Dumpling Republic | Shop L103, The Wintergarden, BRISBANE CBD QLD 4000
As
much as I enjoy cooking, there are days when I just feel like a nice
and relaxing dinner somewhere in town, and that's what I love about
living in the city, everything is right downstairs. A while ago on a
week night, the three of us when for a nice stroll and ended up at
Dumpling Republic for dinner.
The
location of this restaurant isn't exactly the most visible despite it
being situated in the Queen Street Mall. Dumpling Republic
is opposite Grill'd in Wintergarden, nestled between Hanaichi and the
now-closed Wagamama.
Dumpling
Republic occupies a fairly large space that's brightly lit,
but not to the point where it gets annoying. The menu is easy to read
and comes with picture of each dish. We started with two of their
signature drinks, a ginger and lemon house brewed iced
tea ($6) and a coconut pineapple delight ($8).
The latter was rather disappointing as it tasted more like crushed
ice and had minimal tropical flavours that I was hoping for. The
tea however was refreshing.
I
had been to Dumpling Republic previously with a colleague and really
enjoyed the shredded chicken with peanut sauce ($6.90),
so that was ordered again as an appetiser. As the name itself
suggests, the restaurant specialises in dumplings, so we
ordered the classic steamed pork buns ($7.30 for 6)
as well as pan-fried pork and shrimp dumplings ($10.40).
The steamed pork buns were nothing special, in fact, we found bones
in four of them which I thought was rather odd. The pan-fried
pork and shrimp dumplings were delicious though. The bottom of the
dumplings was crispy and the mixture of pork mince and shrimp was
very flavoursome. We also ordered the wok-fried beef with
ginger and onion in oyster sauce ($16.20), which the other
travel bunnie really liked given the tenderness of
the beef. The crispy chicken wings with hot sauce ($12.20) were
quite delicious too.
I
like my Chinese food and although I'm not extremely picky with it, I
can't say that I find Dumpling Republic as authentic as it could be.
Total
Bunnie Dollars Spent: $67.00
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