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| - I heard about this place from my coworker, who mentioned the $0.99 xiaolongbao! Apparently it's usually very busy, but we managed to arrive for lunch on Friday and got seated immediately! The decor is minimal and seating is a bit cramped. The service wasn't that great, with relatively unfriendly staff, though that's expected at most Chinese restaurants of a similar calibre.
The food itself was pretty good, especially the xiaolongbao! We ordered the "silk skin" pork XLB and pork and crab XLB, both of which had a thin wrap with lots of tender meat and soup on the inside. It's a better deal than the ones at Ding Tai Fung. The mapo tofu was also decent. However, the pan-fried dumplings were far too oily. When I was eating them, I could feel the oil sticking to the inside of my mouth, and when we poured the "soup" of the inside into a bowl, most of it was oil. Gross. All in all, this is a great place for a quick fix of xiaolongbao! I'd rate it as follows:
Atmosphere: 3/5
Service: 2.5/5
Food: 4/5
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