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The insanely popular Yang's has set up a shop on the far western side of the street (next to Maoming Lu), on the 2nd floor of of the new sterile new food mall that may be a harbinger of things to come for Wujiang's older cousins to the east. The building also houses a Burger King, KFC, Lisboa, and a Coco Curry (yes!), but more interestingly Yang's will literally be facing off against another Shanghai dumpling institution in Nanxiang (南翔馒头), the main xiao long bao (小笼包) attraction at the Yu Garden. Given that both restaurants serve equally legendary dumplings but of two separate pork dumpling categories, we're more likely to see a harmonious co-existence between the two in their new, polished Wujiang Lu digs. Especially because Yang's has kept the price of their dumplings (4.5 RMB for an order of four) the same, as have Nanxiang (at least their third floor - around 36 RMB for an order of six).
Eric Hu is Shanghaiist's Food Editor. Email tips, recommendations, and news and gossip about Shanghai's food scene to food at shanghaiist.com.
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Pity.
So when they are done with the little stands and shops, and when they have them all neatly packed up in their insipid malls: who will want to go out for a walk anymore?
Talk about inflation of prices on food. I remember how it used to just fifty cents for 4 of those! Good ol' days!
Seriously - what's the deal with Nanxiang, and how does it still get any good press? Their xiaolongbao taste like they've been sitting in someone's shoes for a month or two. Tough dough, stale soup and meat. Awful, awful, awful. I'm frankly embarrassed that Shanghai chooses to represent one of its great culinary contributions with this dump.
Yang's, on the other hand, is amazing -- but for my money, the best Yang's location is the one on the corner of Shaanxi Beilu and Wuding Lu, not Wujiang Lu.