Fuji Huoshao & Dumpling

Came primary for the dumpling. And the curiosity of their HuoShao 火燒, typically a northern China thing. So we ordered those. Then, why not, tried their lamb scraps soup 羊雜湯, meant to be the soup of scraps of lamb.Dumplings were quite eatable. I will come again for those. The others were not remarkable, yet not bad. I probably wouldn't do the soup again, it was very diluted from flavors.Guess this is a good place for simple comfort foods for a non-stressed meal. Many came for their frozen to-go items. I can see the appeal. The problem is that category (simple comfort Chinese foods) is now very crowded in this area.

My boyfriend says this is literally the only place you find this kind of food and lol if you scroll down enough or maybe even the next review, you'll read his for a more in-depth and detailed review on this type of cuisine. I can't comment much about my own knowledge, but if something is good, I'll just eat it and this was a great place to get lunch! It's a small, family owned restaurant, but you can tell that it is popular with the locals as most of the tables were filled. Service was very polite and helpful and very efficient for how many tables there were. We got the: 1) Cold noodle with meat sauce: -This reminds me of the black bean noodles, but as a meat sauce you get way more meat to it. It's a bit denser too because of that, but still pretty good. Nice and filling for cold noodles and comes with generous portion of thinly sliced cucumber to add some crunchy texture as well. 2) Lamb soup: -Nice big hot bowl of lamb soup. -Soup broth had a strong lamb flavor to it and there's a good amount of offal and some cut scallions in it too. -Decent dish. I'm not the biggest enjoyer of offal, but I was able to enjoy a bit of it. 3) Beef Huoshao (6 pieces): -Honestly my first time trying this dish and it's really easy to eat. Not offense at all. -If you have friends that like empanadas or Hot Pockets but wanna try something more "exotic" this is a great dish to suggest to them or to order when you take them here (cuz apparently you can't get this anywhere else!). -To me, they remind me of less flaky, chewy pate chaud which has more of a croissant breading and a bigger beef patty inside. -These huoshao are more flattened but have a nice weighty denseness to them so you don't feel like you're gonna starve after. The breading outside has multiple layers and these pieces taste good dipped in soy sauce and vinegar. I'd go back again!

This place has no competition. No, like literally, I am not aware of any other restaurant in the entire country that serves huoshao. If you google huoshao in English, you literally only get this restaurant. In short, if you go here, you are basically getting a regional cuisine that you cannot get anywhere else in the English-speaking world. I think by default, this place gets five stars by virtue of being the best restaurant in the entire country in the cuisine they specialize in (as they are the only such restaurant). That being said, it helps that the restaurant is also pretty good on its own merits as well. Unsurprisingly, Fuji Huoshao and Dumpling specializes in huoshao and dumplings. Huoshao is a meat pastry from inland Northeast China, apparently supposedly popularized by the Manchu maybe. It's traditionally eaten with lamb offal soup - sometimes translated elsewhere as Chinese Haggis (which is honestly a bizarre translation) which they conveniently also serve. If you were not familiar with the cuisine, you might even mistake it for fusion food - which it is in the sense that almost all food starts out as fusion food (see e.g., Japanese curry). Pretty much most of the items on the menu are authentic traditional foods from Northeast Chinese, so mainly pastries (like dumplings and huoshao) or noodle dishes. I am not sure if they have rice on the menu, but it'd be probably pretty weird to order rice here. Their huoshao is actually interesting to me - it was a lot flakier and puffier than I traditionally have had it. So arguably it's a fancier, tastier huoshao. I guess that's their unique improvement and it's pretty good. The lamb offal soup was good. It's pretty much what you expect, definitely simmered for a good amount of time to be flavorful. Gets the job done. I had the zajian noodles, which was filling and tasty. It was also a unique dish because it was kind of a halfway point between Korean-style jajangmen and the Shandong-style (aka the kind you typically see in Chinese restaurants). I can't completely tell, but I think there's a nice soybean paste that gives it better flavoring than usual. Highly recommended for hungry people! I say this in the best possible way, but this is actually a pretty good place to take friends who don't like Chinese or Asian food to - precisely because it's so authentic. Minus the dipping sauce (which is yeah, soy sauce and vinegars), Northeastern Chinese food isn't really categorized by many of the same taste palettes or staple foods that characterize other Asian cuisines. The cuisine is also...not particularly popular in China itself, so it's not that easy to find. So definitely a place everyone should try out, even picky eaters! Hope to go back soon and have the dumplings too! Definitely recommend everyone stop by this once-in-a-country opportunity dining experience!!

