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ROC Kitchen

lunch - restaurant

Been wanting to eat at ROC Kitchen since it opened last November – people have been freaking out over not having to drive all the way to Din Tai Fung for soup dumplings. I happened to win a gift certificate from Blackboard Eats, so of course, that’s where I went to celebrate the 2nd Birthday of Thick Dumpling Skin!

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Sadly, Lisa couldn’t join this year, but I was in good company with Tim, Shelly, Melanie, Chapin, and Abe (the photographer).

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ROC Kitchen is on Sawtelle, right across from Giant Robot 2. There’s no sign on the door, but this is what it looks like.

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We arrived at noon, just as they opened. The place was packed until we left 2.5 hours later! There’s a few negative reviews on Yelp about their service; my experience was that they are very friendly, but pretty slow.

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The food was tasty, though! Of course, we ordered soup dumplings. Crab/Chicken…

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…and Crab/Pork. I think the carrot slice may have been “code” for the wait staff?

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More wrapped meat.

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Half of the table didn’t eat pork, so everything else was vegetarian. We got a couple scallion pancakes…

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…Sweet n Sour Pickled Cucumbers…

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…String Beans with Garlic…

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…Fried Rice…

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…Squash with Honshimenji Mushrooms…

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…and Rice Cake…

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…all the meat (crab and chicken) served on the side, by request.

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I ate doubles of pretty much everything, and about 5 or 6 of these dudes.

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Even dessert came in dumpling form!

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Stuffed with sweet taro – got a lot of mmmm’s.

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A little video I managed to make…


…Happy Anniversary to Thick Dumpling Skin! As you may remember, we have some exciting things in store this year…looking forward to celebrating our 3rd one at ???

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3 Replies
  • Gail Flackett

    I enjoyed those yummy looking delicacies. I was supposed to go to a New Year parade and Dim Sum in Chinatown here in Boston today; but a snow storm came upon us and the event was cancelled.

  • Lez

    I know this is late, but happy anniversary to Thick Dupling Skin!