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citrus
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May 17, 2008 - 07:15 PM |
 
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My vote so far: ZEN in XuXahui during lunch.....
..but I am on the watch for better places...... |
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happyck
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May 26, 2008 - 12:29 PM |
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you mean soup dumplings or more like xiao long baos?
Da Niang SHui Jiao is best for its price! |
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canuckian
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May 26, 2008 - 11:03 PM |
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no love for Ding Tai Feng?
How about Nanxiang Mantou Dian (南翔饅頭店) in Old Town God's Temple (城隍廟)? |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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May 26, 2008 - 11:20 PM |
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the most famous place is in Yu Yuan garden, the 2nd floor restaurant in the old style building...always a long line of Chinese waiting to get in. The best I've had in China. |
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canuckian
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May 26, 2008 - 11:36 PM |
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^ That's exactly the same place from the second line of my post 
It's called Nanxiang Mantou Dian. |
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ThomasCaron
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May 26, 2008 - 11:40 PM |
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| CoffeeHawk_0 wrote: |
| the most famous place is in Yu Yuan garden, the 2nd floor restaurant in the old style building...always a long line of Chinese waiting to get in. The best I've had in China. |
Second that. The touristy claptrap that surrounds it would give anyone pause, but it's true.
最好小龙包！ |
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happyck
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May 28, 2008 - 12:08 PM |
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oh if you're all talking about STEAMED dumplings then DING TAI FENG is the best.
absolute the best best best!!!
Service, Quality, Atmosphere.... |
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canuckian
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May 28, 2008 - 12:24 PM |
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| CoffeeHawk_0 wrote: |
| the most famous place is in Yu Yuan garden, the 2nd floor restaurant in the old style building...always a long line of Chinese waiting to get in. The best I've had in China. |
Just had their dumplings today for lunch. juicy  |
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chingiskhan
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I'd actually love to know where I can get "shui jiao" dumplings rather than xiao long which are quite different. When I lived in Beijing they had really great egg and tomato, cucumber and egg, pork with cabbage, lamb with cabbage etc a really wide selection.
Da Niang is close but they usually rotate the choices so they won't always have the ones you want. |
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Selphnir
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Gil wonton man!  |
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msittig
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May 28, 2008 - 02:34 PM |
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Dongbeiren for shuijiao |
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Mestry
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Hi
Has anyone been to qingpu shopping mall where you have factory outlets & the price for the stuff is half of what u buy in regular shopping mall
is this true????? |
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jeffreylubowski
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May 28, 2008 - 04:43 PM |
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Yangs Fried Dumplings. Nothing else compares.
Wujiang Lu, Off Nanjing Xi Lu close to Chengdu lu |
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chingiskhan
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May 28, 2008 - 05:49 PM |
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Hi
Has anyone been to qingpu shopping mall where you have factory outlets & the price for the stuff is half of what u buy in regular shopping mall
is this true????? |
This is not related in any way to the topic being discussed. Please do not comment here. |
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ShanghaiAdventure
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Wuding Xi Lu and Wanhangdu lu; I think its the same company as the infamous xiao long bao place in Old City. |
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happyck
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biggest shui jiao chain i think is daniang shui jiao
best bang for your buck
i love it! |
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Swiss-James
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Another vote for Ding Tai Feng (in that shopping centre within XinTianDi), and another for Yang's Fried Dumplings on Wujiang Lu.
Both are so good that you involuntarily close your eyes when you eat them. Arrrgghhghg |
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aussie-mandy
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July 02, 2008 - 02:07 PM |
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Another vote for Ding Tai Feng (in that shopping centre within XinTianDi), and another for Yang's Fried Dumplings on Wujiang Lu.
Both are so good that you involuntarily close your eyes when you eat them. Arrrgghhghg |
Yangs fried dumplings... does this place have english menu? or do they ony do dumplings? |
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Swiss-James
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Can't remember if they have a menu of any kind, nor if it's in English. Just look for the line of people standing next to a big iron pan with sizzling dumplings.
When you get to the front of the queue, point and do this:
they'll give you six dumplings. |
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kumlong
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ding tai fung is v v expensive |
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missrain
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| jeffreylubowski wrote: |
Yangs Fried Dumplings. Nothing else compares.
Wujiang Lu, Off Nanjing Xi Lu close to Chengdu lu |
小杨生煎？生煎 I don't think shen jian is fried Dumpling, does anyone know! Not xiao yang does make really good shen jian, and they are huge compare to the ones they sell in those breakfast stores. |
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Swiss-James
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| ding tai fung is v v expensive |
for dumplings I suppose, but not compared to any kind of western food. What is it, 30RMB for a basket? |
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missrain
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July 02, 2008 - 03:56 PM |
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Another vote for Ding Tai Feng (in that shopping centre within XinTianDi), and another for Yang's Fried Dumplings on Wujiang Lu.
Both are so good that you involuntarily close your eyes when you eat them. Arrrgghhghg |
Yangs fried dumplings... does this place have english menu? or do they ony do dumplings? |
Beacause of their popularity, the yangs have two stores opened up on the same street! I don't think they have English menu though. Normally people order by 两 (liang) 1g＝16两, usually 1 liang gives you 4 生煎（shen jian). People often buy the 牛肉粉丝汤（soup with beef and green bean noodle) with the shen jian. |
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Swiss-James
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thanks missrain, I'm guessing the lady who wants the english menu might want some more pointers than that.
Point at the big tray of greasy dumplings and say
"Yi Lee-ang!"
If you want the soup too
"Yi wan niu rou tang!"
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kumlong
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July 02, 2008 - 04:06 PM |
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| ding tai fung is v v expensive |
for dumplings I suppose, but not compared to any kind of western food. What is it, 30RMB for a basket? |
i ate there only once. 1 bowl of noodles, 1 basket of 4 xiao long bao, 1 vegetable. cny200 for 2 people. and i still felt hungry. it was like paying hotel prices for street food. |
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