Oh my goodness. This is so good for a noodle soup. It has the essentials. Broth, meat and noodles. There isn't anything glamorous about this meal. It is for the simple days. The times when days are rough and you need a warm hot broth with chewy noodles and lamb. The lamb of the free. Home of the brave. This is for the days when you feel like your heart is in need of warmth. When on a cold winter's day, your mind starts to think, is Christmas coming yet? Then you come here (before 8pm) to feast on these noodles. Only $14 or $15. And just look at all that meat.By the way. The lamb dumplings are amazing. Game changer. Bought a pack of 50 frozen cause I loved them so much

Cash only for frozen dumplings sale and under $25 purchases is the biggest bummer here. The service is excellent. It was quiet lunchtime when I arrived at 1 pm with no customers, but the restaurant looked clean and organized. There were two ladies wrapping dumplings as I made my order, and they asked me to wait while the cook made the fresh huoshao. They were courteous and friendly while I stayed there. They offered me to sit down, waiting for my takeout. It's my first time here, and I was curious about their huoshao, which seems to be a semi-fried/baked pancake with meat inside. You can choose pork or beef; each order comes with 6, but you cannot mix and match, which is a pity. I picked the pork one and could smell the freshly fried smell when the order was delivered. So, it passes the fragrant smell test. When I tasted it, it was okay; I wish there was more flavor in the meat filling, but I also hope it's not too salty. At the same time, the filling needs to be more pungent in taste since the dough is mostly bland flour. They also sell frozen dumplings; a bag of 50 is around $30 and a box of 30 is $25. but they're cash-only, which is uncommon nowadays.

Love this spot. Parking was free and easy in the lot out front (entrance on Miller Ave). A small restaurant but a decent amount of seating inside. Simple menu, easy to follow. We ordered for takeout, and service was super friendly and helpful. And our food was ready in less than 15 minutes. We got the beef huoshao, three deluxe pork, chive, shrimp dumplings (pan fried), and lamb with onion dumplings (pan fried), and all of our dishes were cooked perfectly and had really great flavor. We especially loved the beef huoshao, which were like flat flaky biscuits of goodness (reminiscent of pate chaud vietnamese pastries, which we love). I also really liked the lamb dumplings, not too gamey in taste, which made it rather delicious. Honestly, everything was good, so I'd certainly return for the same dishes, and try more on their menu too.

Their dumplings are amazing!!! This is one of the few places where you can tell the dumpling skins are freshly made by hand - they are the perfect thickness and texture, with a bit of chewiness and really delicious. I never order dumplings at a restaurant (would make them at home instead) and this is one of the few places where I go specifically for dumplings. Highly recommend!

I'm craving dumplings today and tried the beef huoshau and lamb and onion dumplings at this place. I ordered to go; the server was really nice! He helped me right away and the service was fast. Small, cozy place and friendly service! Will definitely be back, the beef huoshau was good!

Second time here! I'm back to get their beef huoshao! I can't find anywhere else that has this kind of food. I really like it! Flaky skin with well marinated beef inside. I also ordered a lamb dumpling this time, it has a very strong lamb taste which neither me nor my husband could handle, but if you like lamb taste you will like this. There's soup inside each dumpling.The person who answered the called and gave me food was very polite, she also told me how to cook the frozen huoshao at home (yes I also bought a bag of frozen beef huoshao! Can't wait to try it!)

Beef huoshao is good and seems to be homemade. Chicken dumplings were ok. Service is good and the owners seem nice.