Sixteen of us met for an Unofficial Yelp Event (UYE). After pushing two large round tables together, we were seated in the side room. Each table ordered its own things but with some advice from Philip T. whose review inspired the UYE.
Our table ordered:
Beef soup dumplings
Crystal dumplings
Crispy beef
Beef patty
Cumin lamb
Beef fried rice
Dim sum dumplings
The standout dish for me was the cumin beef. Complex flavors with good spiciness but it could have been kicked up a notch or two. The soup dumplings were also very good and the tip of using your chopsticks to coax the dumpling onto your spoon resulted in a filled dumpling with the soup inside. The wrapper is very thin but it's so worth the effort to get the full dumpling with it's beef filling and beef soup on the inside.
I enjoyed the crispy beef. The beef fried rice was good as were the dim sum dumplings. The crystal dumplings fell a little short in flavor and the beef patty--the item I suggested--was my least favorite. I thought the bread covering the beef was too thick and the ground beef was somewhat greasy.
As mentioned in some reviews, while they serve dumplings, there is much more on the menu than dumplings and when I go back it will be for one of those dishes than for the dumplings.
This is the kind of place you go with friends to share. It's the only was to be able to try a number of items. Thanks to Stefany for putting the UYE together. Good food, good Yelp company. It doesn't get better than this.