Mimi Cheng's Dumplings debuts with family-recipe pot stickers

After an unsuccessful search for Chinese-Taiwanese fusion to rival their parents’ cooking, sisters Hannah and Marian Cheng unleash secret family recipes at this white-walled dumpling house, named for their mother. Handmade with organic vegetables and meat from Park Slope butcher Fleisher’s, the ginger-and-scallion pockets come in three varieties: the pork-and-bok-choy Reinvented Classic, the kale-and-shiitake Mighty Veggie and the namesake Mimi Cheng (chicken, zucchini). The 16-seat shop runs on counter service alone, but dumpling lovers can also sit at reclaimed-wood tables to sample house-made mint lemonade and hibiscus iced tea or pan-fried dessert dumplings filled with fresh banana and sprinkled with powdered sugar. 179 Second Ave between 11th and 12th Sts 
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Savory dumplings, $8 for 6; $10 for 8
The Reinvented Classic: pork, baby bok choy and cabbage
The Mighty Veggie: kale, zucchini, egg and shiitake mushrooms
The Mimi Cheng: chicken and zucchini

Dessert dumplings, $5 for 4
Banana and powdered sugar

Pan-fried dumplings at Mimi Cheng's DumplingsFilip Wolak

Dessert dumplings at Mimi Cheng's DumplingsFilip Wolak

Mimi Cheng's DumplingsFilip Wolak

Mimi Cheng's DumplingsFilip Wolak