OK! Whew! Let’s do it!
Here is where I went: www.hopwong.com
I already lied. I didn’t go there. My really lovely fella Alex went and picked them up for me because it was Friday and I was lazy. I have, however, been there before, and I could go on and on about ambience and blah blah blah but that’s not important. Let’s talk about what’s important:
DUMPLINGS!!
They’re here!
They’re here!
Positives!
Here you see a cropped instagrammed picture of some pretty beautiful pouches o’ pork. The shape is textbook crescent. They’re perfectly steamed all over and fried on one side (the way I prefer my dumpling, though you’ll see in later posts that this is not how I prefer my momos – I, like most humans, am very complicated.) You get 8 dumplings for $4.95. They’re doing a couple of things very right. You’re getting a pretty hefty order for a relatively little dough (pun!), and the number is even. So if, god forbid, I had to share these, I wouldn’t have to cut a bitch for the extra dumpling.
Improvements!
So…what exactly is the meat I’m eating? I’m going to guess it was pork, but it’s pretty hard to tell. The meat is pretty bland and whatever vegetable stuffed inside is indiscernible – a couple of green flecks at best. They could have been scraps of paper, I wouldn’t have noticed. The sauce could also use a little zing. Aaaand a little part of me is always kind of scared I’m going to get sick a few hours later? But, like a good little soldier, I work through those fears. (Any friends of mine who just read that are probably laughing like little creeps and preparing my phone number on their cellular telephones, ready and willing to call me out on my BS due to my extreme hypochondria that I primarily blame on E.R. episodes from ’94-’98 – “Mom, I think I have ebola.” “No, you don’t.”)
So…what exactly is the meat I’m eating? I’m going to guess it was pork, but it’s pretty hard to tell. The meat is pretty bland and whatever vegetable stuffed inside is indiscernible – a couple of green flecks at best. They could have been scraps of paper, I wouldn’t have noticed. The sauce could also use a little zing. Aaaand a little part of me is always kind of scared I’m going to get sick a few hours later? But, like a good little soldier, I work through those fears. (Any friends of mine who just read that are probably laughing like little creeps and preparing my phone number on their cellular telephones, ready and willing to call me out on my BS due to my extreme hypochondria that I primarily blame on E.R. episodes from ’94-’98 – “Mom, I think I have ebola.” “No, you don’t.”)
Overall? A solid 6/10. These dumplings will definitely be there for you in a pinch (they deliver!), and there are a LOT of them. And if you don’t particularly care or worry about meat, per say, these babies could be the one for you! Hop Wong is located in a strip mall (often a very good sign – I’m not kidding) right next to Rainbow off of Lake Street.
Check below for my super scientific rating system:
Cost: <$5
Taste: 2 out of 5
Texture: 4 out of 5
Amount: 5 out of 5 (you get 8 for christ’s sake! That’s unheard of in most circles!)
Taste: 2 out of 5
Texture: 4 out of 5
Amount: 5 out of 5 (you get 8 for christ’s sake! That’s unheard of in most circles!)
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