Happy Dumpling DongFeng Restaurant — Restaurant in Da'an District

every table a family of 3 or 4 -- the love the joy & 😂 the burp (i just heard) are seen & felt & 🤣 heard -- cause good wholesome & nourishing & comforting & all these happy folk (at Happy Dumpling) seem to revert back to being kids on holiday waiting on grandma & grandpa to exit the kitchen carrying these traditional northern eats -- staples essential elements & remnants of the history of a people populating colder climates of China long ago & found a fervent following here too

Taiwan is truly a melting pot -- an intersection of all of China in one place

while i expressed sorrow at the closing of the Dongmen location with the expediter & maitre d she said 3/31 was the last day which means Daan & Taipei City Hall locations will have to bear the burden of delivering happiness through little pockets of veg & meats (& many vegetarian options) panfried & boiled & the dry/soup noodles with fat noodles -- doubled in portion with a mere 15 nt -- are / were my go-to over the better part of 2 years during which i faithfully attended my (at least) weekly observation & practicing my northeastern roots via slurping & noshing

as i await a non-stop stream of diners come in to take away -- a demand that must be doubled on various food delivery platforms dining-in folk -- which means daily the staff of Happy Dumpling 🥟 -- in my mind for my take -- possibly -- the most prodigious producers of happiness via food (at least in northern fare & in Taipei 😉 -- let's qualify to not incite ire of internet)

maitre d came over to apologize & notify of delay due to a large order just ahead of us (2 tables -- me & North Face fam)

you know Bafang (八方) & Dingtaifung (鼎泰豐) & the price & quality crevasse between them -- certainly you get that faux-teahouse vibe sitting in DTF (yes an unfortunate acronym) but dish up against same dish i'd stake Happy Dumpling's everything against anything at DTF & bet the house HD is better

the panfried here is simply outstanding got the assorted : seafood & pork & chives (chives are the 2 stubby ones on far left end)

the broad noodles are the only way i go i got the everything on dry (small) & of course cucumbers 🥒 pretty little pyramid

& the black tea (with chrysanthemum)

there's not a thing at Happy Dumpling 🥟 that'll ever disappoint -- make you unhappy it's not in their name -- it's not possible

let me close out with the pretty/handsome fam next to me (not photographed) : serious Mr Consequences dad : "if you don't finish -- i don't know if you'll get to watch tv tonight" & fashion shop owner or ktv mamasan mom killing it in silk all black short jumpsuit & their in-highchair daughter who fears nothing & engages you eyes locked

the people -- the families at Happy Dumpling 🥟 are all smart & confident & sure

Happy Dumpling 🥟 is a Good Thing run by Good People

how the staff cope with this Lunch rush coming at them from every outlet & inlet is nothing short of Superhuman

the staff at HD are outright Real Life Supers

thank you 🙏 HD thank you 🙏 Stacey

may all of HD come back full strength

tMac 🦖

this world 🌎 needs more Happy coming from Dumplings 🥟

& more locations again 🙏

but really HD can pop / be anywhere & i'd be happy to...

This was where I had my first meal in Taiwan and I'm so glad it was! The person at the counter who I'm assuming is the owner speaks English and helped me order and gave recommendations, she's seemed like a lovely person. The food was absolutely delicious, simple flavours that warm the soul. It ended up being my most favourite place to eat, even though I could only visit twice during my stay, I made sure to have my last meal here before leaving. The place itself is cozy and has a lovely vibe to it. An absolute must visit in my opinion. Their dumplings, Tomato soup and cucumber dish are my absolutely favourite. I cannot...

裝潢很像咖啡店的形式，也有人說像是文青店，會被這家店吸引到，也是因為價格的關係，價格不算低但是卻很有人氣，一般水餃店不可能買這麼高單價，有些品項，就算是知名的 “ 餡老滿 ” 單顆也還不到這個價格，雖然有標示不少強調材料的內容，但還是要吃吃看才會曉得。

主要的大類別分： 【特色小點類（前菜）】 【招牌煎餃類】 【手工餃子類】 【辣辣 der 餃子類】 【麵食類】(有寬、細麵，可免費加一把麵) 【暖心好湯類】 【湯餃類】 【飲品類】(含酒精飲料)

