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    One seating a night, about twenty guests, and chef Ling Qi Wu cooking in front of you: that's the whole deal at this dinner party-style Chinese tasting menu tucked into a strip mall on Research Blvd. Dumplings arrive shaped like animals with fillings like steamed lobster and crawfish with XO sauce, and duck with foie gras and caviar shows up alongside a bao bun with a cutout in it, somehow both silly and serious. The Michelin Guide has it listed.

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    • Dumplings with animal shapes

      “a trio of dumplings with animal shapes and exquisite fillings such as steamed lobster, turmeric-tinted beef, and crawfish with XO sauce”

      Michelin Guide
    • Pan-seared pork belly

      “Pan-seared pork belly is beautifully presented wrapped in a lettuce leaf and tied with a chive”

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