Dumpling Ride Pointless Prize

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January 7, 2019 at 1:30 am #1093302

komorebi
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Dumpling ride #4: steamed Thai dumplings at Aiyara Thai in Leesburg.

These were a nice mix of pork, shrimp, and crab, with water chestnuts adding sweetness and crunch. Would order again.

January 7, 2019 at 4:47 am #1093310

obscurerichard
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I just put in a Dumpling Ride leaderboard: https://freezingsaddles.org/pointless/generic/dumpling

January 10, 2019 at 8:31 pm #1093602

Kitty
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Given my current attempts to save calories and coins I think I’m just going to eavesdrop on this thread and salivate. [emoji1786]

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January 11, 2019 at 4:19 am #1093649

bikedavid
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@Kitty 185282 wrote:

Given my current attempts to save calories and coins I think I’m just going to eavesdrop on this thread and salivate. [emoji1786]

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I see some gyoza in your future, Kitty!

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January 11, 2019 at 4:26 am #1093651

bikedavid
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In case you need some dumpling motivation here’s a photo of Aushak, some Afghan dumplings at Maiwand Grill in Adams Morgan. Scallions, yogurt, mint, and ground beef sauce goodness.

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January 15, 2019 at 6:01 pm #1094185

LeprosyStudyGroup
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Steamed dumplings and wonton soup from the place next to the “Crystal City Restaurant”. Pretty much what you would expect from the place next to the “Crystal City Restaurant”. But after singlehandedly clearing the entirety of of the MVT with a child’s toy, these dumplings were sweet succor.

January 22, 2019 at 12:27 am #1094516

Edelweiss
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I rode to a nearby place I have never tried, enjoyed a small cup of Hot and Sour soup (good). The dumplings took a looooong time to arrive, but we’re on a little bed of salad with a nice dish of sauce. The steamed dumplings were average, minced pork in wrappers. The sause was a good addition. Now I need to seek of better dumplings.

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January 23, 2019 at 5:44 pm #1094613

LeprosyStudyGroup
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Spicy Chicken “potstickers” from DAK! in shirlington. Deep (double?)fried and slathered in very spicy sauce, honestly there are a bunch of better things on the menu there, I will not be paying 9 bucks for these again. 4/10 stars

February 1, 2019 at 5:21 pm #1095121

LeprosyStudyGroup
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Picked up “Dim Sum” dumplings (left) and “Szechuan Wontons” (right) from Tsim Yung in Del Ray.
The dumplings tasted like Dinty Moor beef stew. Take from that what you will. The Wontons were bizarre, I guess they were once deep fried and then stewed in a spicy brown sauce to a tough and chewy consistency. I’ll have no part of that again.

February 5, 2019 at 5:59 am #1095228

Edelweiss
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A very windy ride over to the Yellow Mountain Tea House for the Most Amazing and Delicious Dumplings! Also a very nice tea brewing ceremony.
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We chose Beef Steamed Buns, Chicken Dumplings, Bean and Chocolate Buns, and Xiao Long Boa. Every one was excellent! So very much better than the first place I tried! Hannah especially liked the Bean & Chocolate buns. The bone broth soup Xiao Long Bao was delicious. Will come back here oftern!

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Review in a word: YUM!

February 5, 2019 at 1:58 pm #1095233

Steve O
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I am going to apply for three points from Sunday’s ride, which was personally witnessed by the Grand Panjandrum of this Pointless Prize.
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February 6, 2019 at 1:02 pm #1095261

bikedavid
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They all sound delightful. I was wondering what the soupy dumpling was. Soup within soup!

February 6, 2019 at 1:05 pm #1095262

bikedavid
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3 points granted! Yes I think everyone that came on the ride deserves 3 points for being able to devour so many dumplings!

February 11, 2019 at 4:17 pm #1095486

ltierstein
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This weekend, provided weather is decent, a non-Freezing-Saddles friend and I plan to visit 6 of the places listed in this article: https://www.zagat.com/b/8-must-try-asian-dumplings-in-dc
Do I need six different rides to get six points toward the pointless prize #FS2019dumplingride? Would it count if the distance between two of the dumpling places is less than a mile?

February 12, 2019 at 6:10 pm #1095546

bikedavid
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@ltierstein 187247 wrote:

This weekend, provided weather is decent, a non-Freezing-Saddles friend and I plan to visit 6 of the places listed in this article: https://www.zagat.com/b/8-must-try-asian-dumplings-in-dc
Do I need six different rides to get six points toward the pointless prize #FS2019dumplingride? Would it count if the distance between two of the dumpling places is less than a mile?

Wow 6–that will be a record! You can tag as one ride and either add something in the description or better yet post some photos here for the rest of us to drool over as well as making it easier to track. Didn’t specify any minimum distance so as long you ride to each of the places you are good!
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