Xiaolongbao here has more soup than 富春小笼 in Jumen Road, which is pretty close. Both are pretty good. Fuchun (富春小笼)has more options. So you can have other kind of food like noodles, dumplings , schnitzels ... But here, there're only different kinds of xiaolongbao. I recommend the traditional kind, whose stuffing is pure pork. The crab meat xiaolongbao is better in fall, which is the season for those hairy crabs. 😋😋 As a Shanghainese, I don't recommend other fusion flavors. I tried and I...
Read moreI thoroughly enjoy my experience at Jia Jia Tang Bao every single time I'm here. Although the queues can be quite crazy, and the place rowdy, I appreciate the transparency that they provide by making and steaming the xiaolongbaos in front of their guests. Come here for a basket or two, go for the full crab meat if you're able to afford! The experience is promised to be...
Read moreI dunno, maybe locals like it (there are plenty of them here) or maybe it’s because the place is very cheap, but my wife and I absolutely hated their soup with dumplings. The meat is the taste of pork fat, the broth is almost just like a plain water wherer the dumplings were boiled. Couldn’t even finish. (A good thing they have menu in...
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