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| - I LOVE this place. My cousin suggested this location after my family and I helped her move into her new condo downtown... so afterwards we all went to Chinatown to try out this place. When we walked in, there was already a line up! luckily they had a big table open at the back for the 5 of us, so we happily sat down and started to look at the choices.
they have tons of options for dumplings... but of course being a dumpling house, some of their other shanghai dishes are pretty good too. We ordered their shanghai noodles (starry) and their soup noodles with braised beef. For dumplings we ordered both the steamed and the panfried dumplings with a variety of filling flavours. they actually have an option where you can make one order with 3 flavours so you get a few pieces of each flavour within that order.
Shanghai noodles ????:
the dish size was quite large and there was a lot of food for one plate! But i LOVE the noodles. I"ve had my fair share of shanghai noodles, and i must say this was probably one of the best ones I've ever had. Their noodles don't taste like manufacturer's... I actually wonder if it was made in house - it had a nice spring to it, kinda like the equivalent of al dente pasta. I love the texture of the noodles, the sauce was very good. not overwhelming but quite tasty, along with the other ingredients of the dish, everything just worked really well together.
panfried dumplings ??:
the way they served them reminded me of the fried dumplings I ordered in Ding Tai Fung when i was in Taiwan. They serve it upside down and you break the 'crispy skin' that attaches them all together and the result is an amazing pan fried dumpling that isn't stuck to the plate! it also doesn't end up in oil pooling at the bottom because they served it this way. The pork and veg, the beef were both great. the shrimp was kind of milder tasting for those who don't like such intense and salty/savoury filings that would be great for them.
steamed dumplings ???:
These were classic, great overall. the skin is nice and soft, i love the juices are kept inside the dumpling until you bite into them :) again the shrimp one was kind of bland compared to the others, which my fiancé loved because he doesn't care for too salty fillings. But I personally liked the pork ones with bok choy or with chives. the chives edges out because i find it's more fragrant than the bok choy.
Braised beef soup noodles ?????:
Now these are done just the same as the stir-fried so perhaps they are made in house. the broth wasn't too salty, which was nice. The beef was cooked well and the flavour was quite good, but maybe because this came after the stirfry it felt a bit more bland likely because of the soup broth. but overall this is a great dish for those that like ????? .
All in all, I was very surprised by how good the food was at this place. The dumplings are made fresh in-house, which you can see by the window at the front entrance of the restaurant. Its a small place, quite cosy and you can't sit there for very long because it's so busy. But, the portions are quite generous and the price isn't that expensive either. If you want good chinese food in Chinatown for a reasonable price and don't mind the wait? This is it :)
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