Located in one of the small lanes of Chinatown, this is one of the most popular dumplings places in Melbourne. During the weekend, it is typical to see a long queue of people lining up outside its doors. There is one main reason why this place is so popular, and that is their $12 all you can eat banquet; giving you a variety of dishes as displayed in the menu picture below:
All you can eat banquet menu
If you come during their busy times, then expect to be seated in congested, overcrowded tables with almost no room to move without having to ask others to let you through, and once you are seated you are practically stuck there until you leave.
Fried pumpkin cakes
In terms of the food, it is not great, you really get what you pay for; their dumplings are quite tasty, and many people find them to be better than a lot of other places, though personally I found it too oily, and after a few dishes, all you can taste is oil masked by soy sauce. The all you can eat dishes are cooked in a very simple manner, either directly steamed or fried with no sauce or flavouring added. However, you can add soy sauce or chilli sauce yourself.
The only dish that comes with sauce is the noodles, but only with soy sauce. Overall, the food is okay; though do not expect anything high quality. They do offer an order menu besides their all you can eat banquet menu. I think the reason they have the banquet menu is just to make it easier for them during busy hours, as they do not have to cater for individual needs and instead place the same dishes everywhere.
Being so busy, it is not surprising that their staff are stressed and constantly hurried to work nonstop, they move around tables laying dishes everywhere and barely having time to clean. The amount of service you get is almost non-existent; you are merely treated like a hungry person who wants to eat and nothing else.
Entrance
If you are after a cheap all you can eat dumplings place and do not mind the excessive amount of people and lack of service, then give this place a try, if only just for the experience of it, which is at least interesting.
