The March Of The Dumplings

[Chandavkl]

The dumplings are marching on in their quest to become the pre-eminent Chinese subcuisine in the Los Angeles area. They have now established a beach head in West Covina in the Hong Kong Plaza, undeterred by the ongoing liquidation sale at the anchor Hong Kong Supermarket store which would seem to raise issues as to the viability of that particular shopping center which has always had trouble with vacancies. One Plus One Dumpling House offers many varieties of dumplings including fish, chicken and beef dumplings. The menu also lists "fruit dumplings" though the waiter had no idea what they were and they didn't have any. Menu also has a section of hand made noodle dishes. While the fish dumplings and chicken dumplings were pretty good I was disappointed that the dumplings were kind of small, reminiscent of those at Lily Bowl in Gilbert, AZ, being just a little larger than won ton sized. A current special offers free XLB for orders over $20. Street address is 1017 S. Glendora, but just drive into the shopping center and look to your far left.

Incidentally there appears to be a Laotian food counter in the front part of the supermarket space, called Lao Asian. I'm not familiar with Laotian food so I don't know how much of their menu (actually there's no menu, just signs on the wall) is Laotian and how much might be Thai, Chinese or something else. I also wonder how they'll be affected by the market closing.

[groover808]

I like One Plus One, juicy pan fried dumplings! I believe their new location in Chino Hills is their only one now.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/one-plus-one-...

[TonyC]

FYI, shuttered June '11.

[Chandavkl]

If they closed in June that means I may have been one of their last customers. (There were no other customers there that day.) One Plus One was the only remaining dumpling restaurant in the SGV that I know of that had chicken dumplings, though theirs wasn't particularly good.

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One Plus One
1017 S Glendora Ave, West Covina, CA 91790

[ipsedixit]

Actually, quite a few places have chicken dumplings.

Off the top of my head, Mama's Lu, Din Tai Fung (yes, dumplings, not XLB), Kingburg Kitchen, Noodle House, Dumpling Master, and probably several others I'm forgetting.

[Chandavkl]

Kingburg definitely does not have chicken dumplings at this point in time. Thanks for the reminder about Mama's Lu.

[ipsedixit]

Just in case you are interested ... moi =/= Kingburg.

[Chandavkl]

Curses! Chicken dumplings off the menu at Mama's Lu. Where have all the chickens gone?

[Chandavkl]

Arrgh! Noodle House has chicken dumplings, but they're mixed with mushrooms, just like Awesome Eatery.

[ipsedixit]

Are just looking for a chicken nugget clothed in dumpling wrapper instead of breaded and deep-fried?

[Chandavkl]

Essentially I'm looking for a fish dumpling made with chicken instead, preferably sold frozen in bulk. Costco's are actually edible but I'm looking for better.

[ipsedixit]

Ask Mama's Lu or Dean Sin World if they will make you a batch with just ground chicken.

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Dean Sin World
306 N Garfield Ave # 2, Monterey Park, CA

[Chandavkl]

They don't understand me at DSW. I see even Lily Bowl in Gilbert is closed.

[ipsedixit]

Print and bring this to DSW:

我要纯鸡肉水饺. 我要訂購50冷凍雞肉水餃. 你能為我做呢？

[ipsedixit]

It doesn't sound like they make their dumplings in-house. Do you know if that's the case?

[Chandavkl]

My guess is that they make their own dumplings. It took them 20 minutes to prepare my order, which I attribute to making them from scratch as opposed to running over to the Hong Kong Supermarket liquidation sale. Also the skins appeared to be nice and fresh and chewy. While smaller than normal, the dumplings were larger than the frozen kind you see in the stores, and also were mostly meat.