Flower Pepper Restaurant - Authentic Chinese Home Cooking

I’m going to be direct: I have firsthand familiarity with how some items here are prepared, and the steamed bao and dumplings are not made in-house. They are pre-made items that are reheated and served. Because of that, the pricing feels extremely unreasonable—$12 for 12 dumplings is hard to justify for reheated, pre-made dumplings. The noodles also didn’t feel worth the price. Even if they are prepared on site, the portion size was small for what you pay. As for the environment: the previous location was cramped and uncomfortable. They’ve since moved into a food court, but it’s dark, and when I visited the shared dining area wasn’t clean, which seriously affected the overall experience.

I’m not a college student, but we tried it out anyway based on reviews. I’m vegetarian and I got the sesame tofu bowl and it was amazing! I normally don’t finish my meals when I’m out and usually come home with leftovers, but I ate 100% 💯 of this dish and even finished mine before my friend finished his, which never happens. It didn’t stay super hot throughout the eating process but maybe that’s because it was served in a disposable container and not glass. I will definitely be going back for this specific dish again! Mmmmmm….

This place was very small. Only 3 tables and 2 bar seating area. Because it's a family run business they don't have a waitress so make sure that you clean up after yourself. Ordered the soup dumplings, sour and spicy glass noodles, beef noodle soup, and the pork belly over rice. The soup dumplings were AMAZING! I loved the way they tasted and there was actually broth inside them. They were kind of small so that was sad but the flavor was great! The sour and spicy glass noodles were really sour so if you don't like super sour things, I don't suggest getting it. Otherwise it was good as well. The beef noodle soup was great with extra soy sauce to give it more pow! Lol the pork belly wasn't salty enough so I added soy sauce to give it even more flavor and salt. It was great! Even though all t

PLEASE EAT HERE. This place is cheap, quick, authentic, and offers such a variety of Chinese foods including delicious vegetarian options!! AND you get a stamp card, on which you can receive a free side, discounts, and more. There are the classic Chinese American foods that you crave as well as classic Chinese foods like hot and sour noodles and black beans noodles. The family that runs this restaurant is so kind, and the service is always great. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Please support them.

Friendly service, cute unassuming space. Unfortunately underwhelming food. I got dumplings and the beef short ribs with rice. It was mostly just rice with some pieces of tough meat and a mostly flavorless gelatinous sauce. Was really excited to try this place as a friend raved about it. Maybe I caught them on an off day. I'll try it again and order something different.