NYC List

This list may be out of date (last updated 2020, aside from Mel and Pierre Hermé 💔)
Recommended list; ❤️ means my favorites.

  • Ultime, Plaisir Sucre, and Tarte Infiniment Chocolate au Lait from Pierre Herme in NYC
  • L'imprimerie butter croissant cross-section, the best croissant in NYC
  • Ispahan at Pierre Herme at Saks in NYC

Bakeries/Pastries/Desserts (NYC)

  • Aux Merveilleux De Fred: coffee merveilleux (meringue and whipped cream)
  • Breads Bakery: babka
  • Burrow: nice not-too-sweet cakes with some Japanese influences
  • Cafe D’Avignon (DeKalb location): walnut croissant, baklava croissant
  • Daily Provisions: maple cruller
  • Empellon: avocado dessert
  • Golden Steamer: pumpkin bun
  • Ladurée: La Fraise
  • L’imprimerie: croissant
  • Mah-ze-Dahr Bakery
  • Petit Chou: choux
  • Runner & Stone: einkorn croissant, chocolate almond croissant
  • Sullivan Street Bakery: artichoke strecci, pizza bianca
  • Two Little Red Hens: scones, cupcakes
  • Mel: poppy einkorn miche ❤️
  • She Wolf Bakery: sourdough bread ❤️
  • Pierre Hermé: Tarte Infiniment Vanille, Ultime ❤️ closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Caramelle pasta with morels and goat cheese at Crown Shy

Restaurants

  • 88 Lan Zhou Handmade Noodle: delicious and cheap boiled dumplings. Cash only
  • Crown Shy: New American in FiDi with amazing complimentary bread
  • Fish Cheeks: popular Thai restaurant. Get the grilled branzino and coconut crab curry
  • Le Sia: Chinese seafood boil and skewers
  • Joe’s Steam Rice Roll
  • Nur: great Middle Eastern brunch with breads from the founder of Breads Bakery
  • Soothr: popular Thai restaurant with great koong karee
  • Szechuan Mountain House: Sichuan food in a classy setting, with St. Marks and Flushing locations
  • Xi’an Famous Foods: ubiquitous, solid, and fast. I like the pao mo, rou jia mo (pork burgers), and hand-pulled noodles
  • Yoon Haeundae Galbi: great Korean food, the non-KBBQ options are good as well
  • Shu Jiao Fu Zhou: excellent, cheap pork & chive dumplings. Cash only ❤️

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