"If Dumpling Home is the trusty old Toyota Corolla of the dumpling world, then Dumpling Union is the showy Porsche. The Lower Haight spot has gaudy gold chairs, faux marble tables, and a seemingly random set of neon blue angel wings on the wall that make this place feel like a club-turned-restaurant. And the dumplings go along a similar route: there’s multicolored xiao long bao and spicy siu mai that’s extra red. But despite all the theatrics, each of these dumplings actually deliver on both flavor and quality." - julia chen 1, ricky rodriguez