Steamed Pork Dumpling (金牌小籠包) - King's Dumpling 金牌小籠 (Tsim Sha Tsui / 尖沙咀)

Steamed Pork Dumpling (金牌小籠包) - HK$48 / six dumplings (yes, the photo is missing one which was already in my mouth)

The Hungry Nobody score - 6/10
Very good, but not very hot.  Still belly worthy though.

King's Dumpling
Shop 404-5, 4/F, The One, 100 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
金牌小籠
九龍彌敦道尖沙咀100號 The ONE L404-5號
(+852) 2489 8066
www.kingsdumpling.com

What I liked was that Hong Kong has more and more steamed pork dumplings.  You can’t go anywhere without seeing a place that has a production line of surgical masked clad workers furiously churning out these things.  So many of these places make them fresh and for the most part, they're quite good overall. Dumpling King is no exception - they pass THN’s standards in terms of thin skin, tasty broth and delicate pork filling.  Bonus points for giving out individual shredded ginger dishes!  I also like that each order is 6 dumplings instead of 4, just a personal preference as I find 4 is too little, but ordering 8 would be a bit much.  Slightly cheaper than some other chains as well!

What I didn’t like wasn’t much, but one thing I did wish they did was serve us our dumplings a bit faster.  It took a while to get our order and no surprise when we did get our dumplings, they weren’t pipping hot as they should be.  They weren’t cold either, but it just diminishes the experience when they aren’t eaten right when they’re still steaming.