120 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne
Victoria 3000
We'd been planning to visit Shanghai Village Dumplings, but it was closed so we headed next door to the more grandly named Empress of China.
Inside the restaurant resembles many of its China Town neighbours, with a basic fit out with a few east Asian touches.
We stuck to the dumpling section of the menu, sharing a few dishes. First up were the wantons with hot chilli sauce both looked and tasted the part.
The 8 steamed prawn dumplings were pleasingly plumb and packed with pink prawn meat!
The 15 pan fried vegetarian dumplings were nicely crisp on the outside and full of spinachy goodness, but the skin was a little on the thick side.
The meal came in around $25 and was served pretty quickly given the weekend crowd. We'd certainly consider another try if we were looking for a filling dumpling fix again.Melbourne
Victoria 3000
We'd been planning to visit Shanghai Village Dumplings, but it was closed so we headed next door to the more grandly named Empress of China.
Inside the restaurant resembles many of its China Town neighbours, with a basic fit out with a few east Asian touches.
We stuck to the dumpling section of the menu, sharing a few dishes. First up were the wantons with hot chilli sauce both looked and tasted the part.
The 8 steamed prawn dumplings were pleasingly plumb and packed with pink prawn meat!
The 15 pan fried vegetarian dumplings were nicely crisp on the outside and full of spinachy goodness, but the skin was a little on the thick side.
