so popular that you can get it at countless restaurants throughout the city.
It’s a Wonderful Time to Be a DumplingFrom Chinatown zheng jiao and the momos in Jackson Heights, to the XL XLBs in the East Village that were almost too big to photograph for this story.