Anonymous
02/28/2026 11:25
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:op
I may have found a nirvana of online asian foods but I won't post their name until I get the delivery supposed to be arriving on the 24th
They do Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean
And I'm happy enough because they seem to do Shumai at the prices I remember buying them in the secret Korean store in the next city near me. (They didn't advertise from the road, you just had to know where they were)
I will update
Delivery of my order came 2 days late because of the snow delays, but when it arrived it did not disappoint.
All frozen. I ordered different varieties of scallion pancakes, glutinous rice balls, crescent dumplings, red bean paste buns, sesame balls, and of course, my craving, dim sum Shumai dumplings. They still didn't have the giant thick wrapper dumplings of my memory (or, I wasn't able to find them and just wanted to test their place out) but I got enough to know that this place is the real deal. They kept me updated by text and email and everything was shipped safely and well.
the online retailer is called Weee! (believe it or not) and it aggregates many varieties of Asian foods.
Prices are very close to what I remember paying in-store a decade ago. (Like, no crazy tariff prices)
I was super happy and highly recommend.
This is a well known place and definitely not a secret. But i’m glad you got delicious stuff! It’s where I consistently get my purple sweet potatoes from.
Anonymous
02/28/2026 10:47
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Anonymous wrote:op
I may have found a nirvana of online asian foods but I won't post their name until I get the delivery supposed to be arriving on the 24th
They do Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean
And I'm happy enough because they seem to do Shumai at the prices I remember buying them in the secret Korean store in the next city near me. (They didn't advertise from the road, you just had to know where they were)
I will update
Delivery of my order came 2 days late because of the snow delays, but when it arrived it did not disappoint.
All frozen. I ordered different varieties of scallion pancakes, glutinous rice balls, crescent dumplings, red bean paste buns, sesame balls, and of course, my craving, dim sum Shumai dumplings. They still didn't have the giant thick wrapper dumplings of my memory (or, I wasn't able to find them and just wanted to test their place out) but I got enough to know that this place is the real deal. They kept me updated by text and email and everything was shipped safely and well.
the online retailer is called Weee! (believe it or not) and it aggregates many varieties of Asian foods.
Prices are very close to what I remember paying in-store a decade ago. (Like, no crazy tariff prices)
I was super happy and highly recommend.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 13:11
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Try Far East's main menu dumplings. I think they fit your description. Their cooking is old school Chinese.
Thank you !! although alas I am no longer in the DC area, so it's not restaurants necessarily but really mail order online I am looking for.
I'm going to see what this other online store delivers ... I ordered scallion pancakes, shumai, red bean buns and lots of dumplings, I want to see how that turns out but I'll report back.
Still have never duplicated cold sesame noodles I used to have in the 90s in NYC. They were soooo good
You'll never replicate the same dish from the 90s simply bc worldwide, the quality of ingredients has gone down. Noodles now made with cheaper wheat flour that is cut with additives to be cheaper. Same with sesame seeds and the oil. And the soybeans now used to make soy sauce are so genetically modified from what they were 30 years ago you can hardly call them a soybean.
Anonymous
02/20/2026 12:39
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Anonymous wrote:Try Far East's main menu dumplings. I think they fit your description. Their cooking is old school Chinese.
Thank you !! although alas I am no longer in the DC area, so it's not restaurants necessarily but really mail order online I am looking for.
I'm going to see what this other online store delivers ... I ordered scallion pancakes, shumai, red bean buns and lots of dumplings, I want to see how that turns out but I'll report back.
Still have never duplicated cold sesame noodles I used to have in the 90s in NYC. They were soooo good
Anonymous
02/19/2026 11:27
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
op
I may have found a nirvana of online asian foods but I won't post their name until I get the delivery supposed to be arriving on the 24th
They do Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean
And I'm happy enough because they seem to do Shumai at the prices I remember buying them in the secret Korean store in the next city near me. (They didn't advertise from the road, you just had to know where they were)
I will update
I may have found a nirvana of online asian foods but I won't post their name until I get the delivery supposed to be arriving on the 24th
They do Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean
And I'm happy enough because they seem to do Shumai at the prices I remember buying them in the secret Korean store in the next city near me. (They didn't advertise from the road, you just had to know where they were)
I will update
Anonymous
02/18/2026 21:02
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Tibetan momos have a close texture. They have a thicker skin.
Anonymous
02/18/2026 20:57
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Anonymous wrote:You know the ones I am talking about. The ones that are the size of pierogies that have been around for forever, you ask for them fried or steamed. I know they exist for order frozen because once in the early 90s I found a whole box of 48 in one of the then-hidden markets in Boston's Chinatown and I had a hell of a time getting the whole box home on the Green Line T.
I have since never found them online for order. Every time I have had a chinese food delivery I have looked at the boxes to get a hint as to the source of the dumplings. All I get are boxes that used to have fortune cookies or almost anything but.
I get the proprietary panic as more and more people learn to make things from home ... but I've never found those giant potstickers available anymore anywhere ... except in the dive (aka delicious at 2am) Chinese places where it's only take-out and everything is cooked in oil.
I know about Mila dumplings but they are xiao long bao ... I already have a subscription there.
I crave the big chewy ones from the old days.
need a picture
Anonymous
02/18/2026 17:42
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
The dumplings at Dumplings and Beyond in Glover Park are just like this.
Anonymous
02/18/2026 17:36
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
Try Far East's main menu dumplings. I think they fit your description. Their cooking is old school Chinese.
Anonymous
02/18/2026 11:46
Subject: Old school Chinese dumplings
You know the ones I am talking about. The ones that are the size of pierogies that have been around for forever, you ask for them fried or steamed. I know they exist for order frozen because once in the early 90s I found a whole box of 48 in one of the then-hidden markets in Boston's Chinatown and I had a hell of a time getting the whole box home on the Green Line T.
I have since never found them online for order. Every time I have had a chinese food delivery I have looked at the boxes to get a hint as to the source of the dumplings. All I get are boxes that used to have fortune cookies or almost anything but.
I get the proprietary panic as more and more people learn to make things from home ... but I've never found those giant potstickers available anymore anywhere ... except in the dive (aka delicious at 2am) Chinese places where it's only take-out and everything is cooked in oil.
I know about Mila dumplings but they are xiao long bao ... I already have a subscription there.
I crave the big chewy ones from the old days.
I have since never found them online for order. Every time I have had a chinese food delivery I have looked at the boxes to get a hint as to the source of the dumplings. All I get are boxes that used to have fortune cookies or almost anything but.
I get the proprietary panic as more and more people learn to make things from home ... but I've never found those giant potstickers available anymore anywhere ... except in the dive (aka delicious at 2am) Chinese places where it's only take-out and everything is cooked in oil.
I know about Mila dumplings but they are xiao long bao ... I already have a subscription there.
I crave the big chewy ones from the old days.