Long Dragon Dumpling House — Restaurant in Melbourne

Came down here on a Saturday evening for dinner and they were already half packed. The first thing you notice is the place is very rudimentary, floor tiles is slightly greasy sticky and I knew it straight away the food was going to be good and authentic. The service is efficient and on point, got the menu and water as we sat down. Ordered the XLB, Xiao long bao, Chinese sausage fried rice, spring onion pancake and pan fried pork dumplings. The food came out very quickly and it was definitely cooked to order as the buzz from kitchen rang out for each order. Spring onion pancakes were had a crunchy crust, the centre was chewy and packed plenty of savoury flavour, just like how I had it in China. The fried rice was cooked in a wok with nice amount of oil to keep the rice seperate and packed plenty of wok hei (breath of the wok). XLB was small in size but well portioned for a mouth explosion with the hot soup inside as you one biter. This is the real experience of XLB. The fried pork dumpling is definitely made in store during the day over at one of the dining tables and cooked to order. The flavours were spot on and the bottom of the dumpling is crispy. All in all we finished our food and most impressive is their chilli oil on the table is house made, the umami flavours and the mix of heat is perfect, not too spicy and enhances every dish ever...

Well I ordered take away to pick up and I arrive on time of text message ready to find me standing there for 3min whilst everyone were on their phones . I ordered steamed veggie dumplings and pork and chicken fried dumplings . I live 8 min in walk from there so by the time I got home and ate the dumplings were chewy , the veggie dumplings ended up fried not sure why ! I wouldn’t get take away again I would dine In unless you’re eating dumplings within 5min . I loved both dumplings but the veggie need to be steamed as I asked for Will go back to dine in unless I get the steamed dumplings as they seem very nice people lacking some attention to detail . Maybe they...

By far the best dumplings in Melbourne I saw the owners having lunch and I was amazed how big and authentic they looked and decided to grab a take away frozen bag. I could say these are the best I have tried. They don't stick to the oan when frying and puff up like proper dumplings should. I ended up grazing 4 bag a couple days later. They have very tradition Chinese meals and a cost that will never be beaten especially in south Melbourne. It reminds me of an traditional Chinese restaurant doesn't need to be a fancy atmosphere all we need is good home cooked Chinese food and this is the...