The noodles are thin, springy, and firm, with a slight but real chew -- some of the best I’ve tried in the city.

Cafe Luxembourg's Bibb salad is an elegant and structured ensemble of greens with a subtle gloss imparted by the dressing.

Yes, in many ways, Kossar's bacon, lettuce and tomato on a bialy is the perfect BLT.

I struggled to find a qualifier that did the Smith Burger justice, until Rag commenter John suggested “ambrosial.”

The thinness of the dough and fattiness of the pork and crab juices in Nan Xiang Express’s soup dumplings are top notch.

Moshe's sabich is mushy, messy, tasty, filling and delicious– the kind of sandwich that leaves you satiated for a week!

The key to the supreme quality of Murray's herring is that every fish is handpicked according to size and firmness.

Arayes are the Levantine equivalent to sliders, in which meat patties are stuffed into pitas, and which are then toasted.

Plum's shrimp bahn mi is the Vietnamese equivalent of the Big Easy's po' boy, and the restaurant executes it beautifully.

We stared in admiration at the chunks and dices of raw lamb, topped with two shiny quail egg yolks.

Osteria Accademia's vitello tonnato demands some focaccio on the side "to secure any residual drop of the delicious sauce."

Patis's Campfire Croissant is flaky and buttery, and the smokey chocolate ganache has depth and richness without being overwhelmingly sweet.

Motorino's baby kale Caesar salad is a grandiose dome of greens covered in Parmesan snow.

She passed out tap gloves to people requiring wheelchairs, turned on some energetic music, and started a dance class.

The avocado toast at Community Food and Juice is topped with charred lemon, feta and pumpkin seeds.

The tylikta sandwich at Yasouvlaki blends the flavors of meat, yogurt, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and pita into a succulent mouthful.

The Upper West Side kept love alive on August 5th for Theodore Dixon’s 100th birthday.

In Nai Brother's sauerkraut fish, sourness, pungency and heat hit one by one, but in a beautifully balanced way.

The Pad Thai Bolan at Sala Thai is gorgeous, with shiny noodles trapped inside an egg net, the whole thing just begging to be slashed open.

“I'll see your Number 9 line and raise you a Number 11!”