Get to Know the dumpLin Family

SAVORY - “THE SAUCE IS INSIDE!”

Origin Story

The dumpLins that started the dumpLinsanity

  • The dumpLin that started it all! Chicken potsticker with no heat!

    Ingredients: Ground chicken, napa cabbage, chives, green onion, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar

  • 8 Per Order

    Chicken potsticker with the slightest kick. The dumpLin that started the dumpLinsanity....kinda. The no-heat was really the one, but this one kinda took over once it hit the menu. :)

    Ingredients: Ground chicken, napa cabbage, green onion, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice vinegar, garlic chili sauce

Sustainable Future

For the herbivores

  • A soup dumpLin-shaped potsticker made of shiitake mushroom and bok choy in a sweet and spicy sauce. The holy shiitake dumpLin is folded in a housemade wrapper with its bottom covered in toasted sesame seeds for the perfect combo of earthiness and nuttiness.

    Ingredients: Shiitake mushrooms, shallots, green onion, bok choy, garlic, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, garlic chili oil, crushed red pepper flakes, honey

  • 8 Per Order

    Far from bland -- tofu potstickers have the perfect balance of sweet and spicy with crushed red peppers and hoisin sauce. Contains Red 40 in the hoisin sauce.

    Ingredients: Tofu, green onion, napa cabbage, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, hoisin sauce, rice vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes

  • Inspired by the beloved L.A.-based coffee shop, Civil Coffee.

    This VEGAN dumpLin is filled with elements from chef's favorite veggie "dishes": crushed cucumber salad, grilled eggplant, and bean sprouts. All tossed in a delicious sauce made of soy, rice vinegar, sesame oil, sesame seeds, and crushed red peppers.

    Ingredients: Sometimes gluten-free (when we make GF wrappers), most of the time not. Cucumber, eggplant, bean sprouts, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, crushed red pepper flakes

  • Named after one of Chef's favorite Woody Allen films and inspired by Le Rigmarole's "lazily folded dumpling", this dumpLin is filled with heirloom tomatoes, panko, garlic butter, and basil.

    **Has more Italian than French flavors -- it's just named after Paris because of the restaurant that introduced this combo to Chef**

    Ingredients: Heirloom tomatoes, butter, garlic, breadcrumbs, basil, salt, pepper

  • Inspired by the debate on the Kelce brothers' New Heights show about whether UnCrustables™ are a sandwich or a dumpling. We argue it's a sandwich and ours is a dumpLin! :)

    A filling made of peanut butter mixed with mascarpone, homemade strawberry preserves, and lemon zest shaped and folded like half an UnCrustable.

    Our debate is whether this is a potsticker dumpLin or a dessert dumpLin.

    Ingredients: Peanut Butter, mascarpone, homemade strawberry preserves, lemon zest, crushed red pepper flakes

The “Noodles”

Flipping noodles inside out.  Or outside in?

  • Zhajiangmian dish in the form of a dumpLin! The baked tofu and chicken in sweet bean sauce and chili oil that normally sits atop a bed of noodles is now inside a "noodle" (the dumpLin wrapper).

    Ingredients: Ground chicken, soy-marinated baked tofu, garlic, green onion, ginger, sweet bean sauce, garlic chili oil, soy paste

  • 8 Per Order

    In honor of our FOH extraordinaire, EuGENIA, the Dan Daaaayun Genia <Martin voice> is filled with all the elements of Dan Dan Mian, including housemade chili oil and roasted peanuts.

    Ingredients: Ground chicken, bok choy, dried vegetables, green onion, hoisin sauce, garlic, black vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, roasted peanuts, homemade szechwan chili oil

  • A Taiwanese staple and favorite. Niuroumian (Beef Noodle Soup) in the form of a dumpLin?! This dumpLin is packed with flavor as it has all the elements of a perfect bite of Niuroumian.

    Ingredients: Sometimes gluten-free (when we make GF wrappers), most of the time not. Cucumber, eggplant, bean sprouts, rice vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, crushed red pepper flakes

What’s Luv?

All of Chef's loves (hip-hop, sports, Paris)

  • A tribute to the 3-point record holder, Stephen Curry! This dumpLin is a Taiwanese curry with chicken, potatoes, and onions in a panko-crusted dumpLin to add a little extra crisp. It's folded in the lazily folded dumpLin shape to resemble the 3-pt arc where Curry reigns.

    Ingredients: Chicken thigh, onion, potato, c curry, sugar, soy sauce, breadcrumbs

  • A shrimp sits atop roasted corn miso butter puree with the tail sticking out to mimic fried shrimp sugar cane dim sum. Scallions scattered throughout dumpLin accentuate the freshness of the prawn and puree flavors.

