I give this a high 2, almost a 3 due to customer service.
Disclaimer: I am a self-appointed dumpling snob. I'm from Taiwan.
Moving onto the review..
My boyfriend told me about this food truck that comes to NoDa on Saturday afternoons so I was extremely excited - especially with the limited amount of authentic Asian food in Charlotte. Finally, the day arrived and I couldn't wait. I should also add that my boyfriend and I have been living a more vegetarian lifestyle but Asian food is usually pretty solid to that particular diet.. Lots of creative ways to eat veggies.
Unfortunately, out of their many options on their menu... Only 2 were Vegetarian friendly. One noodle dish and one dumpling option. That alone was very disappointing. There could easily be more mushroom based dumplings, for example.
Ordered a potatoe-veggie dumpling and I quickly realized that these are pre-made (understandably so), pre-frozen and tasted ...amateur. Skin of the dumpling was rough, wasn't reheated all the way through, very chewy and definitely NOT "fresh" tasting. The inside of the dumpling looked like mush. Very bland. The only saving grace was the sauce that the dumplings that are doused in. Now that - was probably the only good thing about my experience. (Mind you, we had 3 separate containers of these dumplings) I would not pay $9 again for cold, basic dumplings. Sorry :(
The noodles were ordered hot and arrived very cold. She said they were the last ones and could not be re-heated. I wish I had known that initially when we picked up the food but I digress. She was very nice though and gave us free dumplings. The noodles are something I would order again but only if they were piping hot.
ProTip:
× follow her on Instagram: @thedumplinglady for weekly updates on her locations and times
× if you are intent on trying her, I could recommend visiting her at the beginning of her shift instead of the later. Dumpling options start to dwindle and you might have better luck than I with fresher ones.