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12 NYC Restaurants Selling Frozen Chinese Dumplings for Home Cooking

Where to find frozen pork, shrimp, and soup dumplings for at-home frying and boiling right now

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A true dumpling enthusiast knows that Chinese cuisine has many kinds of dumplings, from the classic northern dumplings (jiaozi), the Shanghainese soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) to the Cantonese shrimp dumplings (har gow). All of these varieties — and others — can be found in New York City’s vibrant Chinese dining scene.

There’s never been a better time to stock up on frozen dumplings for quarantine cravings, either. With many NYC restaurants temporarily closed for dine-in services, some Chinese restaurants have resorted to selling their dumplings frozen, usually at a significant discount. And with a quick boil or steam, at-home diners can easily recreate the same dumpling experience in their own kitchens.

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Bund on Broadway

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Bund on Broadway, the Astoria-based dumpling house recently published a temporary menu on its social media, launching a frozen menu consisting of dumplings, soup dumplings, wontons, and buns. The frozen items are slightly cheaper than the dine-in cost, ranging from $1 to $1.5 per piece with a $25 minimum. 

Dumpling Town

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As its name suggests, this chain of restaurants is dedicated to dumplings, specifically those from northern China. The restaurant is also known for some of the more creative stuffings in the competitive dumpling market, including cilantro and flounder, beef and cheese, curry chicken, and pumpkin and oats. They are now sold frozen at locations in Elmhurst, Flushing, Sunset Park, and Edison, New Jersey, along with more conventional pork dumplings. 

Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao

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The famed Flushing dumpling restaurant now sells bulk frozen Shanghai-style soup dumplings on its website. The menu consists of classic xiao long bao like pork and crab, as well as creative items like dumplings made from scallop or truffle. Nan Xiang is also one of the few places that offer Shanghainese fried dumplings (shengjian), with the choices of pork, beef, crab meat, and truffle pork stuffings. Available for pickup and delivery.

Hope To See You

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Hope to See You in Flushing is a mix of various trendy Chinese street foods, from spicy crawfish to street barbecue. Following the shutdown of NYC restaurants for dine-in service, the restaurant also added frozen dumplings to its menu, offering three classic stuffings popular in northern China: chive and egg, pork and cabbage, and “sanxian” (three delicacies, namely pork, shrimp and chive). 

Yoz Dumpling

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This Flushing-based joint prides itself on duck noodle soups from southern China, but it also has a surprisingly extensive menu of frozen dumplings. Apart from conventional stuffings like pork and chive, Yoz has some options that are not as common, including pork dumplings made with fennel or cucumber. The restaurant also serves a must-try dumpling made of shepherd’s purse and pork. The wild-grown vegetable was once eaten by the poor, but it has now become a nostalgic food in China.

AweSum DimSum

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This new Cantonese dim sum restaurant was scheduled to open for dine-in customers weeks ago but has pivoted to delivery as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. AweSum DimSum’s menu consists of traditional dim sum favorites including har gow and siu mai, as well as not-so-common options like har gow with chive, watercress dumplings, and cabbage pork buns. Since all of the restaurant’s dumplings are handmade, quantities are limited and can only be ordered by phone for now.

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This Shanghai-style dim sum restaurant was one of the earliest to embrace the frozen food business during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Customers can order online for frozen buns, siu mai, wontons, and soup dumplings stuffed with pork or crab roe. The frozen food can be ordered through the restaurant’s website for delivery to Manhattan, Long Island City, Flushing, Brooklyn, and Jersey City on Wednesdays and Sundays, with a $60 minimum per order. Customers can also pick up online orders at the Union Square location.

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Mimi Cheng's Dumplings

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This chic Taiwanese-American dumpling place with locations in the East Village and Nolita is now taking online orders and delivering make-at-home dumpling kits on Thursday and Friday. The $55 kit includes 30 chicken and zucchini dumplings, frozen scallion pancakes, and the restaurant’s secret sauce.

Nom Wah Nolita

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The historic Chinese-American restaurant’s Nolita location offers a wide range of its signature dim sum in the frozen form, including har gow (shrimp dumplings), pork soup dumplings, and siu mai (a dumpling-like Cantonese dim sum). They are sold in 1.5-pound bags and available for delivery and pick-up from the Nolita outpost. The restaurant also provides detailed instructions on how to steam these southern Chinese-style dumplings at home.

A spoon holds up a soup dumpling in front of a crowded table of dips and dim sum plates Paul Wagtouicz

King Dumplings

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King Dumpling on Hester Street offers a wide range of frozen dumplings, alongside close relatives to the dumpling, like wontons and fried buns. The frozen dumplings start at $11 for 50 pieces, and the diner offers celery and pork dumplings — a less common choice of vegetable stuffing compared to the usual chive and cabbage variety.

Homemade Dumpling

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This small dumpling joint on Essex Street boasts juicy northern Chinese dumplings (jiaozi or shuijiao) that can be boiled or pan-fried. The casual diner has been selling frozen dumplings long before the pandemic. At $5 for 30 dumplings, it remains one of the best go-to places in Manhattan for affordable and appealing dumplings. There are also frozen pan-fried dumplings (potstickers), pork and chive dumplings, and vegetarian dumpling options.

