Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao

It’s a part of life, if you make a popular product, it will be compared to other places that make the same thing. I thought the Xiao Long Bao here were good but not great, I felt they fell apart too easily and the broth coulda been more sexy. The restaurant itself is pretty bare bones, it kinda looks and feels like any other Chinese restaurant.
The food:
Kung Fu Steamed Pork Buns– Also know as Xiao Long Bao or XLB for short. The baos were good but I wasn’t a fan of the broth being sweet, then to make it worse, the vinegar made it even sweeter. I did like the amount of ginger they put in the the soy, though. The texture of the pork was OK but it felt like minced meat that was just boiled, not really exciting.
Scallion Pancake w. Sliced Beef– I thought the flavor of this was good but it came off too sweet, most likely from the amount of hoisin sauce. I also thought the pancake was slightly greasy and the beef was on the dry side but If you are a fan of cilantro like I am, they do put a whopping amount.
Snow Cabbage & Pork Noodle Soup– The noodle soup was nice and perfect for a cold, Winter day. The dish had good flavor and I enjoyed the Snow Cabbage but I think the dish was kinda too one note, I think it’s better for sharing.
Spicy Cucumber– It’s nice and refreshing but the heat was minor, I would have appreciated it more if it was spicier. The dish was fairly simple, it’s basically soy, sesame oil and chilies.
Braised Dong Po Pork– The color on the pork was odd, it was like neon red looking. The flavor really reminded me of char siu pork but on a fatty piece of pork. The pork was fatty and sweet, but the pool of oil on the bottom was kinda off putting. The pork was tender but had some chewy bits, I think it needed to me cooked a tad more to make it completely tender.

Rumor has it this place is the best new soup dumpling spot in Queens. It is located in the outskirts of Flushing, Main Street. To validate this claim, a group of friends and I decided to try this place out. I have tried this place before when they first opened years ago but I really did not remember liking the soup dumplings. Nan Xiang Dumpling House is my all time favorite soup dumpling spot. My ideal soup dumpling will have to have flavorful soup, tender meat, and a nice chewy skin.
My party shared a variety of dishes: Soup Dumplings, Snow Cabbage and Shredded Pork Noodle Soup, Scallion Pancake with Beef, Cold Dish — Spicy Cucumbers, and the Braised Pork Belly.
For appetizers, we got the Scallion Pancake with Beef, and Cold Dish — Spicy Cucumbers. Scallion Pancake with Beef, it was not greasy. I thought the amount of Peking Duck sauce was overpowering. Otherwise, texture is pretty good — it was soft. Spicy Cucumbers, I did love the spicy sichuan spice flavor but the temperature of the dish was beyond the word, cold. It was freezing cold that it tingled my teeth. I had to let the dish sit for a while to warm up to room temperature.
Snow Cabbage and Shredded Pork Noodle was probably my favorite dish that night. I loved the huge amount of snow cabbages and shredded pork that came. It was very tasty and hot, just perfect to have on such a freezing, cold day.
Soup Dumplings, yes, the skin is very thin but very easy to break. I did not break any of mine because I had to be super careful when picking them up slowly. When my party members tried to do it fast, it broke right away. It may be their signature to have super thin skin but once it breaks, the experience isn’t good anymore. I personally thought the entire soup dumpling was watery and lacked flavor. Minced pork meat had a very pronounced flavor of ginger aftertaste. Not a fan.
Braised Pork Belly, probably my group’s least favorite. It was extremely fatty that there was pork oil in the bottom and I guess my biggest problem with the dish was the amount of red food coloring… it was a concern.
Décor and it looks very similiar to Cha Chan Tang in Chinatown. The wall with Chinese characters and with the same vanilla colored wall paint, and lights. They even have the Champagne Milk Tea — Cha Chan Tang’s specialty milk tea in a bottle sitting in a bucket of ice. Perhaps, related?
I stand by Nan Xiang Dumpling House as being the best soup dumplings!

Had high expectations after seeing the results on Unilocal.Had the beef noodle, spicy wonton, scallion pancake with beef, pork XLB, and crab XLB. Everything I thought was okay. The beef noodles were chewy and tasted good. The beef in it was savory and tender. The spicy wonton had peanut butter on it which I wasn’t too fond of. This dish was okay. The scallion pancake with beef was good. Just like any other scallion pancake. However it could have been a little more crunchier for my liking. But that’s just me. The xLB I thought was okay as well. Flavor wise, I expect a good XLB to leave a sticky soup feeling on your lips. But these didn’t have that. The crab XLB though, did have a lot of crab and tasted more crab than fishy. However I would still say that joe Shanghai is my favorite XLB place to go to.

