My long time favourite Taiwan restaurant changed to a new Chinese restaurant, which is of good quality . Under new management by young couple from Shandong, they are polite and always wear smile. Their mapo tofu is definitely "rice theif", spicy but not burning, my daughter doesn't eat carbs during dinner, but we keep ordering white rice for it. Their string beans are fresh n sweet, they use a bit chillies and vinegar to enhance the favour. Other dishes are good enough to attract customers back. We love the dessert a lot, lightly sweetened with brown sugar source. All the dumplings are handmade by the chef, Iooking forward to come and try next time. P.S. we finally tried their Xiao Long Bao, and they are good too, springy warpping that can hold the meat juice. Latest update: 8th Dec 2024 I stopped by a few times, but seems they closed for almost 3 weeks recently. Today I stopped by again, finally meet a staff moving things out. He told me they are going to start up a new one @ east green lake way soon, after settling that one, they will reopen this old location. I just added their new info. below.

Came upon this place after a failed visit to Seattle Soup Dumpling(closed). Google search showed Dan’s kitchen within walking distance with Soup Dumplings on the menu. We had pork soup dumplings, wonton soup, hot&sour soup and veg rolls which were all amazing. I’d spend the past month filling up on soup dumplings and this definitely topped the list. $13 for 10 hearty dumplings. Will be back on my next visit to town.

We had a opportunity to try the this hidden gem after change of ownership. It is a phenomenal Chinese restaurant that has a full menu of Chinese American food and top-notch chef that is preparing an authentic Chinese dishes menu. On top of the traditional dishes, they also make dim sum on site. Unlike a lot of restaurants, this one offers plenty of free parking and is conveniently located to the south of the zoo. Our go to place after a zoo visit in future!

I'm so glad I don't have to go all the way to CID for good dimsum/Chinese food anymore! The exterior leaves a bit to be desired which is why it took me years to even consider trying this place but I've been very pleasantly surprised by their dimsum and dinner stir fry dishes like Singapore noodles and Mongolian beef. Their dimsum is yummy and doesn't skimp on filling.

10 of us arrived right at opening and we had an absolute blast seeing what dishes Dumpling the Noodle had to offer. Every dish was a banger from the beef pancakes to the surprisingly well done pecking duck. Do not over order here! The portions are generous and surprised us. We each went home with another meal's worth of leftovers.

Genuinely wasn’t prepared to have my socks absolutely blown off by how good this place was. The atmosphere is super fun, very intimate. But the food? Goodness gracious, what a treat. Every item was delicious, made with love and was so delectable, I’m still thinking about it the next day. The chili oil was so good, I wanted to drink it straight, the dumplings and noodles were so delicious, I found myself scraping the bowl. As a long time foodie, it’s rare to be blown away and find a new favorite place to eat, but I’m already planning my next trip back! As a vegan, this place has a very clear menu and the mock duck was so good, I almost had to double check it wasn’t real meat!