My brother sent me this photo yesterday. He lives in Brooklyn and ran into the Rickshaw Dumpling Truck at Grand Army Plaza over the weekend.
I love how they use Chinese revolutionary propaganda posters and catchy slogans, like Who’s Your Edamame?
The other side of the truck features a Red Army solider standing tall and waving a Rickshaw Dumpling flag–with a WWII Japanese rising sun as a backdrop.
My family and I love dumplings of all ethnic backgrounds: jiaozi, gyoza, pierogies, ravioli, kreplach. The kids love biting into the chewy wrappers and then tasting the warm bursts of flavors inside. I like them because they’re easy to boil.
Oooo, I’m always game for trying new places! We should def go! 😀
Ed’s Pot Sticker House is great. Maybe someday when the kids aren’t in school and you have an afternoon free, we can meet there for lunch. Your new job isn’t too far from there, I think.
Oh, jiaozi & gyoza are my favs! I loved getting a steaming bowl of jiazo in a spicy hot soup in the middle of winter in Qufu. That, and eating them with several cloves of raw garlic is a memory that has not faded over time. 🙂 My fav gyoza used to be at New Japan on Chicago in Ev; the wrappers were very light so you got less of a dough taste and more of the delicious mix inside. The dipping sauce at Kuni’s, tho, is my fav. Where is your fav gyoza served? Steamed or fried?
Thanks so much for your comment, Ali! I’ve been to both New Japan and Kuni’s, but years and years ago. I always eat gyoza steamed. Somehow they seem too chewy when they’re fried. Now we go to a sushi place in Westmont where the kids order gyoza, but they’re only served fried. I like the chicken gyoza at Oysy in Chicago, but that’s probably the only place I’ve eaten them in recent years. Once you start your new job, it might be worth checking out Ed’s Pot Sticker House, on Halsted near 31st Street–northern Chinese food and homemade jiaozi. But my favorite thing there is the sauteed lotus root. Yum!