Thai Sliders & Co (New York, NY)

There's only one type of medicine I take and that is dumplings. So when I heard there we're dumpling vitamins out there I had to try them. Now full disclosure, I wasn't the one that order these tiny drops of heaven, but you better believe I tried them.

These dumplings are from Thai Sliders & Co in the FiDi. Now right of the bat, I love the fact that they give you a ton of these gems. Sure they probably don't add up to eight full size dumplings, but it doesn't even matter with these.

The dumplings themselves, were very tasty. They were still juicy even though they are so small. The filling was spot on, the fry was good, and they still had the doughy goodness I crave. Being Thai, the sauce that came was not the traditional soy based sauce. Instead, it was a red spicy pepper dipping sauce, which was bomb. They nailed the flavor, just a perfect amount of spice. I hate Thai places that spit out flaming lava as a dipping sauce. Get out of here. I'm trying to taste my food, not have my tongue fall apart. This sauce, though, was a perfect accompaniment.

4.6 out of 5

Eric

Dumpling Vitamin prescriptions for everyone.

Precious (Hoboken, NJ)

Another week and another Chinese place checked of the list. This time its precious another joint on Washington St. Obviously I ordered them because I walk enough as it is. The dumplings at first glance looked like they were going to be good. They were very crispy with a thin dough, almost gyoza like, which is a good thing, but I was in the mood for more of a traditional Chinese place dumpling.

The crispy outside was actually still very crispy even after traveling 30 minutes while being steamed in those Chinese takeout containers, so good on them. The filling was flavorful. A simple standard pork filling, and the sauce was definitely not just your classic soy sauce. The combo was very good for a take out dumpling. I'm not committed to Precious as my go to Chinese spot, but it did surprise. 

4.1 out of 5 

Eric