Nan Xiang Express
The pan-fried dumplings and the stir-fried noodles are the strong plates, and the xiao long bao turn up deflated.1
Why go
A counter dumpling shop in the Mueller retail row at 1201 Barbara Jordan Blvd, reviewed by The Infatuation's Nicolai McCrary on 4 June 2026 and scored 7.4 out of 10.1 His finding is specific and useful: most of it is solid, the pan-fried dumplings and the stir-fried noodles especially, and the xiao long bao are the weak link. Soup dumplings are the format least tolerant of a fast counter, since the aspic has to survive the steamer and the trip to the table, so a review that says they turn up deflated is telling you something about the service model rather than about the recipe.
Order this / avoid
- Order: pan-fried dumplings and a plate of stir-fried noodles. Those are the two the reviewer names as the strongest things on the table.1
- Avoid: building the meal around the xiao long bao.
The xiao long bao sometimes arrive a little deflated and short on their signature soup, but they generally satisfy the craving without much fuss.
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What locals & experts say
- The Infatuation Austin, Nicolai McCrary (4 June 2026), 7.4 out of 10:
Most of the food is solid, especially the pan-fried dumplings and stir-fried noodles.
The number is a rating and is recorded as one, never as an award.1 - I haven't found a second critic on this counter.
Good to know
- Where it is: Suite 1280, 1201 Barbara Jordan Blvd, in Mueller.1
- Timing and price: nobody publishes either, so check before you go.
- Hygiene: no inspection record found, and this one is worth reading carefully, which is missing data rather than a finding.2
- Getting there: the Mueller retail strip on Barbara Jordan Blvd, east of the interstate.
Verdict
could-visit — A counter-service dumpling shop in the Mueller retail row, rated 7.4 by The Infatuation's Austin reviewer, who is clear about where its strengths are. Pan-fried dumplings and stir-fried noodles came out ahead of the soup dumplings, and his line about the xiao long bao arriving deflated and short on soup is the useful sentence in the whole review, because it tells you which format the kitchen is running fast. Take it as a good quick lunch in a part of town short of them rather than as a dumpling destination. It stays at could-visit on one review and no published inspection record.