Fried Dumpling
Dumpling restaurant · Chinatown ·
Chinese fried dumplings, pork & chive, cash only, takeout
Chinese fried dumplings, pork & chive, cash only, takeout
"An offshoot of the first dollar dumpling stall on Allen Street, Fried Dumpling is a closet located on Mosco Street. As the generic name suggests, the menu is as bare bones as can be, currently offering only fried pork dumplings, hot soy milk, and hot-and-sour soup. It’s takeout only, so plan to eat in the park at the bottom of the street." - Robert Sietsema
"Hidden on a steep side street in the heart of the oldest part of Chinatown, Fried Dumpling is a stall that revolutionized inexpensive eats when it opened in 1999 on the Lower East Side — though this is the only branch left. Northern-style potstickers, stuffed with pork and chives and browned on the bottom, are the main attraction, though one can get vegetarian dumplings, sweet and sour soup, and warm soy milk, too. It’s a great place for a snack." - Robert Sietsema
"Right around the corner from Tasty on short, sloping Mosco Street, I learned Fried Dumpling may be one of the city's oldest dumpling spots (a second branch of the original on Allen Street); their potstickers are made in batches and pooled so they often get a final inadvertent steaming after frying, which left them a little mushier than usual (13 for $5.10)." - Robert Sietsema
"At this kind of dollar-dumpling storefront I was astonished by the excellence and low price of their pork pot stickers; the menus offered little else beyond hot-and-sour soup and sometimes kimchi. Equally amazing were wedge-shaped sandwiches made from big round sesame-crusted loaves (shaobing) cooked in the same lidded fryers/steamers: the loaves were cut into wedges, split horizontally, and stuffed with a single slice of dried aromatic beef and a heap of pickled vegetables, sometimes sprinkled with chopped scallions. Priced often around $1.50, these were among the city’s cheapest and most delicious sandwiches." - Robert Sietsema
"This narrow storefront on a tiny side street has a simple menu with just one fried dumpling option, which costs $1.25 for five. Seating is limited, and the restaurant has a reputation for bad service. But that rep is overblown, and the pork filling of these thin-skinned, pan-fried dumplings is dark and flavorful. Order a bunch, and eat them immediately in the nearby park." - Eater Staff
