Dumplings Are a Good Thing in a Small Package

Dumplings Are a Good Thing in a Small Package: New York has been a dumpling town for a long time, but lately the two-bite delights are being executed with meticulous care — and stuffed, pinched and twisted into fresh manifestations.

Restaurant: Takashi

Another one from Bourdain (The Layover NYC). I want to go just to try the IR grills.
From the website:

Our menu is beef, all beef and nothing but beef!  Choice cuts of Premium Japanese and American Angus are delicately prepared and served raw to be grilled right at your table (yakiniku), as well as a decadent selection of variety meats (horumon).  Whether you're a finicky eater and prefer to stick to delicious ribeye and short ribs, or more adventuous and up for our to-die-for raw liver and flash-boiled achilles tendon, you'll be in cow-heaven.

Restaurant: Torrisi

Our next dinner in NYC. Bourdain featured this place in the No Reservations: Naples episode.

Recipe: Bo Ssam (Pork Shoulder)

this one gets added to the list of recipes to try: Korean Pork Shoulder. from David Chang, chef--Momofuku

Restaurant: To Hyang

To Hyang is a Korean restaurant featured on A. Bourdain's "The Layover: San Francisco." Looks good.