Wow! Really really good Xiao Long Baos here! Definitely should sample the Chocalate one for dessert too! The service was quick fast and painless. I ordered a little bit of everything. I most definitely will be back here for more In the future. Especially since it’s just off the 495 and PLENTY of parking unlike the middle of flushing.

This is my place to go for xiao long bao /​juicy buns. The skin on the soupy dumpling is thin but not thin enough that they break while you’re trying to pick it up. The soup flavor is just right and not overly oily. The meat stuffing portion is right to the dumpling skin. Joes Shanghai quality got nothing on this place.
We’ve ordered so many different dishes here and it’s always good. Portions are big. We really enjoy the pan fried buns, scallion pancake, rice cakes, spicy beef tendon, sa cha beef noodles, ma-​Po tofu, beef and broccoli with some cold soy bean milk with if course the pork soup dumplings. This place is carb central so be prepared to load up on rice and noodles cuz it’s worth it

Can’t get enough of these xiao long bao places. Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao is a refreshing alternative in case you get tired of going to Joe’s Shanghai or Nan Xiang Xiao Long bao. When I took my first bite of their soup dumplings I was surprised at how soft the wrap was. The dough was so thin I couldn’t stop eating it, but that’s just a testament to how fresh it is right? The one knock that I have on these dumplings is the actual size, they’re a bit smaller than your average soup dumpling but they cost the same. I would make them bigger for it to be more worth it.
The dishes are relatively the same as the ones at other xiao long bao restaurants. One dish that really sticks out to me as the best tasting would be their stir fried rice cakes, the rice cakes have this nice, chewy texture and the beef is so smooth and tender. They don’t have a lot of space with the other restaurants and it can get really crowded here so pick your times wisely whenever you want to come here.

All you need is love, and I love me some XLB.
This was a much-​needed stop after getting destroyed by a 90-​minute deep tissue massage. We struggled to find parking, waited with some impatient sardines in the waiting area, but ermergerd it was so worth it.
Three petite Asian females vs. food– regular XLB, loofah squash XLB (so gewwwwd), shanghai pan-​fried noodles, scallion pancake w/​sliced beef, spicy cucumbers, and wined chicken (what the English translation). I swear I just eat my food really slowly and end up looking like a fat ass because I’m still eating after my friends are done. IT’S A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT, or so they say because these stubbies don’t run.
Now, the XLB– The bao’s skin is thin and the soup runs pretty clear without the fattiness that comes out of ones at Joe’s Shanghai. It tastes even better with the shredded loofah added in because it adds a nice crunchy texture. Everything else was good and worth getting, but the duck sauce in the scallion pancake wrap was salty when it’s supposed to be sweet. Devoured it all nonetheless.
Oh Flushing, thank you for making me so happily round every time.

After hearing about this place, I had to come try the xiao loong baos, except it took me several minutes to try to find the item on the menu. It’s listed as Kung fu steam pork buns. That should of been the first sign. They weren’t great, served in bamboo steamers, however, lined w paper and not cabbage. They came out luke warm. Broth just was mediocre. Ordered rice cake w snow cabbage and pork. The portion was measley. Come on guys, rice cakes are cheap. The dish was bland. Check off another overhyped dumpling joint… Btw service was not attentive. Asked for tea refills 3x. And literally, as I lifted the last dumpling, the steamer was snatched away barely colliding w my dumpling.

If you want Flushing food without the hassle of being in the heart of Flushing snd braving the traffic, this is the place to go.
Their expertise is xiao long bao. It’s comparable with Nan Xiang and Joe Shanghai’s. I would even dare to say that the American Ding Tai Fung doesn’t match up.
Hits are the noodles, wine chicken, chocolate buns, and any of the soup dumplings. Noodles are done well and chewy. Great meals.

Always wanted to try this place and since we were in the neighborhood, yay! I was impressed… With the food that is. Not so much the service. Of the 3 waiters there, only 1 was really working. If it wasn’t for him, I’d surely deduct another star.
The food was good!
My absolute favorite was their scallion pancake with beef. So good. So so so good! So so so so so good!
Second on the favorite list is actually a dessert. Their red bean puff. Please order this after dinner. You won’t be disappointed. It was hot when they served it. Perfectly crispy outside with red bean paste on the inside. The sesame on the outside was a good touch!
We tried their Dan Dan noodles as well and it was pretty good. Saucy. Good flavor.
Pork/​vegetable dumplings with spicy sauce was good. The dumpling wrap was thin, which I enjoyed. Again, saucy. If you’re not a fan of spicy, no worries, you’re in the clear. cause neither am I but I was able to handle this level of spice.
Soup dumplings was a little disappointing. Wrap was thin, again, a plus. It was soupy, another plus. My only problem was the meat inside the dumpling itself. Compared to others I’ve tried, the texture of the meat was sort of mushy. It was also pretty bland in my opinion. Plus, we had to ask for the ginger/​vinegar sauce that usually accompanies this dish because they forgot.

