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On this episode of Good Bites Takeout, host Alex Melki is in Montreal’s “New Chinatown,” hitting up a spot that Montrealers are lining up for - Sammi Soup & Dumplings.    Owner Sammi Liu has brought China’s famous Xiao Long Bao, “Soup Dumplings” to Montreal - and there’s nothing else like them.    The Order:  Classic Juicy Pork (Soup Dumpling) | $12.75  Juicy Lamb & Coriander (Soup Dumpling) | $18  Beef & Curry (Pan-Fried) | $16.75    Host  www.instagram.com/alexmelki/  Sammi Soup & Dumplings  www.instagram.com/sammi_soupe_dumpling    MTL Blog - Montreal’s largest online network, created by and catering to a new generation of Montrealers.    Website: https://www.mtlblog.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MTLBlog/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MTLBlog/  Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/MTLBlog/    For National News visit: https://www.narcity.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NarcityCanada  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/NarcityCanada  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/NarcityCanada    For advertising and sponsored content opportunities visit: https://www.narcitymedia.com/

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00:00Hey Canada, welcome to Good Bites Takeout, I'm Alex and this is the show where I make

00:11the most of the fact that I can't go out to eat, so instead, I take it to go.

00:14I'm on St. Catharines Street West, walking to what's often referred to as Fuchinatown.

00:18Sammy's Soup and Dumplings has a loaded dumpling menu, but the thing that has people driving

00:23in and lining up is their xiaolongbao, soup dumplings.

00:27Xiaolongbao is a very famous local food in the Shanghai area, now even all over China,

00:34and it has a long history, since a hundred years ago in China.

00:38My family owns the same kind of restaurant in China, it's very popular, people love it

00:43very much.

00:44I'm thinking, why not bring this kind of food to Montreal, now the dumpling is a very popular

00:50food in Canada.

00:51Today I present three flavors, so the first, juicy pork, you know it's a very traditional

00:57flavor, and if you don't know what to order, you can take the juicy pork, it's a good choice.

01:03The second is lamb coriander, you know it's taste is unique and sufficient flavor, mix

01:10the lamb and the fresh coriander together.

01:13The last one is pan fried curry and beef, this one we created by ourselves, and it's

01:19popular and if you are a fan of curry, you will love it for sure.

01:27Alright, I'm going to kick things off here with the original, the sweet pork, and the

01:36reason is, this is probably the one that a lot of people who are trying this out for

01:39the first time are going to go with.

01:41I'm going to tell you right now, I've today found out that I've been eating these dumplings

01:44completely wrong for years.

01:47What you're supposed to do, is you're supposed to pick up the dumpling, with your chopsticks,

01:52place it in the spoon, that's step one, take a bite out of this.

01:56Just enough to let the juices pour out.

01:59You drink it in, you get all that flavor, then you place it back down, and now, the

02:04trick is, see that opening?

02:06You dunk it in, and you scoop up some sauce, and that's what you eat.

02:12Listen, it might be the wrong way to do it, but I enjoy the Neanderthal way of eating

02:21it.

02:22Pop it in my mouth, it tastes good.

02:23Alright, moving on to dumpling number two.

02:26I've got lamb and coriander.

02:27Now, what I'm going to do here, though, is I'm going to mix the two methods, the right

02:30way and the wrong way, and I'm going to try to come up with something new.

02:33Maybe you've done this before, maybe I'm a genius.

02:36I'm going to bite the top off, leave the soup inside, and I'm just going to dunk this over,

02:42and make a little volcano of flavor.

02:45Come on.

02:47Mmm.

02:48Mmm.

02:49Oh my god, how have I never done this before?

02:53As much as I love coriander, and I love lamb, and this is very good lamb, the way it blends

02:57together with the juices and the flavor of the coriander is awesome.

03:00The sweet pork that they had in that original one is just out of this world, and I'm appreciating

03:05that a little bit more, having tasted this.

03:07It's still good.

03:08Alright, to close things off now, the third dish is going to be pan-fried beef and curry

03:11dumplings.

03:12A little bit different from the soup ones, there is no liquid inside, and I don't know

03:16about you, but I've never had curry inside of a dumpling before.

03:20I'm willing to give it a shot.

03:24I'm not really, like, blown away by the beef and curry.

03:27It's doing something.

03:28Oh, you know what?

03:29There's actually a lingering flavor.

03:30Hold on.

03:31It's growing on me.

03:33You know what it is?

03:34I'm so used to the juices from the soup dumplings blowing up in my mouth, and just being a quick

03:39hit right away.

03:41This is a slow burn.

03:42You have one, it sits on your tongue.

03:44You have a second one, the flavors start expanding, and the one thing that's standing out the

03:48most to me is that the curry is super subtle.

03:51If you're not crazy about curry, this might actually be good for you to try, just because

03:56it's just the tinge of it.

03:57You're just getting a tiny little taste of it, but at the same time, if you're absolutely

04:00crazy about curry, you're not going to get a whole lot of it here.

04:03And that is it for this episode of Good Bites Takeout.

04:04Thank you for making it to the very end, and listen, if you want to get a taste of sammy

04:07soup and dumpling, you can find them right now on DoorDash, SkipTheDishes, and UberEats,

04:12and you can go right into the restaurant and get it right from there, but there might be

04:15a line.

04:16I promise with you, it'll be worth the wait.

04:18Now listen, if you're still hungry, don't worry about it.

04:20I'll be back next week with a brand new place that you can order some takeout from.

04:24I'll see you then.

04:25Oh yeah, come to papa.

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