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| - I like Mother's dumplings, but I have had better. It's one of those places that does some things well, and some things...not so much. Nonetheless, it's a decent enough spot for a quick dumpling fix.
The service is friendly enough, but generally tends to be very slow. All the dumplings are fresh and made in-house. You'll see the lady behind the glass panel working away at your dumplings (or likely someone else's) while you wait. The fillings are tasty for the most part, especially the lamb and pretty much anything they serve with a pork filling. My main gripe is with the "juicy pork buns" (aka soup dumpling/xiao long bao), which always seem to burst at some point between the steaming process and before arriving to your table. In fact, I can say that every time I have visited Mother's, they are incapable of putting together a xiao long bao where the skin does not break before it gets to you.
Broken and juiceless XLB. Every time.
That being said, I've returned here on a few occasions.Its definitely not the place for perfect XLB reminiscent of Taiwan's Din Tai Fung or Markham's counterfeit Ding Tai Fung, but it'll do if you're in the area, or don't have a personal stake in the the pursuit of the perfect soup dumpling.
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