基本內容都跟一般水餃店差不多，但是水餃店裡很少會有賣酒類飲品，主要都是精釀的節氣啤酒，雖然品項不是非常多，不過也算是很特別，想喝的可以嚐試看看。

第一次吃，當然就是從餃類下手，點餃子跟煎餃跟湯類，其他就先跳過。

來的時間已是晚上7點多，但是裡面還是坐很多的人，必須要現場先候位，過一會叫名字才可以進去用餐。店裡面的位置不多，目測的話大概可以坐 20幾個人，生意算是真的非常好，因為這邊其實附近挺多吃的，巷弄裡都有不少小店，不過在品嚐到之前，單價來看，與其他水餃店有挺大的市場區隔，大概由價格判斷，能知道其實是精緻的內容，一般不適合每天中、晚餐都吃， 至少一般人不會，因為如果遇到很會吃的人，要吃到飽的話可能要花到4、500，甚至更高。

店裡有提供檸檬水、醬料跟餐具都是自助。而醬料部份有醬油（液體狀）、烏醋、白醋、特製辣醬、香油，沒有蒜頭或是香菜、蔥之類的。

等了一下餐點就來了，點了 招牌煎餃（什麼都想要 煎餃）、水餃（辣辣 der 高麗菜餃子）、榨菜肉絲湯

原本想要點酸辣湯，但是剛好賣完了，就點了 榨菜肉絲湯。

湯小份的很小碗，大概是一人份，比飯碗大一些而已，湯味道偏淡，有清甜榨菜香味，喝湯時跟沉澱在下方的榨菜一起喝（吃進嘴裡）味道就變比較剛好，表現還算是可以，不過份量是比較偏小的。

辣辣 der 高麗菜餃子 內容是高麗菜口味為主要，因為名稱是 “ 辣辣 der 高麗菜 ” 我以為是包在裡面就是辣的，但其實是外面辣醬，光看外表很像是紅油抄手的感覺。

吃起來的味道很豐富，跟全部的料一起吃（高麗菜、香菜、蔥、蒜頭）會覺得口味上比較有層次，高麗菜很脆，水餃皮口感也不差，而且水餃皮處理的很薄，內餡又很滿，其實這樣的方式但是不要讓水餃破掉需要一定的技術

再來是..什麼都想要 煎餃 一份是6顆，裡面就是海老兩顆、紫蘇兩顆、韭菜兩顆

煎餃算是大顆，餡料也很飽滿，而且餃羽（也稱羽根，是包裹在煎餃底部一圈金黃色的薄薄脆片）也帶微微脆香。煎餃的內容先不說，光是外皮就富有口感跟香氣，嚼勁也好，一咬下去，內容的餡料部份帶著湯汁又紮實，的確是表現很好，尤其是紫蘇煎餃，味道真的很特別，整體上我覺得比水餃還美味。

不過在等待的時候，看到女服務生上煎餃給其他客人時，有依順序告知綜合煎餃各別是什麼，但是送餐給我時反而沒有告知，放著就離開了，考慮到是否太忙的關係才疏忽，但是環顧了一下店內，看看門外也沒有人在排隊了，所以是否看客人才隨機介紹就不太清楚，可是我覺得有點可惜，所以這部份就扣了分。

店還有配合外送，但是生意我覺得已經好到不用外送也可以。店裡還有賣年節組合以及冷凍水餃，喜歡的人也可以參考看看。

店裡除了付現還可以使用 LinePay ，還有提供消費集點卡，集到一定點數可以換餐點。順帶一提，如果用 LinePay 付款會加入商家好友（可勾選取消）但是有好友禮（滿額送飲料，不過只有東門店） 建議到東門店可以先加，可以用餐前告知，就可以不用等到下次再兌換了

下個總結.. 整體來說不是很舒適，可能人多位子又小，本身單價高沒關係，但是我覺得整體應該服務跟內容不到這個價格。基本換算，煎餃 6顆 （145元）等於一顆約 24元，高麗菜水餃 5顆（70元）一顆約 14元 左右。煎餃的單顆計費已經超過鼎泰豐小籠包，水餃單顆已經跟 餡老滿 差不多，但是吃完的想法是如果 水餃上限 大概在 一顆 10元左右，煎餃大概在 20元以內（海鮮類），如果不是海鮮，可能也是在 13 - 15 元以內...