Sweet shrimp or heartily seasoned pork dumplings make good beginnings.

The won ton soup featured tasty little pork dumplings, also house-made out of thin, light dough.

Also appealing are the light steamed pork dumplings.

There are also good soups like chicken broth with thin, transparent rice noodles and flowery pork dumplings ($2.50).

Udon noodles are topped with savory fried pork dumplings.

The rich chicken broth with mai fun, or thin translucent noodles, and pork dumplings is a winner.

The rich pork dumplings are almost as good, each one a triumph of science over nature.

For sailors, traditional and nontraditional, New York has been their fried pork dumpling.

The slightly sweet crab meat version is best, followed closely by the rich pork dumplings.

I gave Pearl a pork dumpling, and one for me.