A storefront on a city street has a red awning with the words “Homemade Dumpling” Isabelle Niu

Yaso Tangbao

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Founded by first-generation immigrants, Yaso Tangbao features some creative Shanghainese cuisines that are not common in other traditional restaurants. Frozen spicy soup dumplings, for instance, are a fusion between Sichuan and Shanghai tastes. The restaurant also sells traditional soup dumplings online and delivers to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island City, Jersey City, and Hoboken.

An overhead photo of three wooden dumpling baskets, with four soup dumplings resting in each Industry City [Official]

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Bund on Broadway

Bund on Broadway, the Astoria-based dumpling house recently published a temporary menu on its social media, launching a frozen menu consisting of dumplings, soup dumplings, wontons, and buns. The frozen items are slightly cheaper than the dine-in cost, ranging from $1 to $1.5 per piece with a $25 minimum. 

Dumpling Town

As its name suggests, this chain of restaurants is dedicated to dumplings, specifically those from northern China. The restaurant is also known for some of the more creative stuffings in the competitive dumpling market, including cilantro and flounder, beef and cheese, curry chicken, and pumpkin and oats. They are now sold frozen at locations in Elmhurst, Flushing, Sunset Park, and Edison, New Jersey, along with more conventional pork dumplings. 

Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao

The famed Flushing dumpling restaurant now sells bulk frozen Shanghai-style soup dumplings on its website. The menu consists of classic xiao long bao like pork and crab, as well as creative items like dumplings made from scallop or truffle. Nan Xiang is also one of the few places that offer Shanghainese fried dumplings (shengjian), with the choices of pork, beef, crab meat, and truffle pork stuffings. Available for pickup and delivery.

Hope To See You

Hope to See You in Flushing is a mix of various trendy Chinese street foods, from spicy crawfish to street barbecue. Following the shutdown of NYC restaurants for dine-in service, the restaurant also added frozen dumplings to its menu, offering three classic stuffings popular in northern China: chive and egg, pork and cabbage, and “sanxian” (three delicacies, namely pork, shrimp and chive). 

Yoz Dumpling

This Flushing-based joint prides itself on duck noodle soups from southern China, but it also has a surprisingly extensive menu of frozen dumplings. Apart from conventional stuffings like pork and chive, Yoz has some options that are not as common, including pork dumplings made with fennel or cucumber. The restaurant also serves a must-try dumpling made of shepherd’s purse and pork. The wild-grown vegetable was once eaten by the poor, but it has now become a nostalgic food in China.

AweSum DimSum

This new Cantonese dim sum restaurant was scheduled to open for dine-in customers weeks ago but has pivoted to delivery as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. AweSum DimSum’s menu consists of traditional dim sum favorites including har gow and siu mai, as well as not-so-common options like har gow with chive, watercress dumplings, and cabbage pork buns. Since all of the restaurant’s dumplings are handmade, quantities are limited and can only be ordered by phone for now.

3 Times

This Shanghai-style dim sum restaurant was one of the earliest to embrace the frozen food business during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Customers can order online for frozen buns, siu mai, wontons, and soup dumplings stuffed with pork or crab roe. The frozen food can be ordered through the restaurant’s website for delivery to Manhattan, Long Island City, Flushing, Brooklyn, and Jersey City on Wednesdays and Sundays, with a $60 minimum per order. Customers can also pick up online orders at the Union Square location.

A close-up photograph of a steamed bun sitting in a wooden steamer basket 3 Times [Official]

Mimi Cheng's Dumplings

This chic Taiwanese-American dumpling place with locations in the East Village and Nolita is now taking online orders and delivering make-at-home dumpling kits on Thursday and Friday. The $55 kit includes 30 chicken and zucchini dumplings, frozen scallion pancakes, and the restaurant’s secret sauce.

Nom Wah Nolita

The historic Chinese-American restaurant’s Nolita location offers a wide range of its signature dim sum in the frozen form, including har gow (shrimp dumplings), pork soup dumplings, and siu mai (a dumpling-like Cantonese dim sum). They are sold in 1.5-pound bags and available for delivery and pick-up from the Nolita outpost. The restaurant also provides detailed instructions on how to steam these southern Chinese-style dumplings at home.

A spoon holds up a soup dumpling in front of a crowded table of dips and dim sum plates Paul Wagtouicz

King Dumplings

King Dumpling on Hester Street offers a wide range of frozen dumplings, alongside close relatives to the dumpling, like wontons and fried buns. The frozen dumplings start at $11 for 50 pieces, and the diner offers celery and pork dumplings — a less common choice of vegetable stuffing compared to the usual chive and cabbage variety.

Homemade Dumpling

This small dumpling joint on Essex Street boasts juicy northern Chinese dumplings (jiaozi or shuijiao) that can be boiled or pan-fried. The casual diner has been selling frozen dumplings long before the pandemic. At $5 for 30 dumplings, it remains one of the best go-to places in Manhattan for affordable and appealing dumplings. There are also frozen pan-fried dumplings (potstickers), pork and chive dumplings, and vegetarian dumpling options.

A storefront on a city street has a red awning with the words “Homemade Dumpling” Isabelle Niu

Yaso Tangbao

Founded by first-generation immigrants, Yaso Tangbao features some creative Shanghainese cuisines that are not common in other traditional restaurants. Frozen spicy soup dumplings, for instance, are a fusion between Sichuan and Shanghai tastes. The restaurant also sells traditional soup dumplings online and delivers to Brooklyn, Manhattan, Long Island City, Jersey City, and Hoboken.

An overhead photo of three wooden dumpling baskets, with four soup dumplings resting in each Industry City [Official]

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