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Best Dumplings in Melbourne 2025: XLB, Potstickers & Dumpling Restaurants

Melbourne has one of the most vibrant dumpling cultures in the Southern Hemisphere — powered by a large and long-established Chinese community and a city-wide obsession with xiao long bao (soup dumplings), potstickers, and hand-folded wontons. Chinatown on Little Bourke Street is ground zero, but excellent dumpling restaurants are now spread across every inner suburb.

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