Little Red Dumpling, SUNNYBANK HILLS

If I had to pick one cuisine to eat everyday for a year, without a single shred of doubt, it'd be dumplings. I could eat it three meals a day and not get sick of it so when Little red dumpling offered all you can eat dumplings for $30 (for two people), how could I resist?

The all you can eat deal was limited to dumplings and a couple of noodle dishes. Entrees and drinks were not included but with a couple of main sized noodle dishes and several choices of dumplings on offer with the option of having them either pan friend or steamed, I wasn't complaining. 

We arrived for dinner on a relatively busy Wednesday night without a booking but staff were still accommodating and sat us down with menus, table water and friendly smiles. I started with a pot of tea while we browsed over our choices and discussed a game plan of how we should tackle this and make the most out of an(already amazing) deal. 

generous amounts of tea for one person served in beautiful teapots and cups

We decided we didn't want to fill up on noodles and to stick with just dumplings so we could try all the different flavours. I didn't bother taking photos of all the plates we ordered as they looked very similar save for some very slight variances in sizes/shapes between the different fillings.

Pan-fried Chicken and prawn dumplings

Steamed lamb and coriander

We managed to try almost every dumpling available to us that night, except for the vegetarian one which we weren't to fussed about missing. I think they were all very nice but the stand out fillings of the night were definitely chicken & prawn and the pork & chives ones. The only real complaint I have about these dumplings would be the thickness of the pastry skin; with it being quite thick, sometimes it gets a little too doughy and you miss out of the flavours of the filling. The skin didn't seem quite as thick when we opted for the pan friend version though. All dumplings plates were served with an extremely generous amount of dipping sauce (soy, vinegar & chilli oil), and they even provided extra bottles on the table. 

walls are adorned with strong, powerful artwork

The place is gorgeous and there is lots to gander at while you wait for your food to arrive. The furniture is made up of wooden benches and stools mimicking small Chinese restaurants without lacking comfort and cleanliness. The staff were amazing and I could not fault them on anything; everyone was super friendly, looked after us well and actually looked they wanted to be there.

Final verdict? Not the best dumplings around, but I definitely enjoyed them, all 30 or so of them! In fact, I enjoyed it so much that I actually purchased another Scoopon and super eager to go back and eat an unhealthy amount of dumplings and somehow manage to fit some dessert in too. I'm super psyched.

Food: 7/10 (based on dumplings only)

Service 10/10

Atmosphere: 9/10

Value: 7/10 (based on normal prices)

Overal: 8/10

-wd