(Above: Peking Quick One pork dumplings)
The dumpling gods have smiled upon Buffalo. The proof is in the diverse and economical body of work offered by our community’s dumpling artists.
My favorites include delicate forest mushroom dumplings served in borscht by a Ukrainian grandmother, and Tibetan chicken momos in butter chicken sauce. Plus, let’s be honest, half a dozen versions of pork-centric pasta pillows.
China Taste offers 10 pork and cabbage dumplings made to order, steamed or fried, for $8.99, a ridiculous bargain. At $9.99, shrimp, egg, and leek dumplings are almost light, and worlds away from porky fat…