Lin & Daughters
Yes, it’s an NYU-student-targeting dumpling shop with an excessively twee website and the prices that come with the location…but it really was pretty good. Pan-fried vegetable dumplings were a cut above in both texture and filling, the peanut noodles were nice (if sweet), and the smashed cucumber was excellent. I think it compares favorably to the last entry in the Taiwanese-American-for-yuppie-ish-omnivores genre I tried, Formosa.
The child’s point of view was only moderately positive. I feel the evaluation was somewhat skewed because we’d had the privilege of gorging on homemade momo shortly before. We were guests for Losar. I was the only one who liked the steamed shrimp dumplings, I think these might count as fÄ›nguÇ’, though certainly they did not have the filling Wikipedia describes. which came with a green sauce that tasted for all the world like tomatillo salsa. Anyway, it’s nice to have in the neighborhood, and now that the weather’s warming up unseasonably soon, the temptation to sneak off in the midafternoon for a bubble tea and a plate of dumplings will only grow.
Source: Lin and Daughters, West 4th St.
Dumpling type: pan-fried dumplings, steamed shrimp dumplings
Modality: takeout
Adult rating: 🥟🥟🥟🥟
Child rating: 🥟🥟🥟🥟