OFS Food & Services

It was unclear to me whether this location in Fremont was actually a location in Fremont, but I’m happy to report that it exists and is open to the public. It’s a small office/​storefront where they have several chest freezers containing bags of frozen dumplings and assorted goodies, attached to their workspace where they make the dumplings. I bought two bags of pork & Napa cabbage potstickers which should last us for more than a few lazy dinners.
This is the same outfit that sells at the Mountain View farmer’s market, but it is actually way easier for me to drive 18 miles to Fremont and zip in and out of the store than to drive 14 miles to Mountain View and try to park at the farmer’s market and end up walking twelve blocks for (hopefully they’re not out of) frozen potstickers.
Cash or check only.

OfS has a food stand at moraga’s farmers market but i didn’t buy any since it was very hot and keeping the dumplings/​xlb intact would be difficult. (wasn’t going home right away).
menu: over 20 different kinds of chinese pastries, dumplings, xlb.
locale: various farmer’s market, valero gas (dublin), plant in fremont
sampling: pork & chinese napa (cabbage) dumpling (50/​$ 11)
–ingredients: pork, chinese napa cabbage, salt, soy sauce (no msg listed!)
–huge suckers, much bigger than in restaurants, thick skinned (looked as big as commercially made potstickers)
–cabbage kind of chewy, pork not noticeable
–very filling but tasted bland.
–dipping in chile sauce, other sauce would enhance eating experience.
foodnotes:
–this must be taken home right away or packed with ice. once defrosted, the dumplings are not the same
–ice cream chest box at valero only had names in chinese on top. individual bags had english descriptions on them.
–packaging is only plastic produce bag, nothing else. plan accordingly.
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pork and chinese napa dumpling zhu rou ba chai shiu jiao

We had some very tasty turnip (aka Daikon) turnovers at a gathering. We traced where the food came from and found this place. We called them up, placed our order and arranged to pick up at one of their Farmer’s market stalls. It worked out fine and we didn’t have to drive all the way to their stores in Fremont or Dublin. I believe they do delivery too, not 100% sure though.
This is not a restaurant. They sell Chinese pastries that require some cooking at home. They have 34 items on their menu in 6 categories, but more than half require pre-​ordering. They have dumplings, buns, turnovers, wontons, shu mai and potstickers.
I believe this operation mainly goes by phone ordering. The office and main store is in Fremont, they have a store in Dublin. They also sell at the Farmer’s market at 4 different bay area cities. Visit their website at
for more details.

Please note this review is for the dumplings and not actual store.
I’ve been on a handmade dumpling kick lately after discovering the Kingdom of Dumplings in SF on Noriega (see my review here
). My non-​blood related grandma in SF told me about this handmade dumpling place in Fremont that she goes to and after some ardent websearching I found that it was OFS! AND they sell their goods at a few farmer’s markets, including Mountain View’s which I frequent. So yay! I wouldn’t have to trek to Fremont!
I guess I’m not very good at finding vendors at the MV Farmer’s Market — possibly from being overwhelmed by the crowd and trying not to get run over by strollers — but it took me at least 2 rounds to find this tiny stall. One guy behind 3 huge coolers on a table and a picture menu with prices decorating his booth on the outside.
Dumplings come 50 a pack at $ 12 (very comparable to Kingdom of Dumpling which is 1 pack of 22 for $ 6 – 7). They only seem to offer 3 – 4 types at the farmer’s market and a bunch of other goods like onion pancakes.
Since I’ve had the shrimp/​pork/​chive dumplings from Kingdom, I decided to try OFS’s for an even comparison. Once I got home, I immediate started boiling my water and prepared my dumplings.
So here are some observations and comparisons —-
***These dumplings are HUGE. At least twice the size of Kingdom’s.
***The skins didn’t seem to hold up well while boiling (bad sign). They’re surely thick, but in the wrong places so some of the filling started popping out. Not good.
***Texture… not fresh. At least, not as fresh as Kingdom’s. The filling made it clear that these dumplings have been frozen for a while whereas Kingdom’s is typically sold out daily so restock is always «fresh» or only 24 hours «old».
***Taste — decent… not bad… but the texture and badly done skin make it a somewhat unpleasant dumpling experience.
Overall? Good, but not great. Better than the frozen ones you find at Asian markets… and surely these are handmade… and ingredients are more fresh. If you can’t make it to SF, give these a try by heading to Fremont or the Mountain View Farmer’s Market. I think they have a booth at the Saratoga FM too. However, if you CAN make it to SF, go to Kingdom because it’s just better/​tastier/​fresher/​etc.
The vendor told me they make about 24 different types of dumplings that are sold frozen at their Fremont store. This store location is closed Mondays, open Tues. — Sun. approx 8:30 am — 6:00 pm. Mandarin is the primary language spoken but of course there should be someone who can speak English.