Chef’s studio · Boston
A South Boston dumpling factory teaching folding, pan searing, soup dumplings and noodles
Birthdays & groups
Birthdays and private parties
Team events
Team building with a chef running the room
Kids & families
Classes and camps for young cooks
Beginners
No experience needed
Mei Mei started as a food truck in 2012, founded by James Beard Award-winning chef Irene Li and her siblings. Today it is a dumpling factory, cafe and classroom in South Boston. Irene runs it with partners Alyssa Lee and Annie Campbell. The dumplings use pasture-raised pork, and much of the produce comes from Northeast farms.
The public lineup is short and focused. There is a Dumpling Class, a Soup Dumpling Class, a Noodle Class and the Double Awesome Scallion Pancake Class. There are also kids classes and a $39 virtual class. In the private dumpling class you learn several folds, pan sear your own batch and mix your own sauce at the sauce bar. You take home the 15 to 20 dumplings you made, plus recipe cards. Fillings include Lemongrass Pork and a vegan Five Spice Tofu Shiitake.
Private groups are a big part of what Mei Mei does. Reviews describe birthdays and company outings of 30 or more. Mei Mei holds a 4.7 Google rating from 472 reviews.
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Private adult classes are $98 per person with a minimum of 5 people or $490. Private kids classes are $78 per person with a minimum of 6 people or $470. Both add a 20% hospitality fee. Off-site classes add a $700 travel fee.
You take home the dumplings you made, usually 15 to 20 each, along with folding, cooking, storage and recipe cards.
Yes. There is a vegan tofu filling, alternate fillings are offered for allergies, and gluten-free wrappers are $12 per person. The facility does make gluten-containing products.
Yes. A public virtual dumpling class runs 1.5 hours for $39. Private virtual classes come either with ingredient kits shipped to each guest or as instruction only.
Private in-person groups of 45 or more meet at Castle Island Brewery, one block away. Private virtual classes can take up to 200 people.
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