Restaurant review - Taste Fresh Dumpling House - Hurstville

I have stood outside my favourite Hurstville coffee shop and looked across the street to the restaurant called Taste Fresh Dumpling House for a few months now and thought "We should try that place out". Last night was the night my thoughts became reality. And ... we weren't disappointed. The price was great and the food tasty as well. The restaurant was busy but not crazy busy. Easy to get a table on a Saturday night without the need to wait.


Opening the menu we were drawn to the set menu for 2 people - 3 dishes from a list 2 pages long with rice and sago for dessert for under $30. We picked the chilli chicken (below),pork with mushroom(right) and the egg and tomato omelette. Chicken was our top pick followed by the pork. We also had combination dumpling in sour soup as the waitress had identified the soup as the traditional way to eat them. The dumplings were yummy and definitely soft and fresh tasting. Thumbs up from this diner. The dumplings are available steamed, pan fried like a gyoza, as a pancake or in soup.


One thing we both enjoyed was that the serving sizes were made so that 2 people could comfortably eat the 3 dishes and not feel overly full. Only the desire to taste the dumplings made the extra dish necessary. I noticed that the servings for the set menu were larger at other tables because they had more people. I had a crown lager with my meal and tea was placed on the table as soon as we sat down. The beer was only $4, would have been rude not to have one. Sago in coconut milk (I think) was brought to finish the meal.

 In total the bill came to just under $45. You can't beat that. Definitely a thumbs up from 2 happy diners who will be back for more.