Dumpling Ride Pointless Prize
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I would like to offer a dumpling ride pointless prize, inspired by koromebi’s dumpling ride last year. There’s nothing like a steaming hot plate of dumplings to power you on a cold winter day! I was debating between ramen or dumplings but after consulting with koromebi, it seems dumplings may cause less sloshing. Plus we have lots of ramen places in DC but a lot of the dumpling places are out in the suburbs such as Rockville so perhaps this will encourage folks to bike further out.
I propose the following rules which are almost identical to the coffee ride pointless prize:
1. The object is to visit as many different dumpling places as possible on your bike. But once you visit one place, that’s it. A second visit doesn’t count.
2. Once you visit one chain outlet, e.g., A&J, Peter Chang, that’s it. A visit to the same outlet but at a different location doesn’t count.
3. You are not limited to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean dumplings. Anything on this Washington Post list is fair game. So yes you can also do momo, pelmini, and pierogi but no samosas and empanadas since they are baked.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/lifestyle/guide-to-dc-dumplings/
4. For your ride to count, use #FS2019dumplingride in your Strava ride title and include the name of the place you visited, e.g., #FS2019dumplingride Dumplings & Beyond. Not required, but you are encouraged to post pics on Strava or this thread.
5. The winner will be whoever has visited the most different dumpling places.
Dumplings go well with beer and other activities. If you can somehow combine with beerneuring, more power to you!
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In case you need some dumpling motivation here’s a photo of Aushak, some Afghan dumplings at Maiwand Grill in Adams Morgan. Scallions, yogurt, mint, and ground beef sauce goodness.
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Steamed dumplings and wonton soup from the place next to the “Crystal City Restaurant”. Pretty much what you would expect from the place next to the “Crystal City Restaurant”. But after singlehandedly clearing the entirety of of the MVT with a child’s toy, these dumplings were sweet succor.
Spicy Chicken “potstickers” from DAK! in shirlington. Deep (double?)fried and slathered in very spicy sauce, honestly there are a bunch of better things on the menu there, I will not be paying 9 bucks for these again. 4/10 stars
Picked up “Dim Sum” dumplings (left) and “Szechuan Wontons” (right) from Tsim Yung in Del Ray.
The dumplings tasted like Dinty Moor beef stew. Take from that what you will. The Wontons were bizarre, I guess they were once deep fried and then stewed in a spicy brown sauce to a tough and chewy consistency. I’ll have no part of that again.
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