"456 Shanghai is another irreplaceable and long-standing Shanghainese restaurant in Manhattan’s Chinatown. It’s been around since 1963, serving rotund buns filled with pork as well as other dim sum staples and daily lunch specials. Their plump, thicker-skinned xiao long bao are some of the least expensive on the guide—you get eight pork soup dumplings for $5.50. That detail alone makes 456 Shanghai useful to know about anytime you want a satisfying meal for about two subway fares." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, carlo mantuano, molly fitzpatrick