Yumpling, a Fast-Casual Taiwanese Spot, Opens in Midtown | Eater NY

"Started as a flea-market stand and later a Midtown food truck before expanding into a Long Island City takeout restaurant in 2020 that has become a Queens standby over the past five years. The new Midtown outpost, announced in 2024 and opening this week, is a fast-casual, primarily takeout-focused spot with a few seats designed to keep lines moving and appeal to the nearby millennial office lunch crowd around Madison Avenue and Rockefeller Center. The menu mirrors the LIC location, featuring pan-fried dumplings (pork, chicken, veggie, or mixed), rice bowls with fried pork chop, crispy chicken, lou rou fan, or basil eggplant, and noodle dishes such as classic beef noodle soup. Its compact, quick-service setup slots into a growing wave of fast-casual bowl and Taiwanese spots diversifying Midtown lunch options." - Emma Orlow