One of my favorite comfort food restaurants. Very small restaurant but always crowded, always luscious.

When you first arrive, they give you a mixture of spicy celery and peanuts. Always wonder why I don’t make this simple dish at home. Our favorites — the pork-fried dumplings, steamed chive shrimp dumplings and the chive egg cellophane noodlle empanada-like dumpling. The dumplings make for great leftovers so we often order more than we can eat.

The bok choy with oyster sauce is excellent. We often order a noodle soup with the side order of bok choy so that we can add vegetables to our broth. Our favorite soup is the beef brisket soup, but we also like the pork with pickled mustard greens for change of pace. The smoked tofu is as delicious as it is virtuous.

Get there early or be willing to stand in line and risk them being out of dumplings.