JA Jiaozi Dumplings

LA County Safer At Home: Day 344

Special menu.

Tofu skin. Not bad but not quite as flavorful as could be?

Cucumber (and radish????) was too much soy sauce.

Shrimp dumplings. Again something felt missing, flavor-wise.

Food here seemed like a 90% effort, or maybe a 10% reduction in authenticity is more appropriate?

Spicy tofu skin wasn't all that spicy, the cold cucumber was mixed with radish (what?) and was mostly soy sauce (yuck). Shrimp dumplings seemed to have shrimp and some sort of bland filler inside. Filled you up, honestly wasn't bad, but didn't quite do it either.

At least the service was good, and the outdoor seating was just acceptable. May have been better than the letter of the law but still ended up seated next to some other customers, instead of on the other side of the seating area. Maybe the server didn't walk to have to walk so far?