I'm a sucker for dumplings, doesn't matter what nationality-they all make me happy. Learning we have a restaurant here in the valley making traditional dumplings I had to go. Dumpling types vary by day, including a vegan option(no egg in the wrapper) along with very proper egg fried rice. Tonight we opted for the dumpling/egg fried rice combo, an order of the vegan cabbage and mushroom, iced milk tea and the cucumber salad. The cucumber salad was a perfect start; cucumber, bell pepper, peanut sauce and a little vinegar. You mix it all up at the table and dig in, we easily could have gotten another order. The dumplings were rich with a perfect tingle enhancing the flavor. The combo with pork, shrimp & chive were juicy with the thinnest skin that held up to our chopsticks. The vegan mushroom and cabbage had a slightly thicker wrapper with a deep intense filling. The egg fried rice appears bland, but don't let that fool you! We did finish with the apple dumplings, again clean rich flavors.
We had a chance to chat with the owner, and there were lots of questions! Key is simplicity with all of his food, no crazy list of ingredients-just all prepared with definite care.
This is a definite must come back, this time with a few friends and be able to sample more than the two we had(I definitely want to experience the Szechuan "Angry Dumpling". read more