Yummy Yummy Dumplings is one of those unassuming, small, “walk down” restaurants in Toronto’s downtown Chinatown that too many people just walk right past. Trust us: walking past this delightful, authentic spot is your loss. The food is fabulous, the prices are reasonable, and the people running the shop are a delight.

The Xialong Juice Pork Buns (known more universally as Xia Long Bao) are the best we’ve found in Toronto. The dumplings are a good mouthful, the dough holds the soup inside and is a perfect, chewy consistency, and the broth and pork are out of this world tasty. If you order nothing else on the menu, be sure to order this!

We tried two other dumplings: chicken, bamboo and black fungus (fried); and, corn dumplings with chicken and shrimp (steamed). Both were delicious. The next time we’re back (and we’ll definitely be back) we’ll begin our quest to try all of the flavour and filling combinations on their extensive dumpling menu. We can’t wait for that quest to begin.