Patty Chen's Dumpling Room - A Little Bit About a Lot of Things A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

April 30, 2014 Patty Chen’s Dumpling Room

Patty Chen’s dumping room has taken over the space that was formerly Pu Pu Hot Pot (insert giggle here). Patty opened Pu Pu Hot Pot in 1993 with her parents, and she and her husband, Mark Shulman, re-branded to the dumpling room in 2013.

The restaurant only has about 10 tables and a communal high top. Every seat is taken and we squeeze three onto a two top.

Parking can be tough here on the weekends, so plan accordingly.

Kimchi dumplings ($7.50) came in red wonton skins, filled with pork and had a little bit of a spicy kick.

Emperor dumplings ($9) come pan fried with chicken, pork and shrimp.

Beijing dumplings ($6.50) are steamed and filled with pork.

Mini Bao ($7.50) are pan seared and filled with pork and cabbage.

While the dumplings are quite tasty, the service is slow, even with three people serving. There are many times that we are left with empty water glasses, trying to get the attention of our server. The table next to us orders the same dumplings, before us, and ours come out first. We graciously give our plate to them as it only seems fair. At the end of the night, when we get our check, we have another table’s check. We are slightly confused since there are under a dozen tables. We would certainly come back for take out though, the dumplings are pretty tasty.