Dumplings ahoy at Yang’s Dumpling, Burwood

This dumpling eatery has cemented a spot in our hearts as one of our favourite dumpling places of all time. If you haven’t heard of Yang’s Dumpling before, then be you’ll be itching to try their dumplings by the end of this post. The pan fried pork buns at Yang’s are things of beauty. They’re…

Lotus Restaurant & Dumpling Bar, The Galeries

Few word combinations can conjure as much joy as the marriage of dumpling and bar. And when a restaurant has both in its name, you can rest assured that they take their dumplings very seriously.  Lotus Dumpling Bar is the second spin-off of the popular Walsh Bay restaurant of the same name. It occupies a…

Dumplings galore at The Mandoo, Strathfield

Among the many, many Korean BBQ restaurants in Strathfield, maintaining its presence on a relatively small, narrow corner shopfront, lies The Mandoo. It’s a handmade dumpling and noodle restaurant, with cute dumpling characters dancing on the front windows above a cluster of Korean and English menu items. From one window you can glimpse trays and…

Taste of Shanghai, Ashfield

There’s something so enjoyable about eating dumplings. Here are some of the reasons I think why. Dumplings are small, so you can eat a lot of them. They have a very high filling to wrapper ratio, so when you eat a lot they don’t feel as heavy as something wrapped in thicker bread or rice….

New Shanghai, Ashfield

Xiao long bao, those immaculately shaped pork dumplings bursting with steaming hot porky broth, are perhaps the most famous type of dumpling in Sydney. Din Tai Fung offers the holy grail of pork dumplings, with each crafted to a precise weight and diameter and filled with tasty pork marbled with gelatinous bits, have mouths drooling…

Sydney Dumpling King, Burwood

Are you someone who love lingering over long lunches, or more the person who opts for a quick, fast meal when it comes to lunchtime? I guess it depends on your day’s agenda and current circumstances, but I love doing both. Whether its going out for a family dinner of pizza and pasta, or a quick…

Din Tai Fung and the art of Xiao Long Bao

Being Asian, I’m a sucker for all Asian food – whatever cuisine it may be. We often go to eateries in the suburbs of Flemington, Burwood and Ashfield when we’re in the mood for a cheap, wholesome Asian feed and always leave feeling extremely full and satisfied. Din Tai Fung, being the only one of…