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| - My hungry partner and I tried this place on a whim, drawn in by the delicious-looking menus outside...and WOW am I glad we went in!! Ordered 3 types of dumplings and a green onion pancake. We were the first diners of the day at around 11:15am, and we knew we were in for something special when the lady who took out order went to a metal counter at the front window and immediately started preparing our food: dumpling wrappers made fresh from scratch, cut from the dough and rolled out while we watched. She worked quickly and with obvious skill, and in a short time our orders arrived.
We had steamed veggie, egg and dried shrimp dumplings (15 per order), and two kinds of pan fried dumplings (12 per order): spinach and black mushroom, and fresh shrimp with veggie. The wrappers were outstanding: tender and not too thick. The pan fried dumplings were crispy on the bottom with lacy fried flour connecting them, and the steamed dumplings were juicy and well sealed to keep in the flavour. All three were delicious, but my fav was definitely the steamed egg/dried shrimp. The spinach filling was so fresh, and the whole fresh shrimp in the shrimp/veggie pan fried was juicy and perfect. Despite having three dumplings in variation of shrimp/veggie, all three each had its own unique flavour and were well-seasoned. I would order them ALL again for sure; however, the green onion pancake, while crisp, fresh and hot, was just ok next to the deliciousness of the dumplings - next time I will skip it and go straight to dumpling goodness!
Overall: outstanding in both flavour and value. I will be back!!
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