This Flushing stalwart is tucked neatly into the basement of Golden Shopping Mall, a bustling Main Street food court. Dumplings are almost all made-to-order, with varieties ranging from the conventional pork and chive to the must-order lamb and squash and beef and turnip.
The dumpling is a perfect food. Lovingly wrapped in dough and filled with a sweet or savory surprise, every culture has their own satisfying version: Vietnamese bánh bột lọc, Chinese xiao long bao and Russian pelmeni all help New York City taste a little more like home—no matter where you’re from. Dumplings are some of our favorite cheap eats, too, so you can plan a soup dumpling crawl of the five boroughs and still have plenty of dough (get it?!) left over to pay for a cab back home.
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