"The New World Mall is a maze of delicious options: Look in one direction, and a cook is slapping noodles as long as a jump rope at the Lanzhou stand. Look another way, and there’s a huge pan containing around 60 black sesame-topped, soup-filled buns lightly frying at the Pan Bao 66 stall. All over the place, cooks are folding pork and chive dumplings, dusting cumin and chile powder over Uyghur-style lamb kebabs, and stir-frying fish and veggies in mala spices. Go with friends to mix and match and share everything." - Caroline Shin