Rickshaw Dumpling Bar

»Awful dumplings, ridiculous prices.

Signs that I should not have bothered tasting the dumplings:

1) I should have known better when I walked in and saw the cutesy signs on the wall with all the silly Asian puns on them.

2) Then again when I saw that all the photos of dumplings on the walls (which looked halfway decent) were fried, yet they only serve steamed dumplings on the menu.

3) Then again when I saw that the menu is your...+READ Signs that I should not have bothered tasting the dumplings:

1) I should have known better when I walked in and saw the cutesy signs on the wall with all the silly Asian puns on them.

2) Then again when I saw that all the photos of dumplings on the walls (which looked halfway decent) were fried, yet they only serve steamed dumplings on the menu.

3) Then again when I saw that the menu is your typical pan-Asian highly designed craphole fare (I.E., an obligatory "sezchwan" dish and "thai" dish, which translates to "a little spicier than normal," and "with peanuts").

4) When I got my bill and a dozen dumplings plus two drinks came to $19!

5) When I saw that rather than making the dumplings fresh, they have giant steamers of them stacked up a half-dozen high in the open kitchen meaning that by the time you get to the ones on the bottom, they are beyond overcooked.

6) When the steamed dumplings came on a paper tray with a little jar of sauce straight out of the fridge with a g-od-am sticker that was meant to be stuck on the tray, but was actually stuck on the corner of my dumpling instead.

7) When I tried to lift a dumpling off the tray and because it's moist dough on paper, the dough was stuck like glue, causing me to tear open the dumpling.

8) When I realized that even though it was torn open, not one drop of juice spilled from the inside of it.

Despite all these signs, I ate the dumplings, and they were truly horrible. Dry, overcooked, flavorless.

I was so dissappointed and angered by how awful these were that I felt like writing a letter to the management.

This is the kind of place where people with no taste go because they can't deal with non-English-speaking waiters in Chinatown. Like momofuku, but with really bad food. Avoid it at all costs.-COLLAPSE (by kenjialt, created November 23, 2009)

Signs that I should not have bothered tasting the dumplings:

1) I should have known better when I walked in and saw the cutesy signs on the wall with all the silly Asian puns on them.

2) Then again when I saw that all the photos of dumplings on the walls (which looked halfway decent) were fried, yet they only serve steamed dumplings on the menu.

3) Then again when I saw that the menu is...+READ Signs that I should not have bothered tasting the dumplings:

1) I should have known better when I walked in and saw the cutesy signs on the wall with all the silly Asian puns on them.

2) Then again when I saw that all the photos of dumplings on the walls (which looked halfway decent) were fried, yet they only serve steamed dumplings on the menu.

3) Then again when I saw that the menu is your typical pan-Asian highly designed craphole fare (I.E., an obligatory "sezchwan" dish and "thai" dish, which translates to "a little spicier than normal," and "with peanuts").

4) When I got my bill and a dozen dumplings plus two drinks came to $19!

5) When I saw that rather than making the dumplings fresh, they have giant steamers of them stacked up a half-dozen high in the open kitchen meaning that by the time you get to the ones on the bottom, they are beyond overcooked.

6) When the steamed dumplings came on a paper tray with a little jar of sauce straight out of the fridge with a g-od-am sticker that was meant to be stuck on the tray, but was actually stuck on the corner of my dumpling instead.

7) When I tried to lift a dumpling off the tray and because it's moist dough on paper, the dough was stuck like glue, causing me to tear open the dumpling.

8) When I realized that even though it was torn open, not one drop of juice spilled from the inside of it.

Despite all these signs, I ate the dumplings, and they were truly horrible. Dry, overcooked, flavorless.

I was so dissappointed and angered by how awful these were that I felt like writing a letter to the management.

This is the kind of place where people with no taste go because they can't deal with non-English-speaking waiters in Chinatown. Avoid it at all costs.-COLLAPSE / REPLY (21 Replies) (by kenjialt, created November 23, 2009)