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No. 54 in the world · November 2026
Hui Tou Xiang
No. 54The one to order
Hui tou (open-ended potstickers) and the pork and crab soup dumplings
Jonathan Gold's favorite soup dumpling in LA; the crisp-bottomed hui tou are the house special.
Make it at home
Guotie (crisp-bottomed potstickers)
1 hr · About 30, 4 people. Pan-fried, then steamed, then fried again in the same pan: soft tops, crackling golden bottoms and an optional lacy starch skirt that joins them into one crisp sheet.
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