Review: Mayflower Express impresses with quick-serve dim sum

Critic Brad A. Johnson says Anaheim’s Mayflower Express might be tiny, but this new Chinese dumpling specialist leaves a very big impression.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • January 2, 2020
Whenever anybody in Southern California eats xiao long bao, our first instinct is to mentally compare the Shanghai-style soup dumplings that we’re currently eating with the more famous ones at Din Tai Fung. Are these as delicate? Are they as...
The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

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