The best dishes Eater editors ate this week: August 19

Since Eater editors sometimes eat out several times a day, we come across many outstanding dishesand we don’t want to keep any secrets. Check back every week to find out the best things we ate that week.

Stracciatella and homemade bread at Roberta’s Penn One

The new Roberta’s, just north of Madison Square Garden, could be mistaken for an odd sort of sports bar, and the menu is full of drinks and snacks. The bread service ($19) could easily make a complete meal, especially if you count the Spanish anchovies ($8) and house-made butter ($4). Actually, you need all that to eat with the bread — made of pizza dough, no doubt — that’s served extravagantly puffed up, like a poori. (Don’t burn your little fingers on the steam!) Spread butter on the delicious bread and use it to scoop up the sloppy cheese and a salty, fishy anchovy. There’s no more satisfying bite in town. One Penn Plaza, 33rd Street, Midtown — Robert Sietsema, senior critic

Stephanie Wu/Eater NY

Bolo Bao breakfast sandwich at Dogwood Cafe

I loved seeing how creative the team at Figure Eight has been with their space—before opening, they hosted a pop-up with guest chefs, and now they’re using weekends to host Dogwood Café, a pop-up run by Figure Eight pastry chef Janice Sung. A short line formed out the door before opening at 10 a.m., but counter service moved quickly and there was plenty of seating in the restaurant. The cold brew with black sesame sweet cream was fantastic; it was pricey at $8, but it came with an adorable dog-shaped sesame meringue cookie. I loved the salted duck yolk croissant ($7), which is reminiscent of the egg yolk lava buns you often find at dim sum. But I’ll be back for the bolo bao breakfast sandwich ($13) — a split pineapple bun with a sweet topping, filled with steamed egg, cheddar cheese, and sweet aioli. Be quick — they’re open Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., unless items sell out beforehand. 18 Cornelia Street, between Bleecker Street and West Fourth Street, Greenwich Village — Stephanie Wu, Editor in Chief

Melissa McCart/Eater NY

Shrimps with salt and pepper in Cha Cha Tang

At Cha Cha Tang, I enjoyed the head-on salt-and-pepper shrimp ($24)—the savory heads pair with a sweet interior, served with crispy rice cakes. The steamed branzino and garlic vegetables were also excellent examples of truly elegant cuisine. The restaurant from Wilson Tang and John McDonald, who have teamed up with chefs Doron Wong and Akiko Thurnauer, was a pop-up in the former Hancock Street space; as of August 8, it is now permanent. 257 Sixth Avenue, corner of Bedford Street, Greenwich Village — Melissa McCart, editor

Emma Orlow/Eater NY

Masa pancakes at Cocina Consuelo

When Sobre Masa opened in Bushwick, it became the city’s “first tortilleria based entirely on imported heirloom grains.” Their dough has become the de facto supplier for a new wave of Mexican restaurants that have opened in recent years. The most recent is Cocina Consuelo, which sourced its dough from Sobre Masa and uses it for its masa pancakes ($12). That’s one of the many reasons this Harlem supper club-style restaurant is one to keep an eye on. 130 Hamilton Place, West 143rd Street, Harlem – Emma Orlow, reporter