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The Spot: The Dumpling House at Bear Restaurant, 12-14 31st Avenue, Astoria.

The Deal: Bear Restaurant serves modern Eastern European cuisine on the western edge of Astoria. This summer Chef Natasha Pogrebinsky has introduced a Summer Dumpling House pop-up in the same space.

Dumpling House will serve plates of sharable Serbian-style dumplings, perfect for splitting with groups.

“Russian dumplings are unique because they are smaller in size so it makes for a perfect bite.  The dough is much lighter and thinner, therefore you don’t feel ‘stuffed,’” Pogrebinsky says. “It’s a perfect ratio of dough to filling.  Russian dumplings are also served in distinctive sauces unlike any Asian-style dumpling.”

The menu will be served as prix fixe orders of five starting at $14. The dinner tasting menu includes four flavors of dumplings and an appetizer for $50. The sauces featured are light yogurt and dill, infused vinegars and clarified butter with caraway.


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Read about the Signature Dish, after the jump…

The Dish: The dumplings in vinegar sauce are the signature dumplings at the pop up. The dumplings are stuffed with veal and pork and use all local ingredients, like the rest of the Bear menu.

“They are light and refreshing — perfect on a hot summer day,” says Pogrebinsky. “Have that with our great selection of cold Russian beer or cool original cocktails, and you will have an experience to remember.”


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