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Since the dawn of exploration, we have sought a universal truth. What, early anthropologists wanted to know, is the one thing that unites all the citizens of the world? Is there a collective taboo, a single god, anything that bonds us as one?

Well, there is, as it happens. The wide-ranging love of the dumpling.

If there’s one practice about which we all concur, it is the wrapping of savouries and sweets in dough. Even if our own culture does not produce a Notable Dumpling (NDs), we are drawn to those that do. On the ND Honour Roll, we have:

  • Israel. Thank you for the Matzah ball.
  • China. Thank you for Just About Everything You Cook but, most particularly for the dumpling. We are all familiar with the Cantonese Nirvana that is yum cha; but look out for xiaolongbao. These Shanghai style dumplings are filled with pork and soup are a plus (dim) sum proposition and beginning to emerge in our local China towns.
  • Mongolia. Thank you for the buuz. If you can find these mutton-filled parcels of perfection anywhere, let us know!
  • Lebanon. The jewel of the near-east gives us the barak.
  • Eastern-Europe. Who said you could put peaches and nutmeg and the sweet, sweet ooze of Demerara sugar in a big, tender white ball of dough.
  • Austria? Who asked you to make The Perfect hangover cure in the form of the pierogi, Poland? And Russia. Why you gotta do me like that? Mmmm.
  • Japan. Gyoza. Can’t write. Slavering. Thankfully, now, you’re never more than a kilometre away from a gyoza in our big cities.

Let us know of your favourite dumpling diner. And, if you sample any new dough-covered delights, be sure to tell this dumpling anthropologist.

SM King, Citysearch

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Best Dumplings Melbourne

HuTong Dumpling Bar

14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne
-37.811876 144.969405

There are dumplings aplenty and traditional Chinese specialties tucked away in HuTong restaurant, down a tiny laneway in the heart of Melbourne’s Chinatown.

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Red Door Antiques and Yum Cha Cafe

1 McIlwrick Street, Windsor
-37.8555080110731 144.993374347687

All too often the last thing you can rave about at a decent yum cha restaurant is the décor. However, at Red Door the setting is as impressive as the food. Sure it feels like a Chinese antique furniture store, but the furniture is no longer for sale. Not to worry, the food will do just fine. They serve yum cha daily, and the dumplings are made on site. The prawn and crab dumplings are excellent, as is chicken curry buns. The setting is laid-back and it’s a quirky way to spend an afternoon. Very reasonably priced for such authentic fare.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $10.00 // Cuisine: Chinese

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Camy Shanghai Dumpling & Noodle Restaurant

23-25 Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne
-37.8118606223476 144.965441823006

Achieving cult restaurant status despite its nondescript location down a Melbourne CBD laneway, Camy offers consistently good dumplings along with its frenetic atmosphere and service.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $7.00 // Cuisine: Chinese

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Shanghai Village Chinese Restaurant

112 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
-37.81141157 144.9691532

This vividly decorated restaurant offers an extensive menu of simple, Eastern cooking, with a variety of meat and vegetable stir-fries, seafood and soup dishes. It's hard to pin down exactly what makes it so good. Probably the apparent chaos on a busy night which thankfully encourages an eclectic crowd and seemingly speeds up the service.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $11.00 // Cuisine: Chinese

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Auntie's Dumplings

68 Koornang Road, Cargerie
-37.8869395616161 145.057809054852

For lunch you can’t go past their dumplings and noodle soups which is the best value fast food in town.

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Dumplings Plus

269 Swanston Street, Melbourne
-37.812706 144.965393

While this eatery doesn’t have longevity on its side they are doing some fine dumplings.

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Oriental Tea House

455 Chapel Street, South Yarra
-37.84378666 144.9947801

Yum cha means to drink tea, and at the Oriental Tea House you can take your pick of hand-blended teas while enjoying freshly cooked treats. Old-world grandeur is fused with a modern aesthetic in this South Yarra restaurant.

Category: Restaurants // Mains from: $4.50 // Cuisine: Chinese

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