After reading the reports here, we tried Pan Fried Dumplings today. Order was ready at 12:01, and we ate them at 12:40.
Zha ziang mian: Sauce was too salty and was one-dimensional with too much bean paste. Edible but not very good.
SJB: Smaller than I thought they’d be, and very fried on the bottom. Almost seemed like the bottom halves had been deep fried, and the dough had an oily deep-fried taste. By the time we ate them, some (but not all) of the soup had soaked into the dough, but none had leaked out. These were tasty but also pretty heavy. Wouldn’t rush back for these.
Snowflake dumpling, spicy mushroom and chicken filling: Despite the car journey and the time in between frying and eating, these were great. The dumpling dough is colored pink (presumably to differentiate from other fillings) and the snowflake crispy bottom was pretty (though slightly overcooked in one section). The filling was very tasty, and these didn’t require any dipping sauce. They weren’t spicy at all, but had some nice crunch from what seemed like water chestnuts, and a rounded out, nice flavor. Hard to describe what it tasted like, but I definitely would return for these.
Overall, seems like this place is doing dumplings pretty well, and I’m curious to hear when folks try the other fillings!
