Excellent Dumpling House
111 Lafayette St
New York, NY 10013-4105
This place, other than the name, is unassuming, quick, and solid. You know, and excellent. Because they say so. I like that. But seriously, we love to go there for the fried pork dumplings. When they came, we just had one thought in our mind… hence no pictures of these elusive little critters. They were all in our belly.
On a whole, you can’t really go wrong with Chinatown. The worst is greasy food. The best is… amazing. You have very little to lose and you can always spy on what other people are eating. throw any cares of authenticity to the side and just look for hearty and delicious. We usually like to go with any of the following: Joe’s Shanghai’s Shao Lon Pau, Vietnamese Thai son, Vietnamese Saigon restaurant on Mott, and Bahn Mi. However, we found this place after a long day of shopping around Prince st. many weeks ago. I think this was Ryan’s birthday. We went to get him some boat shoes. We had dinner plans with friends, but we were STARVING! We happened upon this cute chinatown restaurant with tons of articles in the window. And seriously, I love dumplings, and this was the “Excellent Dumpling House.” We got some pork fried dumplings and pork steamed dumplings to go and it was love.
I did manage to get a shot of the Chow Fun with black bean sauce and the Shao Lon Pau. Otherise, we both love their sizzling hot plates. Also, the shrimp and crab steamed dumpling is also a favorite of mine.
We started coming here almost every Friday after I get off from work, right before taking the green line to Kips Bay for a movie.
