Taste Dumpling — Restaurant in Melbourne

As my belly rumbled I knew it was time for some tasty dumplings. Even the thought of it made my mouth water, "mmm pork" kept replaying over and over. So as I got in the car I knew this mission would be filled with emotion, my hunger would be satisfied and the Netflix would be watched. I gathered my currency and decided to begin the journey. My girlfriend was looking out the window as the music was playing through the stereo, I bet she was thinking about the dumplings. We arrived safe and sound and the bright lights from the restaurant filled my cones I recognized taste dumpling straight away and couldn't help but wonder if they simply couldn't afford the y and the s at the end of each word. This simply wasn't the case as we approached the double story building, pleasantly surprised we walked towards the door as my nostrils filled with nicotine and I began to feel like a cigarette addict. This dumpling place must be stressful to work at I thought to my self as I opened the door. To the left there were many empty tables and a blood presdure machine was on one of them. My theory slowly started to turn to fact. If you need to check your blood pressure maybe smoking shouldn't be on your to do list. However I am here for dumplings. I was greeted by an elderly Asian lady whom just moments ago came from the kitchen while exchanging a loud conversation with a cook, I assumed it was because of the open carton of eggs on one of the tables or perhaps they ran out of cigarettes?

I tried to order a meal using language however that didn't seem to work so the good old pick a picture and show with your finger did it's job. (Luckily there are pictures of the meals) After waiting 10 minutes our food was packed and ready for takeaway the 2 other customers (who clearly had a phone order) had to wait longer. We left knowing our bellies will be filled with glorious dumplings and we were not disappointed. Good food/large portions/average price would taste dumpling...

Early on a crisp Melbourne evening my friends and I decided to go out for dinner as a reward for a hard weeks work. We entered the restaurant with a sort of unease as the front door was smeared with grease and grime. We were greeted by a careless waitress who showed us to a table and threw down a menu in front of us. While we waited some time for someone to take our order we poured ourselves a glass of the so called "tea" that was on the table. My mouth was filled with what only can be described as unclean chlorinated pool water. I almost spat it out back onto the table. Our order was taken unenthusiastically. The simple order of chilli chicken noddles, chicken fried rice and spring rolls should have been a breeze for the staff to bring out to us right? Wrong. The waiter brought out a plate of spring onion pancakes and threw them onto the table without looking at us or giving us time to say that wasn't what we ordered. When we made her aware that we ordered spring rolls she rolled her eyes at us as if we were in the wrong. An absolutely disgraceful display of respect for the customer. The chilli chicken noodles were reasonably good and flavoursome and the portion sizes were generous. Our spring rolls arrived and tasted like donuts which I actually enjoyed. But I ordered spring rolls, not donuts right? Along with this the chilli sauce was gelatinous and made me extremely sceptical. After a meal that was somewhat enjoyable apart from a couple flaws we made our way to the counter to split the bill and leave. Could this night get anymore uncomfortable? Yes. We were told that we couldn't split the bill, leaving one of us to fork out with haste. I went home with a feeling that the social fabric of the world was slowly coming undone at the seams and taste dumpling house was to...

The food was edible and didn't taste bad.

However, it definitely lacked flavour. The illustrations on the menu looked more appetising than the final product.

However, if you are worried about portion sizes, then worry not because the portion sizes are HUGE, probably just enough for two people, and I ate on a near-empty stomach.

The service seems a bit hit and miss depending on who you have as your waiter/waitress, The waitress I had was pleasant enough.

I'm also confused about the meaning of "almost can be vegetarian" and "means vegetarian item." Both are dubious, confusing terms known only to the author/authors of the menus and have probably been put through google translate one too many times, but most glaringly, more than a few non-veg dishes came under these categories,

I'd give it two and a half stars of I could, but google doesn't let you do half ratings, so I've decided to settle...