Ben Thanh Market, Café Sinh To, Stall No 1146 for dumplings, Thanh Tung, Stall 1086 for southern noodles.
No wonder soup dumplings inspire not just food delirium but also that beloved Web form: restaurant pontification.
Your server may ask if you'd like more sauce or more dumplings (at no extra charge).
At first I thought "dumpling" was a term of endearment, a reference to the runt of a litter, but no — these are actual dumplings.
Familiar appetizers like sesame pancake and pork dumplings were no better or worse than the versions in a thousand Chinese restaurants from here to Lancaster.
Skip the gnocchi; on the first visit, we sent it back, because the dumplings had no real flavor and an annoyingly sticky texture.
Fish cakes the size of a half dollar were chewy, as they should be, and fried Thai spring rolls, lightly breaded calamari rings and pork dumplings offered no surprises.
It is all about chatty group dining at this Lower East Side restaurant and lounge that specializes in small bites, almost like cocktail-party fare, tailored to the number of people in the group — no dish of three dumplings for four people, said Chris Santos, the chef-owner and a judge on "Chopped" on the Food Network.
At Suilan I had a miserable meal: steamed scallop dumplings with no discernible flavor; "Peking duck rolls" with meat so dreary that no bird or beast would want to accept responsibility for it; a fillet of sesame-crusted halibut no moister or more appealing than a gargantuan fish stick.
'Is it finally true that Kentucky Mcfried Burger Hut can be part of a healthy lifestyle?' No my poor out-of-breath dumplings.
