Tasty Dumpling - Sacramento (Crocker Village Shopping Center)

[Lectroid]

Yet another recommendation from the r/SacramentoFoodies subreddit, and this one WAY better than Hidden Dumpling (it was trying to hide! That was a warning.)

Tl;dr- go here. It’s quite good.

Dan Dan noodles were the best I’ve had in Sacramento since the early days of Yang’s Noodle (RIP). A little dry, but with the right numbing/heat profile. I wish they’d use a thicker, chewier noodle, but overall, very good.

Beef roll was wrapped in a crisp scallion pancake, layered with some lettuce and cucumber with a generous helping of hoisin marinated beef missing the cilantro, but still tasty.

Pan fried XLB were the clear star of the show. The broth inside each one was bright and gingery, the filling was tender and juicy, and the skins had that great mix of crispy and pliable. They’re a bit thicker than regular XLB, but that’s understandable.

Can’t wait to go back.

[Mr_Happy]

Looks good!

@Lectroid

Pan fried XLB

Interesting way for them to label shengjian bao / SJB

[Lectroid]

THANK YOU! I knew there was a proper name for them. I had forgotten it. I actually had these for the first time at a tiny stall in the food court at the Crystal Mall in Burnaby, BC. I’d had XLB before, but had never seen this variation. This is actually the first time I’ve ever seen them stateside (though I’m quite sure that’s due to my failing to find them, rather than them not existing), and I recently found ANOTHER local place that does them.

When I first got to Sacramento in 2017, I brought frozen XLB with me from Dean Sin World. My friends had never seen them before.

Now, we have multiple places serving them, to the point we even have BAD ones.

Again, thank you for providing me the correct term.