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Terrible food quality and taste, ridiculous price. Typical fancy design restaurant attract a lot of customers who know very little about Asian food.…
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Dumplings are pretty great, would not order other dishes which are pretty standard and expensive for what they are. Xiao long bao is a winner, a good …
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8 Reviews on “HuTong Peking Duck & Dumpling Bar”
Terrible food quality and taste, ridiculous price. Typical fancy design restaurant attract a lot of customers who know very little about Asian food.
Dumplings are pretty great, would not order other dishes which are pretty standard and expensive for what they are. Xiao long bao is a winner, a good size with a nice amount of soup. Other dumplings also worth a try. Good for a fancy-ish dinner
Overpriced Chinese place. Staff were a bit rude and in a rush to usher us through our meal. The dumplings were not better than at any other cheap dumpling restaurant in Melbourne. Just charging twice the price for food that doesnt taste twice as good but to be served in nice dishes. Also, they are not BYO and their wine list is cheap and generic bad wines. Not worth it.
Before the likes of Din Tai Fung, New Shanghai and Shanghai Red arrived on the scene in Melbourne, Hutong was one of the only places where you could get authentic Shanghai dumplings (xiao long bao). Sure, there were other places in Chinatown that served them, but they were either the small versions that were bought frozen (the same ones you can buy in Asian groceries), or they would have pretty thick dumpling skins which wasn’t authentic.
Now that several places exist for authentic Shanghai dumplings, though, Hutong seems to have lost its niche. At New Shanghai, for example, you can get 8 dumplings for under $10, while 6 dumplings cost $10.90 at Hutong (that’s 50% more expensive if you do the math by the way). For someone who can eat these dumplings on their own as a meal, that’s kind of a big deal.
The standard of food here is good – the question is whether you get more bang for your buck elsewhere. And I think you do. The majority of customers at this branch are caucasians; that’s a telling sign for a Chinese restaurant, but I’m sure it’s also partly to do with the demographic of Prahran. Nevertheless, the staff are able to communicate well in English, so communication is not an issue. When we do return dine here nowadays, it’s usually for the Peking duck, which is pretty nice (and just as expensive everywhere). Although the menu says half a duck comes with only 8 pancakes, we always receive 10 with ours. We also like the red bean pancake dessert with ice cream – the pancake is well fried and crispy.
In summary, I gave this place 4 stars because the quality of the food is still pretty good, but really there are other places that are better value for money.
Was craving for Chinese food, specifically Peking duck and went all out on food to celebrate a special event. We ordered various dumplings which were juicy and flavoursome, wagyu san choi bao which was a bit salty and the Peking duck pancakes accompanied with the Peking duck soup. While the pancakes were generous, some of the duck meat was dry, but still satisfied our cravings. The soup was really peppery and missed out on any proper flavour; I liked this the least. Overall, would definitely come back to try other things on their menu.
We were lucky to win the National Dumpling Day prize via instagram. We received a banquet for 2 which consisted of many small dishes and dumplings and a glass of wine. Our favourite was the peking duck which had crispy duck covered in peking duck sauce and wrapped in the thin cake. We found all the dishes satisfying, however the beef was fairly salty and the fried rice was quite bland.
This restaurant has a great atmosphere with a spacious restaurant and a great wine selection.
Ordered a few of their signature dim sum and Peking Duck for a quick lunch, succulent and well balanced. As the other venue in CBD, HuTong always delivers quality food, this venue also plays relaxing background music. I really enjoyed this quick but quality lunch experience.