The restaurant calls itself Qing Hua: Juicy Dumplings, and they don't lie. Just about the juiciest dumplings you'll ever eat in your life are here in this unsuspecting quiet little street of Montreal.
They serve the crescent style dumplings, rather than the more familiar pot stickers. I ordered the steamed pork, leek, and shrimp dumplings. The filling is sooooo juicy and tender. I think these are possibly the best dumplings that I've had in a while. The skin is really thin and tender. I think to have these dumplings fried would be a travesty because you wouldn't get the subtle tenderness of the filling or the skin as much.
I'm waffling a bit on giving this place 4 or 5 stars. Dumplings are definitely worth of 5 * consideration. The hot and sour soup that everyone raved about was okay. Didn't think it was anything special. The restaurant is a little confused about what it is. One half is cheap tacky Chinese and the other half is actually pretty nice EXCEPT it has this weird strip of linoleum tiles that continued from the cheap tacky side. I don't know. Maybe that's how the two halves of the restaurant are connected?
Regardless, if you're in Montreal, you should have the dumplings here. An order of 15 dumplings are about $10 (price varies by filling type). ***Cash only***