Luscious Dumplings — Restaurant in Monrovia

I will talk about food first. I ordered noodle with no meat. The noodle soup taste was clean and texture was comfortable. It could be nice if there was no fly in a bowl. The worker worked on 9/22/22 Thursday told me the fly is not from the noodle but from the building. So his claim is that it is okay if the fly is from the building?

The second dish was the pan fried dumpling. I didn’t realize at first but the juice was unnaturally too sweet.

The last dish pork xiolongpao. The skin was too thick as well as the ginger slice size.

The server behaving as a manager wore AirPods working and when I asked him something from my table, he didn’t look at me but raised a finger to the sky showing that he heard me but do not bother him doing arranging sauce cups. There was only two tables occupied and he acted like he is too occupied.

I like trying Michelin restaurants because I can expect to have new experiences. Here the food was not that special and the service was specially not smart.

Hope other customers would have better service here.

adding info. I told him it is not okay to have a fly in a bowl even though it is from the building. He answered it happened because I opened the door. Please…

Lastly please put napkin a little but lose so people actually can use...

Came here to try "Michelin" dumplings, a little bit disappointed. We had the pork, shrimp and leek dumplings, the cheese and beer dumplings and a mushroom minced pork noodles.

The pork, shrimp and leek dumplings is good. Lots of meat, great aromatic leek flavor with pieces of shrimp you can see. The size of the dumplings are bigger than normal regular dumplings. The skin is not too thick. It's juicy. It's pretty good. A little pricy but everything is pricy now.

However.... The cheese and beef dumplings is so so. It's a little too salty from the cheese. It's juicy but salty. The filling and the size of the dumplings is much smaller. Not impressed at all.

And finally, the noodle is just not good... Pricy and small portion. Mushroom is fragrant and gave the dish a very earthy flavor, making it quite delicious. But the noodle is just bad. Overcook and lack of texture. I highly suggest the noodle next door on the left which serve big portion with great noodle.

Overall, it's not bad, perhaps 4 stars, but I only gave 3 stars because I felt like this place is way too overrated. The "Michelin" also have me expecting a much higher standard, but it's quite...

Quick Summary Fresh food and never frozen. Really enjoyed how juicy all of their meat dishes were. It doesn't reach the quality of Din Tai Fung, but it's a fantastic neighborhood option.

Food- 4 stars Pan fried pork dumplings- very juicy and delicious. Just as advertised, the dumplings taste like they are freshly made and never frozen. It was a tad on the salty side, so definitely would recommend some vinegar and ginger

Steamed soup dumpling- this was good as well. Not Din Tai Fung quality, but difficult to find anything better

Angus Stewed beef noodle- this was very good too. Soup, beef, and noodles were delicious

Service- 4 stars The service is an introvert's paradise. You order everything through your phone if you're dining in, without any interaction with the servers. Food and drinks are then brought to you.

Bottom Line If you're in the mood for dumplings, highly recommend going to Luscious Dumplings if Din Tai Fung is...