"While this Chinatown noodle spot is famed for its dumpling soup, you'd be making a mistake to skip the stretchy scallion pancakes. Hon’s isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel when it comes to this Chinese classic—they fry up a crispy, golden-brown disk with enough thinly sliced alliums to propagate a vertical farm. Splatter each pancake with the house chili oil and see if you’ll want to preemptively order more after your first bite (you will)." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez