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| - After spicy wings, Chinese dumplings are right up there as happy comfort food for me. Yum yum. And if you've wandered around Chinatown West near Kensington Market, you've probably noticed the window where you can see hundreds of dumplings being handmade with several bowls of tasty fillings. Bring the kids.
Now, some of youse guys might think I'm crazy for liking Dumpling House. Yes, this is the same place that made sensationalist newspaper headlines a few months back because someone took a picture of vermin in the window, and then the place temporarily lost its "PASS" certification.
Maybe I'm an optimist here, but I like to believe that people can correct themselves, and I think the place is much cleaner overall since those headlines.
I'm glad, because this place is awesome, cheap, and awesome. My fave option is the 12-count, 3-variety choice, where I embrace ecstacy with steamed pork and chive, beef, and lamb. Other varieties include pork with fennel, pork with sour cabbage, shrimp, and more. A plate of 12 and some of their complementary green tea makes for a hearty meal for less than $7.
DH also offers fried dumplings, but I usually avoid those: to me, a fried dumpling should be large and robust, just blackened on the edges from tumbling in the wok, but these dumplings are narrower and when fried, come out looking like oily store-bought breakfast crepes connected with lingering dough.
My only other kvetch is that their chopsticks are of the thick, hard plastic variety, which seem to need a stronger grip in order for you to not lose your dumpling into your lap. But, you know, if you do, they're so damned cheap... just order another plateful!
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