Formosa Dumplings

Posting this note on an October 4 lunch belatedly. After a child-focused expedition to the Brooklyn Museum, I cast around hungrily for lunch options. As always happens when I am hungry and uncertain, I made an irrational attempt to secure optimal food. Thus on the strength of an appetizing Infatuation post I dragged two cranky seven-year-olds on an unseasonably hot day over to Formosa Dumplings in Prospect Heights. This turned out to be in “soft-opening” state, meaning order from the counter and joust with the Brooklyn crowds for one of the few available seats. But cranky children are an advantage in that kind of struggle, and we got ourselves a cozy spot on the couch. Not the tidiest way to eat (especially if you’re seven), but kind of fun.

Anyway the short menu is dumplings, noodles, and a few other Taiwanese snacks. The beef noodles looked very nice…if I were still someone who ate beef noodles. Meanwhile we had pan-fried seafood/celery and veggie dumplings, eight each, swimming in (mild) chile oil, rapidly demolished. The seafood dumplings were particularly good. Not necessarily worth a pilgrimage, but quite satisfying.

Source: Formosa Dumplings, Prospect Heights

Dumpling type: pan-fried seafood & celery dumplings, pan-fried vegetable dumplings

Modality: dine in (if you can hosey a seat)

Adult rating: 🥟🥟🥟🥟

Child rating: 🥟🥟🥟 but she sure seemed happy about it at the time