"Hui Tou Xiang Noodles House is one of the SGV’s best-kept secrets. This place serves a killer line-up of Chinese dumplings while still managing to fly under the radar of bigger names in the neighborhood like Kang Kang Food Court and Mama Lu’s. Of course, the name of the game here (literally) is the hui tou dumpling, rectangular pan-fried blocks, but their soup dumplings shouldn’t be missed either. They’re the juiciest version in town—plump, round satchels filled with minced pork the size of a golf ball, surrounded by a rich, decadent broth we’d happily drink on its own any day of the week. Plus, they now have a second location in Hollywood." - kat hong