Beyond Sushi (FiDi, NY)

Now if you know me, you know I frequent City Acres Market on Pearl St pretty much daily. Inside, in addition to the regular grocery store fare, they have several food vendors. One being another Vanessa's, and while you may think that is where I went to get dumplings this time you'd be wrong.

These dumplings are from directly across from BeyondSushi. There they have all sorts of vegan sushi rolls, and these jack fruit dumplings. I know a departure from the classic pork, but where there is a dumpling, it has to be eaten.

Unfortunately, jackfruit doesn't hold a candle to real meat, and these dumplings just didn't inspire. I've had plenty of actual vegetarian dumplings with far better flavor. No need to imitate the GOAT (pork) if you can't hang, forge your own lane. I'll eat those vegan sushi rolls every damn day, but these dumplings are a hard pass from me.

1.9 out of 5

Eric