Momo Mee Asian Cuisine

"Open for: Lunch, dinnerPrice range: $$Sichuan spice and soup dumplings. Nary a diner exiting Momo Mee won’t mention one or the other, many finding themselves transfixed, even changed by the experience. The former comes through with fierce, tongue-numbing thrills, not just tasted but felt, in dry-rubbed chicken wings or pork wontons in chile oil. The latter, xiao long bao, appear as unparalleled packages of savory comfort, handcrafted steamed dough pillows yielding slurpable porky broth. There’s also ramen and oodles of other noodles, but everything else seems benign next to the restaurant’s most spirited hits.Know before you go: Soup dumplings are, appropriately, served for dine-in only." - Todd Lazarski

"A Hong Kong-born chef opened this restaurant in 2018, and serves a menu with dishes from Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. We like it most for their $13 abbreviated weekday lunch menu, where you can choose from seven entrees, the best being their Cantonese stir-fried egg noodles. The space is pretty barebones, but still works for something like an office lunch or a low-stakes first date, especially since anybody could probably find something on the menu they’d like. The cocktails like the lychee martini are good, too, and have just the right amount of sweetness to hold up to the spicy food. " - kristine hansen

"A Hong Kong-born chef opened this restaurant in 2018, and serves a menu with dishes from Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. We like it most for their $13 abbreviated weekday lunch menu, where you can choose from seven entrees, the best being their Cantonese stir-fried egg noodles. The space is pretty barebones, but still works for something like an office lunch or a low-stakes first date, especially since anybody could probably find something on the menu they’d like. The cocktails like the lychee martini are good, too, and have just the right amount of sweetness to hold up to the spicy food." - Kristine Hansen

"Amid the homogenizing condo sprawl of burgeoning Walker’s Point, there is at least a sliver of soul in the new Freshwater Plaza — and it arrives in dumpling form. Xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, are a specialty here, presented in steaming bamboo baskets with special slurping instructions from the waitstaff. There are also Sichuan wontons with oily, mouth-numbing intensity, as well as an assortment of dumplings, doughy Taiwanese buns, and ramen with handmade noodles." - Todd Lazarski

"Amid the homogenizing condo sprawl of burgeoning Walker’s Point, there is at least a sliver of soul in the new Freshwater Plaza — and it arrives in dumpling form. Xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, are a specialty here, presented in steaming bamboo baskets with special slurping instructions from the waitstaff. There are also Sichuan wontons with oily, mouth-numbing intensity, as well as an assortment of dumplings, doughy Taiwanese buns, and ramen with handmade noodles." - Todd Lazarski