I'm not sure how it happened but I ate at quite a few dumpling houses this trip. I guess you can never have too many dumplings right? Well, Mon and I met up for an early Monday night dinner. The weather was spitting rain outside so it was nice to take comfort inside.
The place is pretty compact but it's cool how you can see the workers making the dumplings fresh in the kitchen. You can bring a bag of dumplings home (30 pieces for $10.35 - 15.00).
The menu is split into three: appetizers and soups, XLB's and pan fried dumplings. I love me some XLB's but I've never seen so many varieties for it. I'm a traditionalist though so when it comes down to it, always go with the classic.
- Cold noodles with peanut sauce ($2.99) - the noodles were passable but the flavour was pretty lacklustre. I wasn't a huge fan of the peanut sauce, which tasted watered down.
- Juicy pork (classic) (J1) ($6.99) - 10 XLB's for only $7! Are you kidding me??? What a steal. These were a satisfying take on the classic soup dumpling. Juicy, a pleasantly thin wrapper and balance of flavours.
- Pork, leek and shrimp (F4) ($8.99) - they were already out of most of their pan fried options but we were still able to try one type. These were on the small side and I wished they'd been crisped longer. That being said, they were still tasty and you do get 15 pieces.
Another solid spot in the ever expanding options of Chinatown 2. Love this area. 3.5 stars.