Wonton noodle soup @ Wang’s Dumplings
34 Clarence St, Liverpool, L3 5TN
There are few things more comforting than a bowl of wonton soup and nowhere I would rather eat one than Wang’s Dumplings.
On your approach to the tiny shopfront on Clarance Street, take a look through the wire-glass window and you’ll see the owner and her assistant rolling and cutting scores of perfect, fat dumplings.
You’ll be welcomed in with a friendly wave, the short menu handed to you as soon as you step over the threshold. The choices: pungent pork and chive dumplings (pan-fried or boiled and available in servings of 10, 16, 18 and 25), the same dumplings in soup or wontons in soup (available with or without noodles).
The wonton noodle soup should be the go-to here – beautiful bright yellow wantons floating in a light but savoury broth; a nest of thin noodles with a pleasant chew; a generous glob of chilli oil and – at the bottom of the bowl – huge, tender leaves of stewed cabbage.
On the side you can choose skewers of barbecued chicken, frogs legs, honey pork or ‘starch sausage’ (a sort of hot dog on a stick seasoned very heavily with cumin) as well as shredded potato with sour sauce and pork pancakes. The latter essentially a squashed version of their signature dumplings, filled with vermicelli and fried until crisp — oily and delicious.
For those wishing to dine in, a warning. This place mostly serves food for takeaway or delivery. Sit at one of the three small tables inside and it’s not unlikely you’ll be sharing it with the huge insulated bag of one of the Deliveroo riders waiting to collect orders. Definitely worth it though, in my view. You’ll not want to wait.
