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HOW ARE THESE REVIEWS SO LOW? This place is amazing. Friendly, efficient service and super tasty dumplings. The sauces that come with the dumplings se…
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Not reading any reviews or even knowing about this place, Tora was an impulse visit to eat a late lunch. I was out and about in Fitzroy and I was hung…
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Best dumplings in Melbourne!! Our regular. Love the chilli dry noodles, mapo tofu rice and their dessert is actually pretty good too! So glad its arou…
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10 Reviews on “Tora Dumplings”
HOW ARE THESE REVIEWS SO LOW? This place is amazing. Friendly, efficient service and super tasty dumplings. The sauces that come with the dumplings set them apart and oh. my. god. cheese. and. corn. dumpings. So good.
Not reading any reviews or even knowing about this place, Tora was an impulse visit to eat a late lunch. I was out and about in Fitzroy and I was hungry. I eat a lot of dumplings- I know what they should taste like, and I know there are many variations to the tasty morsels -Tora calls itself a dumpling place and has all the usual suspects on the menu, so unwittingly, I went inside.
I usually judge an Xiao Long Bao as a litmus test of a dumpling place worth its weight in my top 10, but Tora takes an award as one of the worst eating experiences I have had in a long time!
The fried pork buns were so burnt and tough, you could barely break them open- even with a fork. The pork inside was a shrivelled tasteless lump of meat with virtually no broth and the dumpling skin was as thick as batter and tough as an old boot.
The wontons in chilli oil and peanut came out drowned in sickly sweet peanut butter and if I scraped it all off, the wonton was a passable taste, but swimming in the sauce did it no justice at all, and there was barely a taste of chilli.
The salt and pepper squid was the most insulting dish of all- it really should be renamed salted batter- because the 2 cm long strip of calamari that was inside the batter was a joke, and it was cold and rubbery too.
The dishes I tried were definitely were not worth the price tag and there was nothing remotely authentic about any of them.
The wine list was a let down too- obviously Tora thinks they can charge $9.50 a glass for a bottom range $5 bottle of wine I would only use for cooking, and I am no wine snob. I declined, and drank lukewarm tap water that was given to me in a small glass, and not refilled for my entire (salty MSG ridden) meal.
The place was almost empty and the sullen rude staff sat at the back on their phones, occasionally rushing to the front when someone outside waiting at the tram stop ventured over to read the menu on the window. I really am surprised this place can survive on Brunswick Street and pay its high rent and stay open.
Hopefully not for long.
Lesson learned.
Never again.
Best dumplings in Melbourne!! Our regular. Love the chilli dry noodles, mapo tofu rice and their dessert is actually pretty good too! So glad its around the corner from us!