Joe’s Shanghai? Nah. Nanxiang? Nope. Kung Fu Xiao Long Bao? Yes please!
Further down Main Street, Flushing is the new king of soup dumplings — though it looks just like any other small Chinese restaurant. Service isn’t bad nor perfect but let’s get real, you’re here for the food. And it’s damn good! Here’s what I recommend:
Beef and Tripe
Served cold. Perfect combo and fatty and lean with a nice spicy kick
Crab Soup Dumplings
A must-​have! Dumpling skin is just right, not overflowing with soup, and it’s a flavor-​bomb of crabby goodness! No idea how these have had negative reviews.
If you want something to drink, grab an iced jasmine milk tea, they make a great one here. (I even ordered one to go.)

I go to this place when I dont want to drive into flushing and go to Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao.
This place, price is a bit more on the pricier side. but the xiao long baos are second to Nan Xiang.
I also do like the beef noodle soup here a lot.
Pan fried noodles here are all right. Sauce is too thick.
crab xiao long bao taste fake, stick to the pork only.

After watching a review of this place on YouTube, I felt I had to check this location out. Even though the restaurant itself is a little ways out, the trip was well worth it.
We of course got the pork and crab soup dumplings. As well as beef and scallion pancakes, beef and scallion dish, dandan noodles, spicy cucumbers, and beef noodle soup.
I kid you not when I say that EVERY dish was amazing. Simply done, cheap, but absolutely delectable. I really believe that any lover of legit Chinese food needs to go out of their way to come to this location!
Heads up: cash only.

Currently my favorite place for soup dumplings in the Flushing area that I went twice last week and shortly after my second visit my water broke hehe. The skins for the soup dumplings are much thinner here and more breakable but juicer. I also love the Dan Dan noodles, I just wish it came with more noodles. Love the salty soy bean drink. Some people complained about the service, I didn’t find it any different than any other Chinese place I would frequent.

Came back here again to try out some new dishes that I wanted to try after watching a YouTube video of this place.
So we started off with some Ms. Song’s Fish Soup. Good chunks of fish soup. It was a sour type of soup, but it was pretty delicious. The sourness actually works well in this soup.
The scallion pancakes with beef. So amazing. Very flavorful and juicy. I highly recommend it.
The pan fried pork buns looks amazing on the outside. It was not as juicy as I hope to be. I was expecting juices to be flowing out, but no.
The crab meant soup dumplings. I think this place makes some of the best soup dumplings. Enough said.
The Shanghai noodles was alright. Very greasy though.
The red bean puffs are very crispy and sweet. Just enough red bean to make it really good.
The best and most unique soup dumpling I’ll ever have is the chocolate soup dumpling. Just put the whole dumpling in your mouth and the chocolate will just burst open in your mouth. I was so surprise by how good this was. Oh man. I like the banana in there to do it won’t make to overly sweet.
Twice I have come here and they don’t disappoint with the food. Soup dumplings is safe bet to go. Best in NYC.

Although I absolutely love xiao long bao (shanghai soup dumplings), this place didn’t knock me out of the ball park.
Came here around 8:30pm because my usual place was closing at 9 and this place closes at 9:30pm. Place was fairly empty, with 2 tables with 2 people.
This is my second time coming here, and honestly the xiao long bao is not memorable. Soup broth is okay but the dumpling skin was so thin at the bottom that majority of the dumplings popped at the bottom and spilled the soup in the steaming container it was presented in. The dumplings are also small, meat filling diameter is approximately 1 inch. Also this place uses a cotton (?) cheesecloth at the bottom of the steamer instead of the traditional Chinese cabbage/​lettuce. I’m wondering if they constantly reuse this over and over. The ginger vinegar sauce that comes with the dumplings also is more sweeter/​tart than what you get at other places.
Ordered beef noodle soup which was pretty standard but noodle proportion is small. Also ordered fried noodles and shanghai rice cakes which was fine… just not impressive. Again, also small portions for what was paid. I had their kao fu (fried gluten) last time and all I remember was that there was just too much oil… either they saturate with sesame oil or they didn’t prepare the gluten properly.
Waiters were okay, they were nice and know different languages (english, canto, mando). Wish they just gave the tea kettle so the tables can serve themselves instead of asking for more tea since the tea cups take a couple of sips to be empty. The woman that works at the front/​register was rushing us. When we came in she told us to eat fast and later gave us the check at 9pm… meanwhile they close at 9:30. She gave us the wrong check as well… honestly I should’ve just went to my usual place (which is a block away and booming with customers) if I had to go through all this rushing and pricey average food…
Much regret for comingto this place basically all hype with a catchy name and gimmicky things like their dessert xiao long bao. Usually I would say I would give a restaurant another try, but not this time. This’ll be the last time I’ll come here. I’ve tried several different soup dumpling places and honestly say this place ranks at the bottom.

