This past school year I ate my way through some of the city’s ritzy culinary offerings: A rich gluten-free chocolate torte with ganache, ahi tuna egg rolls, parmesan-crusted halibut with pine nuts and pan-seared scallops paired with pumpkin and ham hash from Fish, duck confit over a seared potato cake, bacon wrapped dates and Guinness braised short ribs from Café Vino.