From Blast Magazine:

In line for the Korean dumplings, Manhattan resident Tom Burke was eager to satisfy his dumpling cravings.

“I’m obsessed with dumplings,” Burke proclaimed. His obsession once took him on an adventure to nine different restaurants in one evening to try and find the best dumpling in the city.

“The key to the perfect dumpling is the texture. A little crunchy, but not too hard — juicy meat — a little fat, but not too much fat.” But what really makes it perfect is a little pop of extra flavor, he said.

His favorite: Lan Zhou on East Broadway (a little hole-in-the-wall on the Lower East Side). “It’s got this ginger spice flavor… it just nails it,” he said.

I’m pretty sure I did not say I was “obsessed,” although she probably assumed that because how many people go to 9 dumpling joints in a day?

Read the full post on the New York Dumpling Festival on Blast here.

Considering how many photos they posted, my dumpling eating action shot must have really come out poorly to not make the cut!