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.
If a place has great noodles, there’s a good chance it has great dumplings, too. And the ten-for-$3 fried pork ones here don’t disappoint. Read more.
If you can find this teensy stall in the basement of the Golden Mall, you’ll be rewarded with choose-your-own-filling dumplings featuring ingredients like Chinese sausage, sea bass and bamboo shoots. Read more.
The best soup dumplings in Manhattan’s Chinatown can be found at this spot—maybe because you can see them being made right before your eyes. Read more.
The noodle gurus at Xi’an Famous Foods (and its sit-down spinoff) clearly have a way with dough and meat, so it’s no surprise that their spicy and sour lamb dumplings are incredible. 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.
Soup dumplings and black truffle? Our foodie hearts just skipped a beat. You can find these pork-filled flavor bombs (listed, adorably, as "truffle tiny buns" on the menu) at this busy Flushing spot. Read more.
Yep, our favorite thing here just happens to be meat-free, filled with perfectly seasoned mushrooms, carrots and bok choy. Tip: Grab a bag of frozen whole-wheat vegetable dumplings on your way out. 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 operation has moved to Bensonhurst, but those $1.50 chive and pork dumplings are the same delicious ones you scarfed on the LES. 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.
Yes, the pretzel pork and chive dumplings at this Asian-American spot are far from traditional, but the crispy, salty dough and the accompanying spicy mustard make for an addictive combination. Read more.
