I think the overall eating experience that I had here was a 3, but since I appreciate this place being here and I'm excited to come back it gets a +1. Also, for our first time we tried all of the basics which were...just okay. Not spectacular. The haus bao zi filling was like a meatball that didn't fill in the inside of the bao. But then the bao itself was fluffy and light in taste. Yumz0rs.
The red bean bao was nice, both inside and outside. Tried the black bean & pork noodle bowl which I didn't think was great in comparison to other jajamyun I've had. The dumplings were okay; maybe a little too wet.
This is what I thought was great: first of all. Real bao! Thank you! We decided to come here after having gone to Umami and having to deal with the stupid slider trend. Also, with a name like dumplinghaus, a pretty cool logo and all hipstery in the inside ...I don't know what type of people you'd expect to be running this. But in the cash register there was a Chinese grandpa, cleaning the tables a Chinese grandpa, a bunch of old Chinese people yelling at each other in Chinese behind the bar. Great, no? I'll be back soon! :)