This is small, hole-in-the-wall restaurant serving Fujian cuisine just opened up in the heart of Chinatown and serves the tastiest dumplings I’ve ever had. It’s small, with mostly Asian customers (the menu is in both Chinese and English) and is bargain dining at its finest. The best deal may be the $3 plate of peanut noodles, but our favorite is the dumplings. Both boiled (pork/scallion) and steamed (pork/some other green leafy veggie) are the best we’ve had and are only $5/plate. The steamed (pictured above) is firmer, while the boiled is slurpier. The dipping sauce is really yummy. I’d recommend an order of both – while not quite as yummy the next day, they still made excellent leftovers. 
Location: 106 N. 10th (Chinatown)
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I love a good veggie dumpling! There doesn’t seem to be much of a dumpling culture in London though, not even in Chinatown, at least compared to places like Australia and New Zealand, where every restaurant prominently advertises their dumpling menu, and you can just wander in and order a plate of like 25 dumplings (which I did many times when I was there!).
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Philly is pretty vegetarian friendly, but I don’t think I’ve come across too many veggie dumplings. I’ll have to keep my eye out, in case you make it out here one of these days. We just got back from Japan, where the dumplings were yummy. But, although I didn’t see any veggie dumplings there either, everyplace we saw offered them with or without garlic (so as not to offend your co-workers). I’m not sure I know anyone who is really worth skipping the garlic for 🙂
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