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Soup Dumplings Feast @ Jia Jia Tang Bao Shanghai, China THE BEST IN THE WORLD!

hey do you wanna know where has the best soup dumplings in the world?!

nanxiang bun shop in shanghai? Din Tai Fung? i hate to mention but joe’s shanghai? joe my ass (that place is straight up freaking garbage)!

NO!! none of these. and yes i have tried all of these and many more!!!

it’s JIA JIA TANG BAO in shanghai!!!!

this is place is absolutely amazing!!!!! beyond heaven, fireworks, orgasm!!!!!!!!! no words in dictionary can describe how good their soup dumplings are!!!!!!!

my friend lanlan took me to jia jia tang bao when i came to visit 2010 expo in shanghai. three of us (all girls) had a soup dumplings feast here. we came here two days straight!! if we stayed longer we would eat it everyday til the day we had to leave!!! thats how good this place is!

just look how much three girls ate:

their soup dumplings are made to order, so they all come out super nice and hot and fresh and steamy! they are super cheap! the cheapest ive ever had. one basket costs roughly 10-15 RMB which about $2 USD. amazing right? im not saying its good because it’s cheap. i would so pay for 5 times the price if i have to cuz they are super delish!

the skins are super thin yet they still can hold the meat and soup inside. none of the skins stick on the tray or break. they are not oily at all so when you suck the soup out of dumpling it tastes super fresh, delish, flavorful, bold!!!!

the pork and crab meat one: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!! best ever!!!!!!!! orgasmatic!!!! my mouth is still watering right nao while i am thinking about this. (it’s been 2 yrs too!)
the crab flavor is so bold and strong! super heaven deliciousness!

they also have so many flavors. corn, crab, mushroom, or jus pure pork and a lot of more!

if you happened to be in shanghai, please stop by this place.

they have multiple locations; the one we went to was on tibet road.

Soup Dumplings @ Nanxiang Mantou Dian (Nanxiang Bun Shop) Shanghai, China

i went to shanghai two years ago to visit to expo. i also wanted to hunt the best soup dumplings in town.

i stole this from wikipedia.org: “Shanghai-style xiaolongbao originated in Nanxiang, a suburb of Shanghai in the Jiading District. The inventor of xiaolongbao sold them in his first store in Nanxiang next to the town’s notable park, Guyi Garden.[citation needed] From there the xiaolongbao expanded into downtown Shanghai and outward.
Two specialist xiaolongbao restaurants are often regarded as the most authentic. One is Nanxiang Mantou Dian (Nanxiang Bun Shop), which derives from the original store in Nanxiang but is now located in the City God Temple precinct. It is famed for its crab-meat-filled buns. The other is Gulong Restaurant, at the original site next to Guyi Garden in Nanxiang.
Jia Jia Tan Bao next to the People’s Square makes many types and has a long queue waiting to order. Girls fold the dumplings in view from the restaurant.”

so the this is the cheng hua miao “Old Town God Temple area” where the nanxiang bun shop located. this is a tourist spot and none of the food is good seriously!!!

i got one of these:

super oily and wasnt freshly made. no good.
and we ordered some nanxiang soup dumplings. mehh ive had wayyyy better.

side to side comparison to the ones @ jia jia tang bao

jia jia tang bao has super thin skin while nanxiang has super thick skin. the skin is supposed be super thin while it can hold the juice and meat inside. thats why soup dumplings tend to break when you pick them up. soup dumplings from nanxiang are oily and jus not good at all.

read my review on jia jia tang bao – the best soup dumplings in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!