"2014-08-19T00:00:00"^^ . "0"^^ . . . "0"^^ . "I was a little disappointed by my last visit to Dumpling King. Food has generally gone downhill. \n\nThe table arrangement has changed. There are now only 2 tables + a long bar to sit and eat at.\n\nSALADS\nCucumber salad was mediocre. Not very flavourful. Wouldn't get this again.\nSeaweed or kelp salad was better. I'd get again only if I was craving seaweed.\n\nDUMPLINGS\nDumplings 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.) \n\nWe had the following types of dumplings:\n- chive & egg steamed\n- seafood boiled\n- pork & chive pan-fried\n- seafood pan-fried\n\nTHE FILLING\nEach 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.\n\nTHE WRAPPING\nPan-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\".\n\nThe 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.\n\nBoiled dumpling skin was fine, nothing exceptional nor horrible.\n\nTHE COOK\nPan-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. \n\nSteamed dumpling texture was coarse, dry, mealy and not good. These were not steamed well.\n\nBoiled dumplings were cooked fine.\n\nSERVICE\nService is mediocre. It was fine at doing the minimum (taking orders & bringing food), but not particularly helpful or pleasant. \n\nThere was annoying music playing rather loudly.\n\nAlthough 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."^^ . "3"^^ . "0"^^ . .