    Ingredients: Whole shrimp, corn, white miso, dashi miso, green onion

  • Inspired by the debate on the Kelce brothers' New Heights show about whether UnCrustables™ are a sandwich or a dumpling. We argue it's a sandwich and ours is a dumpLin! :)

    A filling made of peanut butter mixed with mascarpone, homemade strawberry preserves, and lemon zest shaped and folded like half an UnCrustable.

    Our debate is whether this is a potsticker dumpLin or a dessert dumpLin.

    Ingredients: Peanut Butter, mascarpone, homemade strawberry preserves, lemon zest, crushed red pepper flakes

  • Named after one of Chef's favorite Woody Allen films and inspired by Le Rigmarole's "lazily folded dumpling", this dumpLin is filled with heirloom tomatoes, panko, garlic butter, and basil.

    **Has more Italian than French flavors -- it's just named after Paris because of the restaurant that introduced this combo to Chef**

    Ingredients: Heirloom tomatoes, butter, garlic, breadcrumbs, basil, salt, pepper

Twist on Tradition

Familiar dumplings that don't look so familiar

  • Shrimp dumpLin wrapped in a homemade crystal wrapper. Xia Jiao (or hargow) with all the sauces IN the dumpLin!

    Ingredients: Shrimp, bamboo shoots, sesame seeds, soy sauce, sesame oil, sugar

  • The "shao mai for my mama" dumpLin! Chicken with bits of shiitake, garlic chili oil, black vinegar and truffle oil folded into a shao mai, but cooked like a potsticker for that extra layer of texture!

    Ingredients: Ground chicken, shiitake mushrooms, green onion, truffle oil, sesame oil, garlic chili oil, soy sauce, black vinegar.

  • Crab and corn stir-fry filling seasoned with black vinegar, soy sauce and chili garlic oil.

    This dumpLin is a Shao Mai, but then pan-fried upside down so that all the dumpLin turns into a bubble bomb of flavor.

    Ingredients: Crab, corn, black vinegar, soy sauce, green onion, garlic chili oil

  • Chicken soup dumpLin in a homemade wrapper with dipping sauces incorporated IN the dumpLin!

    Ingredients: Ground chicken, green onion, garlic, dashi miso, white miso, chicken broth, gelatin, black vinegar, soy sauce

  • Corn and crab soup dumpLin in a homemade wrapper with dipping sauces incorporated IN the dumpLin!

    Ingredients: Crab, corn, chicken broth, egg, sesame oil, black vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, ginger

  • A ham sui gok, but we don't use pig product, so we've replaced the ham with crab! A savory crab filling in the traditional, fried Mochi dumpLin.

    **Note: "ham" has nothing to do with the actual name!**

    Ingredients: Crab, green onion, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, black vinegar, garlic chili oil, sesame oil, rice vinegar, fried sweet mochi dough

Surf & Turf

Surf.  And. Turf.

  • Korean BBQ in a dumpLin! Ground marinated short rib in a sesame gochujang miso sauce layered with pickled radish and rice paper.

    Ingredients: Marinated short rib, juju radish, rice paper, green onion, sesame oil, gochujang, white miso, dashi miso, sugar, sesame seeds, garlic, egg

  • Our play on corn and egg drop soup. We’ve replaced the imitation crab with crab marinated in beer and added cilantro, green onion, black vinegar and garlic chili oil.

    Ingredients: Beer-marinated crab, corn/egg-drop soup puree, green onion, black vinegar, garlic chili oil

  • Yang Chow's delicious slippery shrimp dish but as a dumpLin! Shrimp in a light batter fried in a sweet and tangy sauce (made with homemade ketchup) and green onions.

    Ingredients: Shrimp, rice flour, homemade ketchup, green onion, soy sauce, black vinegar, cayenne pepper

  • Braised oxtail mixed with fried shallots, watercress, and green onion in a citrusy, black vinegar sauce with a little kick.

    Ingredients: Oxtail, green onion, shallots, watercress, soy sauce, black vinegar, sesame oil, mirin, rice vinegar, garlic chili crisps, honey, tangerine zest.

Crazy Rich Asians

dumpLins inspired by the film

  • The first of our Crazy Rich Asians dumpLins!

    This soup dumpLin is filled with creatures that may have played with the oyster that made Astrid's beautiful pearl earrings.

    All the black vinegar/soy/ginger sauces IN the dumpLin!

    Ingredients: lobster, shrimp, bamboo shoots, butter, dashi miso, shrimp stock, black vinegar, soy, garlic chili oil

  • The second of our Crazy Rich Asians dumpLins!

    This is our play on Hainan chicken rice. It has bits of Hainan chicken, but instead of rice, we have a beautiful, buttery cauliflower puree.

    All of the sauces (sweet dark soy, and ginger garlic chili sauce are incorporated in the filling as well!

    Ingredients: Hainan chicken, cauliflower, cauliflower, butter, dark soy sauce, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic chili oil, sugar

  • Still in R & D….gotta make this one PERFECT — it’s based on mama Eleanor!

    Check back soon!