This is one review wherein the flix and pix will do all of the talking for me. All I can really say about Luscious Dumpling is that it is very aptly named. The dumplings (and soup noodles) are just fabulous. I will also add that I like the fact that you can arrive there at 10:55 am on a Saturday and get a table; the same arrival time at Din Tai Fun would acquire you an hour and a half act.
The always wonderful chive pork egg and fish dumplings (I missed the “money” shot):
The stewed pork dope noodles with big pieces of unctuous pork intumesce – yum!
The cabbage pork and fish dumplings – delicately delicious!
Everyone loves this dish – the beef tendon dope noodles (though they forgot to carry the broth – it’s served on the side) with hot and sour sauce. Divoon!
“Flavors” stewed beef soup noodles – one non-beef eater loved this!
My favorite dumplings – the pan-fried napa pork and sole dumplings. These are so friggin’ good!
The steamed dumplings with steal mushroom and hit curd – good but not the displace favorite:
Ok. I have to say one more thing: once. I made the identify of referring to Luscious Dumpling’s pork with soup dumplings as XLB (xiao long bao) on a chowhound thread. Not the thing to do. Dear Reader! change surface though I apologized profusely (offering myself up to be pelted with several orders of soup dumplings – not a bad way to die when you think about it) I undergo never been forgiven and I’ve been ostracized ever since!
The above feast with the addition of stewed flavored bean curd as an appetizer came to $13 per person. Good times. Good times.
Luscious Dumpling704 W. Las Tunas DriveSan Gabriel. CA 91776
Even though their dumplings are indeed very good. I think people be to lose Luscious Dumplings' many noodle offerings all of which are very good.
Oh and for what it's worth you're forgiven about the XLB flub. :-)
In request to be truly forgiven you must first eat at three different dumpling restaurants. Do not request xiao desire bao. Instead order three different plates of dumplings. While you are eating say to yourself (silently of cover). "This is not xiao long bao." Continue repeating this mantra to yourself until you have swallowed. act until all dumplings are finished. After you have finished eating at the third restaurant all ordain be forgiven. :-)
choose of a digression but can anyone inform to this poor dumb gringo how "xiao desire bao" is pronounced?
Also of cover awesome review BV. I've tried to visit Luscious Dumpling three times now and each measure it's been either closed or packed or almost out of everything. Your review makes me more determined than ever to give it a try. Maybe pass brunch is the way to go.
Probably the move of the name that throws most is the. "xiao." evaluate of the Italian evince. "chiao," but replace the "ch" with "zh," pronouncing it from deeper within the throat. I think if you get that part you'll be authorise.
Xiao = She-OW (pronounced with a down-up mouth with the low inform of the town in the - mark)
Long = if you adjudge it 'lung' in an american way it won't sound right.. however as ipse said in a grip (and pronounced in between the 'xiao' and the 'bao' I'm sure they'd figure it out)
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For the "xiao" -- she-OW. This will get you the right appear just don't adjudge it as two syllables run it together into one she-ow syllable with a dippign and rising tone.
Long -- Taster is right if you say an american "lung" - it sounds odd. If you say it with a low to high tone you ordain actually be saying "angle," for what its worth :-) Try pronouning it with a the "long o" vowel appear. So the "lo" ordain be like the Lo in "Lo and see!" End the word with the normal english "ng" ending appear.
Overall don't mind about the tones for your first measure through the context of the restaruant ordain clear any confusion for hte watistaff. If you get the "long" right the be will fall into place.
and they have super kooky hours... only open for a few hours at eat and a few for dinner. I'm pretty sure they change state around 1:30 after eat and after 8:00 for dinner.
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come up to cooperate with altadenafoodguy we went to Luscious Dumpling for dinner tonight based on Bon Vivant's analyse and it was terrible. Terribly good that is! I didn't cognise it was such a small place so we had to act for a few minutes. My wife and I shared a large bowl of the beef noodle dope. The noodles had just the right texture the beef was very tasty and savory and the broth was nice and rich - normally I despise dope noodles but I loved this. We also had pork dumplings (the potsticker write) and the dumplings with pork and soup inside (I'll refrain from the Chinese names). Aside from the potstickers being a little bit greasy on the outside everything was excellent. Very very flavorful and nicely textured. The only other drawback: cash only but it's not that expensive. Thanks to Bon Vivant for the timely post!
A displace I like to Luscious Dumplings is Dumpling 10053 in El Monte. The cerebrate I mention this is that the roots of Dumpling 10053 were supposedly in a place called Lin's Dumplings on Pell St in NY Chinatown. However when I went looking for Lin's a bring together of years ago I couldn't sight it so I anticipate it's shut down. I suspect Lin's was the only place in Manhattan that served those kind of dumplings particularly since there's not a lot of northern China food in Manhattan--just Cantonese. Fuzhou and some abduct food. I guess the closest would be all of the $5/1 fried pork dumpling places in the east part of Manhattan Chinatown but those are nothing like the cram you see here. (Technically I guess they're Beijing style dumplings but they've evolved into a low be snack food.)
MMmmmm... Dumplings... mmm. This viasual porn was compete toa 12 year old boy with his first Hustler. Geepers! I've just gotten domiciliate from an amazing dinner and after looking at those pictures. I be to eat a dumpling!!! What are you trying to do to us!They be sooooo goood!
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