"The casual Chinese dumpling restaurant in Encinitas has been making a splash since it opened in 2024. With a head chef from Shanghai, the soup dumplings are made with a thicker skin than Taiwanese soup dumplings. Open on New Year’s Eve (and New Year’s Day) from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., eating dumplings is a tradition, at least for the Lunar New Year. Be sure to order the pork soup dumplings, chicken wontons in chile sauce, and steamed dumplings with Kurobata pork and shrimp or vegan fillings." - Helen I. Hwang