what are your favorite dishes at nyc restaurant's?

i was just curious what everyone's favorite dishes (not meals) were at nyc's restaurant's? i'll start it off...

i love the gnoccheti with wild boar ragu at assenzio on 4th b/t a&b. it may be one of my most favorite dishes in manhattan. the gnocceti is perfectly cooked and the ragu has a great earthy flavor with carrots and potatoes.

i also love one of the dessert's at suba: they are little sugared donuts with warm milk chocolate in the middle. i don't remember the name, but wow are the incredible!

anyone else care to share?

[steve h]

fluke ceviches at le bernardin, salumi and tocai at lupa, mussels at casa mono, crudo AND spaghetti neri at esca, potato chips at bar americain, porterhouse at keens, oysters at shaffer city, foie gras and wine at veritas, burgers at pj clarkes/molly's/shake shack.

[theannerska]

- Popeye Eggs or the Lemon Ricotta Pancakes at Sarabeth's
- Waldorf Chicken Salad at CPK (yes, yes I know)
- the Summer Bries sandwich at Serendipity - granny apple slices, baked brie, roasted turkey
- pistachio gelato at Otto
- cream puffs at Beard Papa
- cannolis at Rocco's
- the Honey Oat (?) with tofu-scallion cream cheese at Ess-A-Bagel

[Ali B]

These are some of my Manhattan favorites that I keep going back for again and again and again...

-the Gnocchi at Sette Mezzo
-the Papaya Salad, and the Mango w/ sweet sticky rice dessert at Pam Real Thai
-Peking Duck at Mainland
-Cheese Omelet & grits at Pink Teacup
-Paté w/ mushrooms at Bar Carrera
-Veggie Burger at Houston's (I'm sorry, but I have to put that on here, it is SO good!)
-Steak for Two and Ben & Jack's Salad at Ben and Jacks
-Sophie's chopped salad at Mesa Grill

bucatini amatriciana at lupa
olive oil gelato at otto
shoe string fries at spotted pig
burger and fries at burger joint/le parker meridien
bu loc lac and papaya salad at saigon grill
tamarind duck @ wondee siam 2
apple cider doughnuts @ hearth
buta kakuni @ sakagura
fluke ceviche tasting @ le bernardin
pistachio mousse @ fauchon
bbq pork chops @ nha trang
bbq pork chops on rice @ nicky's
beef sate @ nyonya
chicken skin yakitori @ village yokocho
lasagna @ max's
fried chicken @ mama's
roasted chicken @ casa adela
pistachio cupcake @ sugar sweet sunshine
blueberry pancakes @ clinton st. baking co.
sticky toffee pudding @ schiller's
bacon wrapped dates @ 1492
mango mousse @ devi
and the list goes on and on.

Last month I had liguini alla vongole at Coppola's on W79 Street. It was just about as good as when I had it in Rome at Ristorante 34.

Mu Shoo Chicken
Pan fried Dumplings

at Our Place II on 55th Street bewteen Lex and 3rd

Best in the city. Period.

(The seafood dishes are terrible, rest is fine.)

damn, i'm getting hungry

lamb chops @ devi
onion soup at baltazar
gnudi at spotted pig
wontons at great ny noodletown
razor clams at peasant

The roasted organic chicken at Gramercy Tavern (or anything I've ever tasted there)

The Alaskan Black Cod, marinated overnight in honey and vinegar and roasted in a blistering oven, at BLT Fish

The burnt ends of brisket at R.U.B.

Tandoori venison at Tamarind

The frîtes and boudin noir at Les Halles

The crab cake at Four Seasons

The seafood sausage at Chanterelle

The garlic bread/gorgonzola fondue at Michael Jordan's

Turbot with comté crust in champagne sauce at Le Perigord

Sturgeon with caviar beurre blanc at Petrossian

SANDWICHES:

Cubano at Cafecito on Avenue C

Banh Mi at the Broome Street purveyor

The Shack Burger at Shake Shack (I'm counting the days till March 15)

The New York Special (prosciutto, provolone, mortadella, salami, roasted pepper, mushrooms) at the Italian Food Center on Grand Street

AND GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

The Cubano at Spanish-American Food on E. 13th St.

Stuffed jalapeños at The Alamo

Alsatian "pizza" at Lutèce (under Soltner)

Fresh fettucine with sautéed cod cheeks, tomato confit, and asparagus tips, wound through with sevruga caviar at La Fourchette (Marc Murphy)

Beignets filled with bittersweet chocolate at Tam-Tam

Boned lamb rack wrapped in a lamb's caul, slathered with ratatouille, then wrapped tightly with bok choy at Tatou (Neal Myers)

I, too, could go on . . . .

veal/sweatbread wrapped in cabbage dish at Hearth....now I'm craving it again.

giant tempura prawns at Honmura An

steak burritos at rocking horse

Avocado toast at Cafe Gitane
Grilled Corn at Cafe Habana
The Lobster Roll at Mermaid Inn
The Spotted Pig Burger and Gnudi
The meatballs at 'Inoteca
Steak Frites at Pastis

The list can go on...

i love pork dishes at Lupa.
also love pork chops at lanan.
omg, i didnt know i was such a pork lover.

I love the Gnudi at The Spotted Pig and the Orange Sour Cream Donuts w/Mexican hot chocolate at Good.