Consider the 7 train your ticket to paradise: It brings you directly to White Bear's spicy wontons—piping-hot, pork-filled bundles of goodness, which come topped with chile oil and pickled veggies. Read more.
Hold up, the best crab soup dumplings are in the East Village? This spinoff of Flushing spot Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao made believers out of us. (Save room for a chocolate-banana bao for dessert.) Read more.
You might think the name is hyperbole, but with more than a hundred kinds of dumplings, it’s actually pretty accurate. This is where you’ll find creative combos like duck and shiitake. Read more.
They’re called pot stickers for a reason, and the perfectly crispy, golden-brown edges of this Sunset Park counter’s pork-and-leek four for $1 dumplings are quintessential. Read more.
Get the boiled, pork-filled beauties doused in bright-red chile oil and (we’re pretty sure) some kind of pixie dust. Seriously, the stuff is magical. Read more.
The paper-thin wrappers and flavorful broth make the pork and crab soup dumplings more than worth the price. (You may just have to make do with four instead of 20.) Read more.
We’re partial to the signature chicken-and-zucchini dumplings, pan-fried, at this sisters-run spot. Make sure to dunk them in as much of the tangy-spicy-sweet “secret sauce” as possible. Read more.
It’s hard to pick just one favorite dish from the dim sum wizards at Nom Wah, but the delicate, steamed shrimp and snow pea leaf bundles are definitely up there. Read more.
