I love dumplings. Love them. And I grew up thinking that they are only to be served as appetizers with more sauces than dumplings on a dish, so it has been wonderful to discover that there are restaurants where dumplings are the star item.
I did takeout from Mother's on a Saturday night and was pretty excited about it. I must have read the Yelp page about a gazillion times and I have to hand it to you, Yelpers, you were spot on.
My order consisted of pan-fried bak choi, mushroom, and tofu dumplings and the onion pancake. The dumplings were devine! There was some noodley action on the inside but I was kind of into it.
The onion pancake was too much for me. It was fried and doughy and oniony, and while I typically like all of these things, it was overwhelming. I guess it was just too much fried food; most of the time when I was eating, I wish I had a salad instead of an onion pancake. I'm glad I gave it a go but I am not sure if I'd order it again.
For $11.12, I got ten dumplings and a whole meal of fried deliciousness, plus some steamy glasses when I went inside to pick up my food. Mmm.