Bang Bang Dumpling

When I saw a dim sum food truck last night at «uncorked» I was excited. The wife and I love dim sum and Phoenix could use one on the food truck/​event roster so win win right?! Unfortunately wrong, verrrrry wrong. The $ 7 pork bun (that’s right I said bun, as in singular.) was dry and chewy. The $ 11 six piece Shu Mai was better but I’d swear they were both previously frozen and reheated at the event. In fact I’d go so far as the speculate they were from Costco? If not, they sure tasted that way. Sorry Bang Bang but you gotta up your game. I think two stars is generous.

I went to the Gilbert food truck festival last night. The service at this particular truck was Beyond horrible. The customer service is a disgrace to the rest of the vendors. This business will not be around long

I love great food so much that I’m willing to travel to find it and once there I am willing to wait for it!
However, when a food truck drives up to your location and then serves you delicious food quickly it’s like heaven on wheels!
The quality of the delicious food compelled me to write this review!!!
Do yourself a favor and find this truck so you can enjoy this as I did! 5 stars!!!

I stopped for lunch since I enjoy Asian food. First the person taking my order was extremely short and seemed like I was bothering him if I asked him a question. While I was trying to decide what I wanted, a girl came up and wanted her money back telling the man how awful it was. They started to argue so I took the opportunity to leave before I ordered. I figured no sense in taking a chance especially with the high prices.

I was excited to try this truck last night in Gilbert. Asked the window dude what he preferred between two dishes. He recommended a completely different dish, so I figured it must be good and went with his suggestion. The pork dumplings (forget the real name) tasted great, I actually told a few people to get some they were that good. Now I wish I hadn’t. Sorry guys! Thank you Bang Bang Dumplings for the food poisoning and awful night.

I was totally confused since their name is Bang Bang «Dumplings» and the photos on Unilocal and on their Facebook shows «dumplings» that they would serve «dumplings» but that wasn’t the case. Besides they weren’t even Chinese. Not that non Chinese cannot make good dumplings but overall it just did not make any sense. Chicken potstickers and pork steam buns were so dry and tasteless. Both very blend and not much flavor and meat content. Steam buns were so dense and thick. Authentic ones are usually very fluffy and light. Wait time was way too long and they even forgot one of our order so wait was even longer. They seem very disorganized and confused. For 2 little steam buns for $ 11 and 6 piece of potstickers for $ 10, totally not worth it. I will pass on them next time. Total fail!

Once bitten twice shy.
I was burnt by the Phoenix Food Truck Coalition before for advertising a food truck that ended up in a no show, looking at you Bang Bang. I threw caution to the wind and decided to venture out again when I saw Bang Bang Dumpling would be in midtown Phoenix. I only have a precious 30 minutes for lunch so time was of the essence.
I arrived, food truck was there. However, I was disappointed that they were not serving dumplings that day. So I went with the pork bao (char sui bao) aka pork buns and a second entrée of teriyaki meatballs. Rather pricey for what I got. The pork bao was served with edamame and the teriyaki was over rice with pineapple slices. One of the pineapple slices hit the ground in my hurry back to the office. Casualty of war. Anyway, arrived at my office in time and ate at my desk. Luckily it was all still warm.
Pork bao was made from scratch which I was happy about. Great care was taken in the plating which I thought was excessive because folks are in a hurry at lunch time. The meatballs were tasty. Rice was quality and cooked just right. Overall it was very good and fresh. However, I think their simplicity kind of hurts them and then there’s an over reliance on Hoisin or other sauces to make up for the gap in flavor. I’ll try them again, only because I have a personal quest for the perfect dumpling.

Friday night and looking forward to seeking out new food. See this food truck, think it looks interesting and approach it. The menu was on an 8×8 inch chalkboard with three items that look like dessert. But I don’t buy it and go to the window which is closed. I wave at the woman inside and she throws up her hands in the air like «what the hell do you want». Unnerved and still curious I ask if they have meals or just desserts. She is rude about it but I find out that they serve meals too. However, they are closed until her son shows up. (By the way all food trucks or open at this time with lines).
I give her the benefit of the doubt and wait 15 mins until they put out their bigger menu. The new menu has 4 meals, none of which look like dumplings. So, unknowingly I ask what the first item was and if it came with a side. I’m told by the son (who is an adult) «I don’t know how to describe it and the side isn’t much». Wow! The mom finally turns around and briefly describes the meal. It’s not dumplings so I ask if they have any. I’m told «we don’t have any because we don’t want to turn the steam oven on because it is too hot outside». (Note the truck is called Bang Bang Dumplings). I leave without ordering.
I get that it is too hot outside but then why show up to serve food if you aren’t going to serve the main draw. Plus, I don’t think the chefs in the other trucks were turning people away because of the heat. What’s that saying, if you can’t take the heat, get out of the food truck kitchen.
Poor business practice, poor attitudes, poor customer service and I didn’t get a chance to try the food.

I was disappointed in the pot stickers that I had last evening. Too much dough. Not much filling.

Not impressed by this food truck. Was expecting quick, tasty food and received neither. The banh mi sandwich was served on something that tasted like a hot dog bun and only had a few small pieces of slices chicken on it. Pickled veggies were OK, but not redeeming. 10-​minute wait for food truck food defeats the purpose, especially considering there was no line.
Will not return.

I had a variety of their items at Street Eats and loved them. I especially like the crispy edges to the dumplings and the sauce.

This truck came by — and at the last minute we were emailed a PDF of their menu. The pdf menu clearly stated things like *served with edamame, or *comes with side salad. The menu at the truck, had nothing like that. Watching other people walk away from the truck with just a small plate of potstickers, you think that you need to order several items. However, if the actual «side» items were served or even offered you’d realize that you have a MEAL not a snack. So you end up buying two entrees for your meal. While you can go back and request your side item, it’s kinda BS to have to do that after the fact and you might not have ordered as much. You also muck up the line of people still waiting for their food, and those folks don’t understand what’s going on either.
So, yes — good chicken potstickers. Ok shrimp wonton soup. Their carry away options in general lack lids, so beware of how much food you order.

After wandering around the pre superbowl festivities last Saturday night in downtown Phoenix, I found myself at the public market dancing and hungry! I decided to walk around to see what food trucks were there, when I saw I truck I had never seen before. It had no visible name, but there… right on the menu… I saw ‘juicy pork dumpling.’ Could it be!!! Yes… it was in fact xiao long bao… my dreams had come true. I got about 8 large pieces of xiao long bao for 9 $ and ate every one… they were good, not the juiciest I had ever had, but the flavor was there. If I could buy these dumplings off of this truck again, I certainly would. In fact, can this truck just park outside my house and serve xiao long bao all of the time? That’d be greeeeeat.
PS The truck had a gong on it… and they let me hit it (!!!)… bang bang indeed!