In his New York Diet, Frank Bruni tells us that he's "a huge, huge fan of the chicken-salad sandwich ... there's one slice of smoked Gouda at the bottom and it's very mayonnaisey, which I love." Read more.
Worth trying at this posh but low-key place: the two-course prix-fixe lunch ($8) with vegetable dumplings stuffed with shiitake mushroom, sweet corn and peanut, plus steaming pad see ew with beef. Read more.