I'll start with the story of how I was initially introduced to juicy pork dumplings (aka Shao Long Bao). BFFF's dad, the ultimate food nazi, so kindly treated us out to dinner for her birthday, so of course we go asian. Now, I've never really seen the fuss about them before because most of the time when you order SLB at dim sum restaurants, it's just a regular steamed pork dumpling with nothing special about it. SLB are dumplings where the soup is supposed to be cooked INSIDE the dumpling for maximum juiciness when eating. I typically take a quick nip at the end of dumplings to let the steam all out so I don't kill any tastebuds, but Mr. Food Nazi was quick to point out that if we didn't want to waste any of the soup inside the dumplings, it had to be eaten in one swift bite. Great. So I was yelled at for wasting the dumpling soup. Now you know how to eat one!
Mostly I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. This place has got THE juiciest pork dumplings, among other tasty asian foods. Also on the menu that is quite good: Shanghai rice cakes (the oval-looking noodles pictured below), steamed sesame bun (black paste in white bun), spicy beef noodle soup (not pictured), and the pork fried noodles (not pictured). Also to note- the crab dumplings contain REAL crab meat. I personally wasn't a fan since the texture is crabbier than expected, but it's nice to know they spend the time digging the meat out of the shells.
Mostly I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. This place has got THE juiciest pork dumplings, among other tasty asian foods. Also on the menu that is quite good: Shanghai rice cakes (the oval-looking noodles pictured below), steamed sesame bun (black paste in white bun), spicy beef noodle soup (not pictured), and the pork fried noodles (not pictured). Also to note- the crab dumplings contain REAL crab meat. I personally wasn't a fan since the texture is crabbier than expected, but it's nice to know they spend the time digging the meat out of the shells.
