Best North Dumpling Shop
“Pork & fennel boiled dumplings weren't appetizing at first, as we normally order pan-fried dumplings.”
“My friends and I made our way here after an initial stop to White Bear and finding it closed on Wednesdays.”
“All kinds of dumplings (jiao zi) and buns (bao zi) to choose from. 🙂 The leeks jiao zi is my favorite.”
Best North Dumpling Shop
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Located inside the Friendship Shopping Plaza, which is actually just a cramped walkway with a media shop up front and several food places all the way to the back. Dumpling King or Best Northern is located in the middle; look for their sign hanging from the ceiling above the walkway. They have a few tables across their stand. The whole vibe is dumpy and probably the kind of place you'd take a few steps in, feel like you walked into the bad side of town, and scurry back out. But if you're adventurous, you'll keep going b/c you know the best things are often hidden in dumps like these.
They specialize in northern-style dumplings, and have a fairly large selection of fillings to choose from. Pork and fennel intrigued me, but our group jointly went for mutton. Personally, I loved the dumplings. Well-made dumplings are a dime a dozen in Flushing, and these were well-made, but the mutton filling was also delicious: tender, soft, and gamy. Ended up too gamy for some in my group so your mileage may vary.
They have some cold items available but they were sold out on the eggplant we wanted. We saw someone else getting tea eggs so we picked up a few to try. These were not flavorful enough, needed more time soaking in flavors.
These are easily the best dumplings I've had within recent memory. After a leisurely 8 hour walk (in the rain, including many detours) from Lincoln Center, a friend and I sat down to enjoy 10 of the Leek & Aquatic Life, 10 of the Fennel & Pork, and 10 of the Mutton. Although it required the assistance of a 9 year old girl in order to translate back and forth between Chinese and English, our fantastic meal came out quickly, and for the next hour we sat writhing in ecstasy, arguing which was the very greatest.
WOW IM BLOWN AWAY. Background; asian with a chef/former restauranteur dad upstate NY. Shout out Rachacha, Genesee beer and Dinosaur Bbq!!
These ladies make buns better than my own papa. Im sorry dad! He most likely wont ever read this so I can be unpartially honest.
The dill/fennel pork bun is so juicy and theres definitely a longlasting MMMMMM moment for me. Similar to a long orgasm but for my tastebuds this time. The bread on the outside is perfect depth which is not bready at all and thinner than other buns. Along with a more generous portion of filling, this $1.00 bun is a winner. Even though its a lil in the salty side, its still shamelessly good.
Two words; garlicky eggplants rock my world. I meant 5.. My bad! Also shockingly for a buck for a lil solo dish of said scrumtiousness, this is a dish that packs the garlic punch and delivers the raw spicy boom boom pow just like I love. Perfection yet not if garlic is your foe. Which is cray in my opinion especially since raw garlic is so great healthwise.
Lovely ladies from Northern China hard at work. They were very sweet to me and great with their suggestions. Perhaps bringing someone who speaks mandarin couldnt hurt. Just sayin. But even without knowing chinese, just get one or two of everything to try. Buns and cold solo plates are only 1 dolla. SAY SHAA SHAA, JIE JEN at the end of your meal to say thanks, see you soon!!
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These are the emotions I have for Best North and their small pockets of freshly made heavenly pork and fennel dumplings, pork and cabbage buns. It looks like fresh dill in the dumplings-green and wonderful in contrast with the juicy pork.
Don't get all overexcited before you go expecting a large restaurant. You're in a hallway in a dumpy mall with a haphazard food stand and a few grungy tables.
But if I could eat this for my breakfast a few times a week I would be in heaven. It's fresh. It's cheap. It's simple and it's delicious. And I can't find it or anything like it in a giant city like Dallas.
Ahhh…till next time I'm in Flushing…
We got the pork and chive dumplings. Like every other dumpling place, everything is made from scratch. They were juicy and meaty. The skin to filling ratio was appropriate. It was good but nothing that put them better than the surrounding dumpling shops. I will probably be back to try the fennel one, they ran out the day I was there. We also got the red bean sweet bun…it's basically a bun with granulated sugar and red bean. We weren't a fan.
Went to 5 different dumping shops with my friends in Flushing the other day. Best North Dumpling Shop was our overall 2nd favorite. The pork and dill dumplings they serve here are outrageously good, I would definitely come back. They are listed as Pork & Fennel on the menu. You can get 10 or 15. The women who work here are all really nice and you can watch them make dumplings as you wait.
Try the pork with string bean bao for $1. It is unique and delicious.