Cathy Chaplin is a former senior editor at Eater LA, a James Beard Award–nominated journalist, and the author of Food Lovers’ Guide to Los Angeles. Prolific Taiwanese chain Bafang Dumpling opened its ...

If you’re like me, you had never heard of Bafang Dumpling (singular, not plural!) before the first American branch opened in the busy Puente Hills Mall in the City of Industry. And that does not speak ...