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Chinese jiaozi Isle of wight Dumplings

 "Prepare for a Flavour Explosion!"

It all began in a city in the southern Chinese province of Guangxi called Yulin.  We (Nat and Dan) were living there for 2.5 years teaching English, and with just 16 hours of teaching a week we had a LOT of time to spend time with friends and explore all that the area had to offer...especially the food!  The city was abundant with absolutely incredible delicacies, but by far Nat’s favourite was the dumpling.  So much so, that her students gave her the Chinese name, ‘jiaozi’ (the Mandarin word for ‘dumpling’).   
Back on the Isle of Wight (our home in the UK), we couldn't find dumplings that satisfied our cravings, so we began to make them ourselves based on what we learnt from our students and friends in China, and a few dumpling making courses we attended.  
We originally stuck to the traditional pork, chive and water-chestnut filling.  Then one night after a few beers, it dawned on us how versatile the dumpling is, and pretty much ANYTHING (as long as it tastes good) can be made into the perfect little parcel with a dumpling wrap! And how amazing would it be to get inspiration for the fillings from our customer and fan base - and they do not disappoint!  

It quickly became our mission to try and adapt people's favourite dishes into the ultimate dumpling filling and create FLAVOURBOMBS!
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Our love for dumplings began up in the mountains of Yulin with friends making and wrapping dumplings!
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Dumplings China Cooking Dumpling Dumpling
  We LOVE cooking for fun and for a more professional event!  Here's Nat at cooking school in China.
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what our customers have said...

Omg the best food ever!!!!!! Lived off the dumplings and Asian fries at Fairweather and eklectica!!! So amazing!
- Stefanie Beresford (Facebook) September 2018


We had a brilliant dumpling making workshop today, Nat was great, providing a wide range of ingredients for us to use and teaching us how to make our own dumplings.  Highly recommend!
​- Amy Milford-Wood (Facebook) January 2018
So I booked Dumpling Dumpling for my evening meal for my wedding which was last week, their communication throughout was impeccable...were totally chilled and professional but so friendly to all of our very impressed guests. The food tasted amazing and the service as a whole was fab...Would highly recommend. Book up people!
- Nicole Turner (Facebook) Feb 2019
Been watching your Facebook page for ages and was so excited to try your dumplings and they really didn’t disappoint. I had to go back for more because my 5 year old raided my stash!!! Will be looking out for you at future events. All I can say is yum yum yum.
- Amy Faith (Facebook) July 2018

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