Chelsea, Dining Out, Dinner, Manhattan, Quick Post, TakeoutKerry Alaric CheeseboroAnito Lo, Asian, Chelsea, duck, dumpling, hoisin, PekingComment

Quick Post | Ducking In

Chelsea, Dining Out, Dinner, Manhattan, Quick Post, TakeoutKerry Alaric CheeseboroAnito Lo, Asian, Chelsea, duck, dumpling, hoisin, PekingComment
Rickshaw Dumpling Bar | 61 West 23rd St. (bet. 5th & 6th Aves.) | 212.924.9220 | rickshawdumplings.com |
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I HAD JUST an excellent BBQ lunch at Hill Country with my more excellent friend "Trixie" and was walking east on 23rd Street when I came across the storefront for Chef Anita Lo's Rickshaw Dumpling Bar, whose sumptious dumplings I have only had so far from their street truck.

The street truck only sells two varieties of their popular dumplings—one with pork and chives, another with Bell & Evans chicken—so now I had the convenient opportunity, albeit on a full stomach, to try their Peking duck dumplings.

They were ready in minutes and excellent, as was expected, showcasing much of its duck flavor and rewarding it's inherent gaminess with a sweet and lightly spicy hoisin-based dipping sauce. And they were successful at differentiating themselves from the other likewise excellent varieties.

Much like the leftover barbecue I was carrying at the time, I saved a few of the dumplings to take home, which proved to be a longer term reward for such a quick PHUDE stop.

Bun Apple Tea!

.kac.

Rickshaw Dumpling Bar | 61 West 23rd St. (bet. 5th & 6th Aves.) | 212.924.9220 | rickshawdumplings.com |