I absolutely love this place! This has been my go-​to place for soup dumplings and I would highly recommend it. I also don’t know why like other Unilocalers why they have a 3 star rating. because everything is pretty good here.
I usually order the soup dumplings of course, which are the bomb! I also like to order their Shanghai Pan Fried Noodles, Kung Fu Beef Noodle Soup, and may I add their Jasmine Milk Tea is VERY GOOD! I always order it with my meal.
All in all I really love this place, the service is also very good. I totally recommend this place!

While this place might have decent food, their service is downright unacceptable. And unfortunately, if the entire establishment is on the same page of rudeness, it’s a deal breaker for me. And I’m not talking about Asians waiters that are not native to this country that have a certain frankness to being waitstaff. I grew up eating in FahLahSen and Chinatown for 30 years. My relatives are like that. I know the difference between cultural norms in politeness in Asian restaurants vs. downright indifference and rudeness.
They don’t even look at you when you walk in, or smile, or say anything really. They throw the plates down at the table. They don’t even look at you when you’re ordering. Certainly not when you’re trying to get their attention, and then when they do come to you it’s as if you’re a hugeeeee bother to them. They throw the food on the table (soup had sloWe ordered the beef scallion pancakes (tasty but very greasy), the scallion egg chive bun (tasty but very greasy), soup dumplings (decent, I’ll give them that hence the 1 star), and the fried pork with gravy style over noodles.
A that’s where it really went downhill. They brought out a dish that was dried fried pork on a plate, and a separate bowl of noodles and bokchoy in water. There was no flavor to the noodles. they literally were in hot water. I guess they forgot to use real broth. Gravy was absent. Spoke up to the waiter that the noodle dish brought to us was not what we ordered. Waiter said «too bad, we don’t have that dish anymore so this is what we gave you instead. And since we already made it for you, you’re still going to get charged for it».
And that’s how we ended up paying $ 13 for hot water with noodles in them and a rubbery tasteless fried piece of pork. Don’t fall for their Kung fu motto crap where they insist they put all their soul into making good food. It’s a load a bs. There is no heart in this joint.

Steamed Pork Burns (6)Their XLB is very good. The skin is thin and the filling is tasty and the soup is flavorful but they are small and there is only six; would have given ⁵⁄₅ stars. Rated ⁴⁄₅
Pan Fried Dumplings (6) $ 5.95– above average tasty but greasy. Rated ³⁄₅
Braised Dong Po Pork $ 7.95– taste very good but small and only can feed 1 – 2 people. I dislike it being served from a soup cup like container; hard to cute and hard to serve from; the pork itself is ⁴⁄₅ but the serving size is not. Rated ³⁄₅
Sauteed Mushroom & Shanghai Bok Choy $ 11.95– Good but very over priced dish. Rated ³⁄₅
Food: ⁴⁄₅
Price: ²⁄₅
Service: ⁴⁄₅
Restroom: ⁴⁄₅
*their menu is very difficult to read.
I would return to try the other dishes.

The skins on the Xiao Long Bao are nice and thin. The Xiao Long Bao come to your table piping hot. There is enough soup in the Xiao Long Baos but why are there only 6 Xiao Long Baos to a basket and why are they so tiny? At 5.95 a basket for 6 pork Xiao Long Baos, I actually expect 8 to a basket if they are going to be tiny little dumplings. But nonetheless I still enjoyed them.
The pan fried pork bun dumplings were okay. Not the best I had but definitely far from being the worst. They were a bit too greasy and they were not crunchy enough on the bottom of the dumplings. Also the size of the bun dumplings were very very small. For the size of the buns there should be at least 8 on the plate. There was too much negative space on the plate. Makes me miss Heping. $ 5.95 for 6 dumplings.
We also ordered the braised Dong Po Pork. It was the smallest portion of Braised Dong Po Pork I’ve ever seen though. It also came in a soup dish the had only a small opening on top. It was difficult to get it out of the tiny little pot. The portions are way too small for Chinese family style restaurant. the surface of the pork was smaller than my palm. It might even be smaller than a Rubik’s Cube. I really never seen Dong Po Pork so small a portion ever. $ 7.95
The sautéed mushroom with Shanghai Bok Choy was ok. I dine in family style restaurants all the time and order this dish quite often. For the price of $ 11.95 I do expect a bigger dish. For the size of plate we got it, the price should not be more than $ 8.95 IMHO. For $ 11.95 the size of the plate should be huge because shanghai bok choy is made cheap vegetable. Plus the dish was quite greasy. They need to tone down on the grease.
Would I come back? Not sure because there is another place down the block!