Restaurant Review: Dumpling Master
13 05 2008
Last Sunday, May 11, 2008, on our way back to Santa Monica, we decided to have our dinner at Dumpling Master restaurant at Hacienda Heights. We went there back in December with my aunt and her family.
The restaurant is quite big and seems to be a family operated restaurant. The waitress a.k.a the cashier is known for being moody. If the restaurant is really busy, you can expect to see her being unfriendly, especially if you don’t speak Chinese (She speaks limited English). But when we got there last Sunday, she was totally nice even though I wasn’t even able to speak in full Chinese. 
Anyway, we ordered the small size of three ingredients home noodle soup $6.5, three ingredients fried rice $6.5, steamed pork bun (xiao lung bao) $5.95 and scallion pancake/pie $2.95. After we ordered, I walked over to the fridge and took one type of cold dish (it has a thin long slices of tofu, carrot and greens) $3.5. I can’t remember the price exactly, so the price above are just approximate. We spent a total of $31.47 including tax and tips.
The cold dish is good, Andrew loves it too, and I think he must have thought that the thin slices tofu was noodle. The scallion pancake was great, Andrew loves this one too. The xiao lung bao was better than the one at Din Tai Fung, it has a balance composition of the meat and soup inside the bun. The three ingredients home noodle soup was tasteless. I wouldn’t order this again the next time. The three ingredients fried rice was good. The three ingredients for both the noodle and the fried rice are chicken meat, pork meat and shrimps. The portion for each dishes are huge. Overall, I think the food are great and I will definitely come back again.
Wah kamu ini doyan makan ya Ther
, memange punya target mereview 1000 restoran gitu ? hehehe .. bikin ngiler ae kalo liat gambar-gambar makananmu ini, cari camilan dulu ahhhhh
@ Jenri: Iya nih hobby masak and doyan icip2 makanan resto. Ngga ada target apa2 kok, ini semua dijalanin sekedar hobby aja.
Huhuhu….. jadi ngiler inget xiao lung pao nya lau fu ce. It’s my favorite, I love to eat it with the sliced ginger dipped in the sauce (soy sauce, chili, sesame oil), plus add vinegar and slurpppp… what a combo. It’s my favorite dish at this place, plus their san sien cau ma mien.
@ Jenny: I know you are going to comment on this one.
I actually called William on my way there and asked him what to order. Kind of nervous since I have a limited Chinese language skill. 
Will actually told me the noodle as well, but I think I ordered the wrong one, the one that you like is a fried one, right?
Actually it’s not the fried one, it’s a noodle soup, and the soup color is reddish brown. I usually ordered mild (not that spicy, but I’m not sure if Andrew can handle it). The English name might be three ingredients noodle soup?? We usually don’t look at the menu when we order. We just said “San sien cau ma mien”. Well, may be next time when you’re in the area, you could try again.
@ Jenny: That was the dish that Will was telling me. I remember him saying ask for the chilli on the side if we can’t handle spicy food. Ok, I have to keep this in mind and eat that with the xiao lung bao on our next visit.