Pros:
Hand made dumplings
Friendly service
Cons:
Soup filled dumplings were a little disappointing
I noticed this place when I came into the same plaza for hot pot one afternoon. As a big fan of dumplings I had to give this place a try.
This place is on the smaller side but they do manage to fit in as many seats as possible. It's a very busy place frequented by the local Chinese community. Turnover is pretty quick so you won't be waiting too long for a seat.
We ordered a pork and fennel dumpling, a soup filled dumpling, dan dan noodles, spicy won tons and a fired noodle for our little one. The prices here are very good for the portions you get. Overall, it's very competitive with some of the other good dumpling restaurants.
The dumplings here are hand made as far as I can tell. The wrappers are much thinker than I'm used to, but they were still very well made. The dan dan noodles and spicy won tons each had their own take on the dish. Usually, these dishes have a more sesame/peanut taste to it. Their rendition is a sweeter/spicy take but it was good nonetheless.
The soup filled dumplings (xiao long bao) was the only item not up to par in my opinion. They didn't have any soup in them when you bite in at all. They also didn't feel hand made at all. Soup filled dumplings are one of my favs so it kinda sucked that they weren't as good as everything else here.
The service here is pretty good considering English is not the main language spoken. Still, the servers speak enough English and all the menus have English for every item so you will not have a tough time at all if you don't speak Chinese.
This is a great little dumpling place overall. If you're a fan and are in the area, give it a try!!