Signature Steamed Pork Dumpling (招牌小籠包) - Hao De Lai (Jordan) 好德來小籠包店 (佐敦)

Signature Steamed Pork Dumpling (招牌小籠包) - HK$28

The Hungry Nobody score - 6/10

Thin skin, good moist and tender pork, decent broth and fair value.  

Hao De Lai (Jordan)

Shop A, G/F, 1 Tak Hing Street

好德來小籠包店

九龍佐敦德興街1號A地下

(+852) 2377 9498

What I did like was that the dumplings were good in pretty much every aspect.  Good, as in only 'ok' though.  The high points were that, it's pork was decently tender and still had bite.  The broth was flavorful and their skin was nice and thin.  The price, while neither cheap nor expensive, I guess gets the nod for being ok value.  Nothing exciting written here, sigh... cause well, there really wasn't anything to get excited about.  That being said, I'd probably have them again if I was in the area and wanted some 小籠包, but I wouldn't go out of my way for them.

What I didn't like was that it was hit or miss with the broth as one of them I had (which I'm sure wasn't punctured), seemed to be short on soup.  The taste of the pork itself also didn't really have anything to write about.  Seriously, I can't think of how to describe them, cause they really didn't have much taste.  The vinegar covered this up, so I guess it might not be a big issue for some people.  I think it might have been because I decided to try one drinking all the broth first before eating it without any vinegar... Won't try that again!

Note:  Each order had 4 dumplings.