Dumpling Darling

Dumpling Darling Globally-inspired dumplings & street food with a Midwest twist

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Delivering allllll of your favorite stuffed things right to your doorsteps in Iowa City/Coralville on Saturday, March 14...
03/04/2026

Delivering allllll of your favorite stuffed things right to your doorsteps in Iowa City/Coralville on Saturday, March 14 🥟 🍪

FROZEN DUMPLINGS
-pork & cabbage
-Korean chicken
-chipotle tofu
-kimchi Mandu
-Mac & cheese
-Lesley’s lamb

The gang is all here with stuffed cookies from Oh High Cookies and THC cookies from

Deliveries will be happening between 9:30-5:30. Orders will be placed in insulated bags with ice packs so you do not have to be home to receive your order.

Orders open Friday, March 6 at 9 am. If you missed out last time, I highly recommend signing up for text notifications to be reminded when orders drop. When we are out, we are out and we don’t want you to be sad 😃

https://www.hotplate.com/ohhighkitchen/337a0899-ef0a-4a2b-a19f-544390a26424

Sign up for text alerts from Oh High Kitchen to be in the know about when ordering opens for my next pop up. I am based ...
02/10/2026

Sign up for text alerts from Oh High Kitchen to be in the know about when ordering opens for my next pop up. I am based in Des Moines these days and Oh High Kitchen is my garage turned commercial kitchen where I run all of my food concepts and pop ups. You can find us on Instagram. I do Des Moines dumpling pop ups more frequently and have one in the works that will be happening in the next month or so. Just a short drive from Iowa City 😍

I know what you are thinking. Whyyyy can’t you just come to Iowa City more often? Transporting thousands of dumplings safely is logistically very complex and incredibly stressful. I’m working on ways to make this more feasible.

https://www.hotplate.com/ohhighkitchen

I’m blown away (but not surprised) by your generosity in helping us raise $1,187 for the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund i...
02/10/2026

I’m blown away (but not surprised) by your generosity in helping us raise $1,187 for the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund in MN.

I’m blown away (and was quite surprised) by your dumpling enthusiasm and community support even after all of these years. I’ve missed you Iowa City.

Huge thanks to our friends at Yotopia : Iowa City's Original FroYo for hosting us.

Shoutout to the army of incredible women who hustled hard in the kitchen with me last week and helped make the pick up run so smoothly yesterday. I couldn’t have done any of it without you.

I hope you enjoyed your dumplings.

I think we will do it again…

UPDATE: SOLD OUT! We will let you know if we are able to add more time slots. IT’S GO TIME 🥟Order here https://www.hotpl...
01/26/2026

UPDATE: SOLD OUT! We will let you know if we are able to add more time slots.

IT’S GO TIME 🥟

Order here

https://www.hotplate.com/ohhighkitchen/906a68e9-ebcf-41e1-85cc-baed76df36d3

What you should know 👇

This is a pre-order only event and we are limiting the amount of orders that can be picked up per time slot in order to make this a good experience for everyone. If you need dumplings in your life, don’t wait to order. Orders will close on Friday or until all slots are filled.

Reminder that all if the items on our menu are cold or frozen and we will provide cooking/reheating instructions.

Want some dumplings for the big sportsball game? We’ve got bulk pans for that 🏈 🥟 🎊

Pickup is at Yotopia : Iowa City's Original FroYo on 2/8 during your selected time slot. Highly recommend adding some Froyo Mashups to your order or creating your own adventure at their self-serve froyo bar at pickup. Winter blows big time for brick and mortar businesses (one of the many reasons we no longer have a storefront 😄) so please show them some love ❤️

Lastly, if you feel so inclined to leave a tip at checkout, 100% of TIPS will be donated to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund supporting the immediate needs of immigrants targeted by ICE in MN. There are lots of other ways to be a helper including organizing, calling your reps, speaking up, and showing kindness to others especially those personally affected.

