Keeping the skin as thin as you can, making the exact number of folds to make texture where it needs to be, tasty filling, just enough gelée, brought out piping hot, not sticking to each other. I don’t know. That’s enough for me to call them specialists.
Muscle memory and family recipes, possessed by most of the village members, in lots and lots of towns and cities all across China.
and not executed well at Dim Sum places with 100 of dishes to make at the same time and dumps like Tasty Noodle…
Am I the only one on Google Maps triangulating other chinese restaurants within a mile radius of ROC to crack the Da Vinci J_L code?
Is it Moon House?
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Oooh good call! I’ve reviewed a few menus to see if they have XLB – and cursed more than a few Yelpers for posting menu pix that aren’t properly oriented lol.
Heheh you guys are hilarious.
iFood.
(and just in time for lunch!)
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I was wondering if it was that place! This is the place where a former iteration of the restaurant had some amazing secret dish, yes?
http://foodtalkcentral.com/t/dry-hot-pot-on-the-westside-ifood-chinese/7179/3
Hahahaha that was the Yelp menu pic I was complaining about!
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I had a work meeting here today with one of my clients and the food here was very good. Much better than Chino Hills branch. The sheng jian bao were decent, but lacking. The rest of my meal was very good.
Lacking what???
No, really.
I don’t think the place is God’s gift to Chinese food, but I actually think the SJB there are pretty strong.
The dough was gummy and dense and the filling not that flavorful, a bit too mild for me.
After trying and failing at iFood (they were out of XLB on Saturday), decided to try the XLB Tasty Noodle. Full disclosure: I know less than Jon Snow, but I thought they were pretty… tasty! I’d rank 'em higher than ROC fur sure.
And the taro milk tea boba at next door Volcano is pretty tops.
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Word. On both counts.
You guys are like arguing who the shortest midget is at the circus.
Tallest?
No. Shortest.
Cuz, I’d like to think that midgets have self-confidence and exude self-esteem.
#PowerToTheShortPeople
I think these are fair criticisms. The soup can soak into the wrapper, which is a little bready.
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I think you asking @ipsedixit to elaborate on what he/she thinks are better options (i.e. taller than Tasty Noodle House/ROC in the general vicinity)? Or am I reading way too much into one word and one punctuation mark?
No just wondering if he got the saying backwards.
FWIW, I tried the XLB and liked them a lot. Definitely better than my recollection of ROC (though my experience there may have been atypical). I actually enjoyed them even more than the SJB we ordered. There was more soup and the filling tasted more flavorful. The plain old pan-fried pork dumplings were also quite tasty.
We also ordered a bunch of non-dumpling dishes. Surprisingly, the star of the show was the mapo tofu. Much spicier and more flavorful than I expected. Chow mein was also excellent. String bean with house sauce was solid. However, beef with scallion and black bean sauce was kind of a miss. I’d skip that next time.
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