Here are the pan-fried dumplings from the Dumpling Nazi that I missed last time. They were so stubby and cylindrical (instead of gyoza-shaped) that they kinda hiliariously looked like little...uhhh...(use your imagination).
Anyway, the even more interesting thing was that these things were open-ended on both sides, as if they either sliced them off one giant roll like makizushi, or if they intentionally made the skins too short to make this shape (which is more likely). And despite being open-ended, they were still pretty tasty and moist, but with a crunchy greasy skin. OK, that wasn't too bad.
Too bad that I couldn't say the same for the others. I also got a bowl of their "noodle with sliced pork & Sichuan vegetable" that was very spartan compared to how it's served in Taiwan. Oh well. The dumplings were good, but I don't think the other items were good enough that I'd make the extra effort to come here. It's fine for a convenient and quick lunch, but that's probably all it will be for me.
3 comments:
no no the thing u missed is the xiao long bao.. they have one of the best available in singapore. I am based in tokyo currently but hadnt checked your site for the few days. Seems like you had a good trip here!
looking at your blog just made me hungrier. what a gastronomical experience! love your blog (:
yeah the xiao long bao is great there. another thing i go for everytime i am there is their "zha jiang mian" or "noodles topped with a fried pork and soya bean sauce"
http://indulge-n-imbibe.blogspot.com/2006/11/qun-zhong-eating-house-21-neil-road_11.html
hope you'll like it if you try it :)
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