What to Order: Swamp Bar’s soup dumplings
Swamp Bar's tofu bites are lightly fried with a coconut and lemongrass sauce and served with black rice. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Erica Horton
Erica Horton is a freelance writer in the Greater Memphis Area whose work has been published in various newspapers and online publications since high school. She earned her bachelor’s in Journalism and master’s in English at the University of Memphis. When she’s not reading, traveling or eating, she enjoys writing about reading, traveling and eating.
A friend recently came into town from Jackson, Mississippi, and although she often visits Memphis for work, she wanted to try something new-to-her to celebrate another trip around the sun. For someone whose taste leans eclectic, runs to New Orleans every chance she gets and likes a restaurant with a vibe and a good menu, Swamp Bar was the natural choice for a birthday celebration.
The chicken soup dumplings are stuffed with ground chicken, so the texture is firm, and each dumpling is surprisingly heavy. But the dumplings never fall apart despite their hearty filling.
As my friend said about the first bite, it feels “like a warm hug.”
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