Dumpling Bao House

I want it to stay around as it is nearly impossible to get Bao in Milwaukee, but there are some things to know. Dumpling Bao House in a virtual kitchen ran through the physical brick and mortor Tanpopo Ramen and Sushi Restaurant. The bao in a bit beady but tasty. I think would pay more for better bao as these seemed a little lite on the insides. The location is great as Indon't need to drive all the way downtown and fight for parking. I think they are still experimenting and that is fine. I would still encourage people to go. As for everything else. I didn't like that I ordered vegetable pork and when I picked it up I was told that they substituted just sweet pork. Call me and ask rather than charging me. Give me the option to change my order. I was fine with the change, but had it been for someone else I would have been more irritated. The virtual kitchen is annoying as there is no indication on the website that you would be picking up at Tanpopo on the website. There is no indication on the Tanpopo restaurant that the virtual kitchen is located there. My guess is that they are it virtually before opening a physical restaurant which is an awesome idea. I like the design of the restaurant. It seems like there are little personal spaces inside that you can have more privacy for cozy conversations. It is not a wide open area restaurant. You can have a conversation.

We ordered delivery (which was fast) through Grubhub. The chicken ramen smelled like urine and tasted how you’d expect urine to taste. The beef curry was absolutely flavorless. The Bao was thick and overcooked compared to other Bao we’ve had. This restaurant also operates within Tanpopo. I’ve found that failing restaurants trying to gain business will operate under a different name with a different menu but the same restaurant. I’d NEVER suggest this restaurant. We spent $79 and almost all of it went in the trash.

Excellent service and atmosphere. Our waitress was very friendly and helpful. The food was good but our bibimrice could have used a bit more seasonings and the pork belly on top of the ramen could used crisped up instead of boiled. Overall, it was very good and I would go back.

Eat here all the time! Friendly staff, food is brought out very timely and is always fresh! Such good flavors! Love love love! If Lee is there she makes the best mai tai!

It should be more clear on GrubHub that this is a drive thru only place, thus ordering ahead makes no difference. I felt really bad for the Grub Hub driver being stuck in that situation for almost an hour waiting for this one order. The food was NOT worth the wait. Almost broke a tooth trying to bite into one of the 'custard' baos. I don't think they are supposed to be hard as cement. The chicken egg rolls were tolerable but tasted of cinnamon. Perhaps that's a thing? The savory baos were edible but had so little filling that each bite was mostly just sticky dry bread. Ordered pan fried pot stickers, got steamed instead. It was an expensive adventure. We won't be ordering again.