This post will be short and sweet, just like the sweet, sweet dumplings that this place supplies. My coworker had always wanted to try soup dumplings, so we decided, on a whim, to go Qing Hua right near our workplace. Before this visit, he had only heard fables of the juicy, chewy, delectable nuggets of joy, with their thin, glistening skins, plump and ready to explode. I assured him he was in for a treat.
Without steam. Thieving, impatient fingers spotted!
With steam
We ordered two bamboo steamers, each with half orders of:
-Curry chicken
-Pork and pickled cabbage
-Pork and coriander
-Pork with leek and shrimp
One order contains 15 dumplings, therefore half an order would be 7 of one and 8 of another flavour.
My favourite by far was the curry chicken because it contained, how do I explain this, the "sunniest" essences of the bunch. The curry was strong and after having been mixed with the sweet and unctuous meaty melted fat healthy liquid, it was simply the most satisfying. Second place was the pork and pickled cabbage. The cabbage predictably gave a pleasurable sour note to the dumpling. The last two were still good, but the flavour profiles weren't strong and were therefore indistinguishable from one another.
The only thing I don't like about soup dumplings is that sometimes the steam adheres the dough from two different dumplings, so when you reach to pick one up, they both tear and the soup leaks out. This seems to be unique to Qing Hua as this hasn't happened to me nearly as often at other soup dumpling joints, but it is no less than a travesty to all of mankind.
ADDRESSES:
1676 Ave Lincoln, Montreal, QC
1019 Boul Saint-Laurent, Montreal, QC
i too wonder if it is specific to this place, or all steam-dumpling joints.
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