Dumpling Kitchen

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Closed nowOpens 11:30amSunday: 11:30am - 3pm, 5pm - 9pm
144A Canterbury Rd, Blackburn South VIC 3130

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Cash-friendly suburban Blackburn dumpling house locals have quietly loved for years.

A tiny, deliberately no-frills 20-seat neighbourhood shop. reviewers describe it as thrillingly plain, family-run and unpretentious, with the focus entirely on the food.

A family-run kitchen where the owners' toddler sometimes delivers menus, hand-made dumpling fillings, and a loyal following that treats it as their default local Chinese.

Reviewers describe the dumpling fillings as genuinely hand-made and homestyle, though at least one reviewer found the dumpling skin thicker than the northern Chinese home style they expected.

Consistently called some of the best value Chinese food in Melbourne's east. reviewers compare it favourably to pricier Box Hill options for roughly half the price.

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144A Canterbury Rd, Blackburn South VIC 3130

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Blackburn South

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