When selecting the 32 restaurants for our dumpling bracket earlier this year, the Denver Post made a difficult editorial decision over what kinds of dumpling restaurants would be considered.
The contenders would ultimately represent two cuisines of the Mile High food scene: East Asian dumplings and, more specifically, momos, a Tibetan and Nepali variation also familiar in India and other countries in South Asia.
Despite the competition being lopsided in favor of the former, restaurants serving up both East Asian dumplings and momos are moving on to the final four.
The final matchups, as determined by our bracket and nearly 600 entries, are dim sum restaurant Star Kitchen (2917 W. Mississippi Ave., Denver) facing off against Rocky Mountain Momo (9678 E. Arapahoe Rd., Englewood) and expanding chain Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings (original location at 3316 Tejon St., Denver) taking on Momo Dumplings (momo-dumplings.com), an Aurora-based caterer and farmers market vendor offering carryout and delivery.
The fan bases for Rocky Mountain Momo and Momo Dumplings showed their support in droves and trounced their respective opponents in the last round, Hop Alley and ChoLon, both by almost 75% of the vote.
Star Kitchen and Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings advanced by smaller yet still impressive margins against Dillon’s Dumpling House in Aurora and LingLon Dumpling House in Denver, respectively. Both advanced with about 60% of the vote.
The online poll for our final four opens Wednesday, March 18 and closes at midnight Sunday, March 22. Cast your votes below:
Craving more dumplings? Read our recent features on Polish pierogis and Chinese dumplings.
