Sumthin Dumplin serves its dumplings at 12 O'Connell Street in the Auckland CBD, a Chinese restaurant rated 4.6 on Google, popular on Instagram by its own account, and keen for customers to order direct rather than through delivery apps. The Sumthin' Chilli appears on the menu with optional Sriracha mayo (contains peanuts), and they take enquiries for catering everything from corporate events to weddings.
A good dumpling house lives or dies on the fold: wrappers made fresh and filled to order steam up plump and juicy, while ones left sitting go leathery. Order across steamed and pan-fried styles and a few different fillings rather than a mountain of one kind — dumplings are a sharing dish, best with chilli oil on the table. If anyone has a nut allergy, check the condiments, as house chilli sauces often carry peanuts.
In the thick of the CBD, Sumthin Dumplin's O'Connell Street shop is an easy mid-city stop for a dumpling feed.