Anthony Bourdain-Approved Dumplings Arrive on Convoy

Friends and readers have been sending in food porn dispatches from Myung In Dumplings, which opened late last month, replacing Voltero's Pizza in a busy Convoy Street plaza.

The Los Angeles-area transplant, which also has locations in Garden Grove and Torrance, got a boost when Anthony Bourdain visited its L.A. Koreatown outpost for a Parts Unknown episode back in 2013 and the San Diego store proudly displays an autographed photo of Bourdain on the wall; the chain was also featured in a recent issue of Lucky Peach magazine.

Founded by a China-born chef of Korean descent, Myung In specializes in a short Korean-Chinese hybrid menu that ranges from thin-skinned boiled dumplings to baseball-sized steamed buns made of tender yeast dough encasing meat and vegetable fillings, all made on-site. Mmm-yoso called the dumplings "better than average for San Diego" while Kirbie's Cravings liked their "white as snow, fluffy as a cloud" King steamed buns.