As the saying goes, a picture tells a thousand words. The xiǎo lóng bāo (小笼包) at this famous Shanghai restaurant — Jiā Jiā Tāng Bāo or 佳 家汤包 (translates roughly to excellent family soup dumplings) — are delicious and worth the wait. You'll need to speak some Chinese to be able to order here. If you just want xiǎo lóng bāo then it is fairly simple: "Yī lóng zhū ròu xiǎo lóng bāo" (one basket of pork xiǎo lóng bāo) (6RMB/12). Or for the crab filled — our favourite — "Yī lóng páng xiè xiǎo lóng bāo" (16.5RMB/12).
They also have great soup on the menu, and if you order a Coke it'll come in a cute bottle. Pictures here. The address is 90 Huáng Hé Lù, just to the north of the crossing with Fèng Yáng Lù. Open from 6:30 am until the afternoon. The short movie shows the xiǎo lóng bāo being prepared.
You fucking idiot the only place for soup dumplings in shanghai or anywhere is at din tai fung on shui chen lu or xintiandi. The are the best always have been and always will be you loser.
As much as I like Ding Tai Fung (and I do - I've been addicted since my first trip to the original one in Taipei way back in the early 90s) - Hank is pretty much incorrect. DTF is great , but it's also pricey and slightly overrated (it's not nearly as good as the one in Taipei)
You can have 3 or 4 longs of Jia Jia Tong Bao for the price of 1 at DTF.
@ Hank, don't get so worked up over crap food, dude!
The best I know of is on Shaanxi Nan Lu near Julu Lu. There's probably better elsewhere, but I never leave the French concession for anything other than airports :P
ummm, yea, we just went to this dumpling place and we got SICK!...maybe it was our fault for ordering the crab dumplings but WTF! doubt we'll be going to the "best SH dumplings EVEN for that price (oh, plus the stomach medicine!!!)
Jason, you're supposed to get sick when you eat at half of this city's Chinese restaurants, haven't you figured that out yet? Far cry from Hong Kong, never been sick in my life there...
Sorry for my outburst I've been eating at DTF since 1981 had it in 3 different countries and you WONT get montezuma's revenge eating there because they are so clean
Although I don't remember the address of the place, but of the 30 or so places I have eaten dumplings at, there is one famous place that suppose to have the best. Its in the "Old Town" Shopping section where their dumplings are so popular that there is a constant line of people waiting for them (about two-three hours on the weekends). I don't remember the name, but with the line its easy to find. The front of the place is glass so you can see the entire staff making nothing but crab/pork dumplings.
Is that street crossing correct? I see those streets at two different areas of the city.
You fucking idiot the only place for soup dumplings in shanghai or anywhere is at din tai fung on shui chen lu or xintiandi. The are the best always have been and always will be you loser.
Hi KJ. Thanks for pointing out the mistake. Sorry - it should be fèng yáng lù 凤阳路.
Hank - thanks for your eloquent suggestions, I'll go try them sometime.
As much as I like Ding Tai Fung (and I do - I've been addicted since my first trip to the original one in Taipei way back in the early 90s) - Hank is pretty much incorrect. DTF is great , but it's also pricey and slightly overrated (it's not nearly as good as the one in Taipei)
You can have 3 or 4 longs of Jia Jia Tong Bao for the price of 1 at DTF.
@ Hank, don't get so worked up over crap food, dude!
The best I know of is on Shaanxi Nan Lu near Julu Lu. There's probably better elsewhere, but I never leave the French concession for anything other than airports :P
I'll stick to M On The Bund.
There are lots of great xiaolongbao places in Shanghai. Seek and ye shall find.
ummm, yea, we just went to this dumpling place and we got SICK!...maybe it was our fault for ordering the crab dumplings but WTF! doubt we'll be going to the "best SH dumplings EVEN for that price (oh, plus the stomach medicine!!!)
Jason, you're supposed to get sick when you eat at half of this city's Chinese restaurants, haven't you figured that out yet? Far cry from Hong Kong, never been sick in my life there...
Sorry for my outburst I've been eating at DTF since 1981 had it in 3 different countries and you WONT get montezuma's revenge eating there because they are so clean
Although I don't remember the address of the place, but of the 30 or so places I have eaten dumplings at, there is one famous place that suppose to have the best. Its in the "Old Town" Shopping section where their dumplings are so popular that there is a constant line of people waiting for them (about two-three hours on the weekends). I don't remember the name, but with the line its easy to find. The front of the place is glass so you can see the entire staff making nothing but crab/pork dumplings.