I had really high hopes for Yummy Yummy Dumplings but it is just okay. The restaurant is a little dark and dingy - cleanliness can be questionable. The lady server spoke Mandarin and minimal English, but enough to be able to communicate your order. She is very friendly and was sure to check up on us often with a smile. We ordered the pan fried shrimp pork and chive dumplings, juicy pork buns, and zha jiang noodles with minced meat.
- Pan fried shrimp, pork, and chive dumplings: I think these are made to order because I saw a gentleman making dumplings in the kitchen and then heard from frying shortly after. These are pretty good, but certainly not the best I've had. They are good alone or with hot chili oil.
- Juicy pork buns: I'm not quite sure what the difference is between this and xiao long bao which is listed separately on the menu because it looks the same. Each order comes with 6 of these little nuggets. You eat it the same as you would a XLB where you bite off the top of the skin and slurp up the soup, then devour the rest. Tasted fresh.
- Zha jiang noodles: It costs an extra $1 if you choose to have meat. You can also decide whether you want this dish to be cold or hot. We opted for the hot. Refreshing and light, it certainly did not make me feel fat as I was eating it. I did expected it to have more flavor so that was a little disappointing. I liked it more when I mixed in some hot chili oil. Good portion size.
Overall, I thought the food here was somewhat on the more bland side however I guess it's cool because it made me feel healthy I suppose. While this place is not expensive, it is definitely not dirt cheap which is surprising since it looks so ghetto in there. I noticed that many of the customers were non-Chinese foreigners which may or may not mean anything - probably stumbled in due to Yelp reviews like myself.