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| - A true gem, comparable to the best dumplings I have had in a restaurant. It is a tiny place, easy to walk by and miss. Each order comes with 15 luscious dumplings. The somewhat translucent, elastic wrappers were not too thick or too thin, yielding perfect mouthfuls with distinctly flavored fillings. There were both traditional dumpling flavors, such as pork/cabbage, pork/leek, and some unusual filling combinations for $7-10. The pork/mushroom and shrimp/leek/egg mushrooms are probably equally good boiled or fried into pot-stickers (add $1.50). In addition, we quite enjoyed the beef/curry/onion dumplings, which the very nice waiter recommended to be fried.
There were vinegar, chili oil and soy sauce on the tables, so you did not have to ask for them. We also had a delicious jellyfish and cucumber salad, dressed with vinegar and probably sesame oil. Although the waiter tried to tell us we were ordering too much for 2 people, we ate all but about 6 of the 45 dumplings. I will add that the leftover steamed dumplings were perfectly delicious straight out of my hotel refrigerator the next morning for breakfast!
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