VALENTINA VEE: New York City.
Tourists, 60 million.
Population, 8 million.
Restaurants, 24,000-- in Manhattan alone.
It's pretty much a guarantee that, no matter where you're
from, you can find something you want to eat here, even
if it is foie gras ice cream.
No, I didn't make that up.
That's actually a real thing.
Almost every culture in the world
has a way of putting meat in dough.
Whether it's mandu, kreplach, samosas, empanadas,
dumplings rule the world.
We're here at Shanghai Cafe, in lower Manhattan, in Chinatown.
And they make the famous soup dumplings--
xiaolongbao.
"Xiaolong" is actually the name of the bamboo basket
it's steamed in.
And "bao" means "bun."
These soup dumplings originated in northern China.
And a lot of families get together and make them
for Chinese New Year, because they're supposed to represent
prosperity and good luck.
Here's how to properly eat a soup dumpling.
You pick it up and dip it in vinegar.
Then what you do, you nip the top,
and you suck all the soup out.
And after all that is gone, one shot.
The great thing about this is that
this whole plate costs $4.50.
You just can't beat that!
That was so good!
I feel like I'm going to have dumpling dreams for days.
But I wonder what else I can eat.
This is Piemonte.
They supply pasta and gnocchi and tortellini
for a lot of the restaurants, here in Little Italy.
But they're most famous for their ravioli.
They haven't let anyone in with a camera in the last 50 years,
so we can't go in.
But at least we can taste it.
[operatic italian music]
There's a lot of types of raviolis.
This place is famous for their lobster ravioli.
We're eating their meat ravioli.
But, if we were in big, big Italy, not Little Italy,
and it were Friday or lent, we wouldn't be eating meat at all.
We'd be eating vegetarian dishes.
The word "ravioli" is actually from an old Italian word
called riavvolgere, which means "to wrap"--
kind of like a dumpling.
This is Gent.
He's the owner of Paesano.
It's a family--
like, a neighborhood friend, family friend.
Mhm.
They're just, like, a good friend--
Oh, so this is, like, the neighborhood place!
- Exactly. - To come and eat.
Yeah, ravioli's probably the most popular dish we have,
just because everyone likes ravioli.
You know, we get it delivered daily.
It's one of our most popular pastas.
You can't go wrong with the ravioli.
You can get this dish of meat ravioli for $11.50.
But you know what?
I'm still kinda hungry.
[choral russian music]
[speaking russian] New York City.
[speaking russian] And I kind of feel like I'm home.
Now, when people say "Russian food," a lot of people think,
borscht.
But actually, Russians have perfected the art
of putting meat into dough.
Whether it's manti-- pirozhki, whether it's boiled,
steamed, or fried, Russians know how to do it up.
OK, so, right now, I'm about to eat a veal pelmeni.
And if you look at it, it kind of looks like a Chinese wonton.
There's a reason for that.
The Mongols brought the wonton to Siberia.
And Siberians did their own recipe
and renamed it "pelmeni."
The difference with these is the blend of spices inside,
and also they're usually served with sour cream on the side.
There are all sorts of pelmeni fillings,
but two things are the same.
One, they are always boiled, and two,
they are always made with unleavened dough.
But the real question is, is this better than my mom's?
All right.
Sorry, mom.
That plate of pelmeni was $15, by the way.
And I think I'm finally full.
From Chinese to Italian to Russian,
I feel like I've only scratched the surface of dumplings
in New York City and the food in New York City in general.
There's just so much more to explore.
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