Dumpling Kitchen

In its original Sunset location, Dumpling Kitchen had a lot of fans who crowded into the tiny restaurant for its top-quality soup dumplings and Shanghai-style noodles. After it closed in 2019, those fans were left twisting in the wind — until now. Dumpling Kitchen has returned, but in the Castro, inheriting its brightly painted, tropical space from a Puerto Vallarta-themed restaurant. Of course there still are dumplings galore, including crisp-bottomed juicy pork buns ($9.80). There are some funky variations worth a try, too: briny, fist-size crab soup dumplings ($14.80) and, for dessert, “soup” dumplings ($7.75) oozing with molten chocolate. — Soleil Ho

11 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-9:30 p.m. Wednesday-Monday. 544 Castro St., San Francisco. dumplingkitchenca.com