Dumpling Shack
Dumpling restaurant · Spitalfields
Old Spitalfields Market, Brushfield St, London E1 6BG, United Kingdom
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Highlights
Handmade soup dumplings & noodles, crispy spring onion pancakes
Handmade soup dumplings & noodles, crispy spring onion pancakes
"It’s no secret that Dumpling Shack’s sheng jian bao are London’s most reliably tasty soup dumplings. Pan-fried for a crisp bite, packed with pork, and with a slurp of delicious broth, they tick all the boxes. But the other bits on Dumpling Shack’s menu—prawn-filled wontons drenched in electric chilli oil, a spring onion pancake that marries your softest and flakiest sweet pastry memories into something deliciously savoury—are also fantastic. This spot is in Old Spitalfields Market, so swing by, find yourself a place to perch, and get slurping." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"To grab and go It’s no secret that Dumpling Shack’s sheng jian bao are London’s most reliably tasty soup dumplings. Pan-fried for a crisp bite, packed with pork, and with a slurp of delicious broth—they tick all the boxes. But the other bits on Dumpling Shack’s menu, from prawn-filled wontons drenched in electric chilli oil, to a spring onion pancake that marries your softest and flakiest sweet pastry memories into something deliciously savoury, are also fantastic. They’re part of the slick kitchens setup in Old Spitalfields Market, so swing by, find yourself a place to perch, and get slurping." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"Dumpling Shack’s crispy spring onion pancake is a fantastic and flaky circle that should be dunked in their electric chilli oil with wild abandon. It’s one of our ultimate go-to savoury pancakes, and we usually head to their kitchen in Old Spitalfields Market to perch, slurp sheng jian bao, and invest in the ultimate onion party that is their pancakes." - heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"Dumpling Shack is most famous for its sheng jian bao Shanghai dumplings. They’re grenade-sized fried soup dumplings, made fresh daily, filled with pork and a molten broth that only the foolish bite into without piercing beforehand. They won’t come back to bite you so much as boil you and a tub of their buzzing chilli oil on the side is essential as well. They’re also not the only reason to make a trip to Spitalfields Market. The prawn wontons in chilli oil are, depending on the day, sometimes even better." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"John Li’s Spitalfields Dumpling Shack — which spans the cuisines of Shanghai, Sichuan, and Hong Kong — offers some of the best and most consistent takeaway food available anywhere in the east end, if not the whole city. It is now up-and-running for delivery — sending out its trademark shengjianbao — pork and leek fried soup dumpling, hand-pulled noodles, and batches of chilli oil." - James Hansen
