sounds yummy!

below article from grub street...sounds enticing! i shall report on its worthiness asap.

Good News for Dumpling, Ravioli, and Empanada Lovers!

Marco Polo's buns.Photo: Eating in Translation

We recently discovered an East Village eatery, open for a few months now but surprisingly unnoticed aside from an Eating in Translation stop-in, that traffics not only in Shanghai-style steamed buns, but also “dumplavoli” specials. So what’s a “dumplavoli”?

Stefano Magaddino, an Italian-American who runs the tiny takeout joint (previously located in Long Island City) with his Chinese-American wife, tells us that combos include four or five ravioli along with five or six dumplings. Depending on whether you’re ordering lunch or dinner, the ravioli are filled with spinach and cheese, ground beef, portobello mushrooms, Italian sausage, vegetables, shrimp, or lobster, and the dumplings are filled with chicken or spicy pork. That’s great, but what about a dumpla-voli-samo-panad-arepa combo?

Empanada Joe’s, 668 Sixth Ave., nr. 21st St.; 917-338-4780
Marco Polo Fusion Café, 102 St. Marks Pl., nr. Ave. A; 212-228-8456