HYDE PARK — Packed has released a menu of house-made pastrami and duck dumplings for its Friday opening.
The new 50-seat restaurant at 1321 E. 57th St. from Blackbird and Trencherman chef Mike Sheerin and partner Aaron DiMaria opens at 11 a.m. on Friday.
The restaurant released a menu late Thursday that includes two Peking duck dumplings with pork, green olives and ginger-scallion sauce in a curry wrapper and house-made pastrami dumplings with pumpernickel, beer-braised onions, pickled green tomatoes and violet mustard and other options for $4 for two dumplings or five for $9.
The restaurant will be adding a few additional dumplings in the coming weeks, but for now, here’s the six savory dumplings that will be available at lunch on Friday.
The Peking Duck dumpling is duck with pork in a curry wrapper and a ginger-scallion sauce with green olives. [Courtesy of Nick Murway]
The short rib dumpling is braised short rib with brown rice and horseradish cream.
The pastrami dumpling is lean house-made pastrami with pumpernickel, beer-braised onions, pickled green tomatoes and violet mustard.
The butternut dumpling is butternut squash with sage and lady apples in a curry wrapper and a balsamic caramel sauce.
The spicy meatball dumpling is ground beef and pork with aged provolone and house-made marinara.
The "unpacked" dumplings are the satay, charred chicken with pickled bean sprouts, mardol papaya and peanut tamarind; and the belly, pork belly with braised pineapple, cucumber, jicama and chipotle mayo.
The mac 'n' cheese is house-made udon noodles, with American cheese, nori seaweed, shiitake mushrooms and jalapeno peppers.
