The Best Dishes Eater Editors Ate This Week Steamed rice rolls with crispy pork, beef jerky, and more standout dishes across New York City Share this story Robert Sietsema/Eater NY The amount of excellent food available in New York City is dizzying — even during a pandemic — yet mediocre meals somehow keep worming their way into our lives. With Eater editors dining out sometimes several times a day, we do come across June 1 Pla tod kamin at Ugly Baby The newly reopened Ugly Baby is hitting its stride, despite a complicated system for reserving and ordering based mainly on Instagram communication. This last weekend two friends and I enjoyed an amazing meal via some last-minute seating at the bar overlooking the kitchen — which was actually the best seat in the house. This sea bream (sometimes called red drum, sea bass, or dorado, $30) was a highlight of our meal, flipped right from the saute pan onto the serving plate and heaped with crunchy yellow crumbs — which is partly where the turmeric part comes in. The yellow spice, with its earthy flavor, showcased the clean taste of the fish, which came off in great chunks as we raked our forks over the creature’s crisp sides. Altogether, it’s one of the most satisfying whole-fish presentations in town, and not a shred of flesh was left. 4