These are dark days we are living in and I hope that dumplings bring you some joy.

F**k ice.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS IOWA CITY!We are popping up with some of your Dumpling Darling favorites on Sunday, February 8 at Yo...
01/20/2026

MARK YOUR CALENDARS IOWA CITY!

We are popping up with some of your Dumpling Darling favorites on Sunday, February 8 at Yotopia : Iowa City's Original FroYo

In order to make this a positive and smooth experience for everyone, we will only be offering cold take & bake options. The dumplings will either be pre-steamed for easy reheating or frozen (so that you can stock up for these cold winter nights). Pre-order only.

It’s all still coming together but here is what I do know..

Yes there will be Korean Chicken dumplings!

Soup dumplings? Hell yeah. Yes the miso soup dumplings too.

Pork & Cabbage Dumplings + Kimchi Mandu DUH

There will be sides. There will be sauces. There will be very good reheating instructions.

There will be FroYo mashups from our gracious host Yotopia.

Will consider all other reasonable requests 😃

Ordering opens on Monday, January 26. Stay tuned…

Have you ever seen The Bear? There is that scene in season 1 where they turn on their online ordering system and all of ...
08/19/2023

Have you ever seen The Bear? There is that scene in season 1 where they turn on their online ordering system and all of the tickets start coming in at once and you can just hear the non-stop churning of the printer while the kitchen crew scrambles to do the impossible. If you’ve ever worked in a kitchen, you know the overwhelming, paralyzing, yet thrilling feeling that this brings. Last night, we felt like we lived this episode.

Thank you to all of you who came out to get dumplings. You waited in a long line. Some of you drove across the state and even from other states just to be there. You waited hours for your food. Some of you never got the chance to place an order. We were blown away by your patience and kindness despite all of this.

We had the very best crew imaginable last night and everyone worked incredibly hard to get orders out as quickly and smoothly as possible. It wasn’t an easy task and it was far from perfect but I am so proud and grateful for everyone who helped out. Even so, we are sorry if we let you down.

A huge thank you to Goosetown Iowa City for being the very best friends and partners in crime through all of this. They have built the most beautiful space with the best vibes and we hope to see it used, loved, and appreciated for other events like ours in the coming months.

I have been asked countless times if we will be doing this again. Right now my answer is, “I’m not ready to talk about it yet”. I’ll let you know when I am.

This spread could be yours tonight…5 pm at Goosetown Iowa CitySee you there!
08/18/2023

This spread could be yours tonight…

5 pm at Goosetown Iowa City

See you there!

TOMORROW AT Goosetown Iowa City 🥟🥟🥟
08/17/2023

TOMORROW AT Goosetown Iowa City 🥟🥟🥟

We will be hustling and brusseling on Friday. Fried Brussels sprouts are back and is so that Korean BBQ sauce.See you th...
08/16/2023

We will be hustling and brusseling on Friday. Fried Brussels sprouts are back and is so that Korean BBQ sauce.

See you this Friday at Goosetown Iowa City at 5 pm until ?

CHIPOTLE TOFU DUMPLINGS 🌶️I got some really passionate pleas for these so we are going for it!See you this Friday starti...
08/15/2023

CHIPOTLE TOFU DUMPLINGS 🌶️

I got some really passionate pleas for these so we are going for it!

See you this Friday starting at 5 pm at Goosetown Iowa City

PORK & CABBAGE DUMPLINGS 🥟 This has always been our most popular dumpling and since announcing this pop up, I have had s...
08/14/2023

PORK & CABBAGE DUMPLINGS 🥟

This has always been our most popular dumpling and since announcing this pop up, I have had several pregnant women tell me that they have been craving this dumpling. So the P & C will be served at Goosetown Iowa City on Friday for all of you who love it but mostly for the sake of the future generation 😀

See you August 18th at 5 pm on the northside.

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213 Iowa Avenue
Iowa City, IA
52240

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