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| - I was a little disappointed by my last visit to Dumpling King. Food has generally gone downhill.
The table arrangement has changed. There are now only 2 tables + a long bar to sit and eat at.
SALADS
Cucumber salad was mediocre. Not very flavourful. Wouldn't get this again.
Seaweed or kelp salad was better. I'd get again only if I was craving seaweed.
DUMPLINGS
Dumplings are not as good as they used to be. They're now smaller & shaped/sized like regular dumplings you could get anywhere. (They used to be a squatter shape. Also, Dumpling King used to have wonderful crispy deep-fried dumplings.)
We had the following types of dumplings:
- chive & egg steamed
- seafood boiled
- pork & chive pan-fried
- seafood pan-fried
THE FILLING
Each of the fillings we had were tasty. The chive & egg filling was very nice. We also enjoyed the seafood mixture. The pork & chive is a classic choice and they did it fine.
THE WRAPPING
Pan-fried dumplings (potstickers) were very badly constructed. The skins/wrappers were left completely open so no juices could be trapped inside the dumpling. To be clear, there was zero attempt to seal up the dumpling. The wrapper was just pressed together at one connection point like a gaping bathrobe. We actually asked (on our second round of orders) if they could use the regular closed dumplings and pan-fry those for us. The response was "no".
The skin of the steamed egg & chive dumplings was the wrong texture. The skin was too thick and coarse and chewy. The skin seemed undercooked, probably because they're so thick. It had a dry, mealy texture which did not go well with the egg & chive filling at all.
Boiled dumpling skin was fine, nothing exceptional nor horrible.
THE COOK
Pan-fried dumplings were only browned on one side. The sear on that one side was good, but it would have been nice if they had cooked other surfaces too. All the dumplings in the order were attached, which is non-ideal.
Steamed dumpling texture was coarse, dry, mealy and not good. These were not steamed well.
Boiled dumplings were cooked fine.
SERVICE
Service is mediocre. It was fine at doing the minimum (taking orders & bringing food), but not particularly helpful or pleasant.
There was annoying music playing rather loudly.
Although the food quality has worsened and the service isn't great, Dumpling King still serves dumplings with some less typical fillings which are fairly tasty. I'm not sure where else to go for egg & chive dumplings. Next time, I'd probably stay away from the potsticker style (pan-fried) and steamed dumplings and just go for the hard-to-mess-up boiled dumplings instead.
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