Shanghai Dumplings

Although other members of the rice300 blog may have had other ideas, the title in fact refers to Shanghai's most famous food - the 小籠包. Instead of posting a review of the more renowned 南翔小籠包, I decided to get off the beaten track and try a less well known dumpling shop. Was it a lucky day for me - it certainly was ! The skin was thin as is expected from all good 小籠包, but what was so outstanding about these dumplings was the soup. It was a perfect blend of pork and crab flavour - more specifically pork and crab fat (蟹粉). Here are some pictures of the dumplings and the manufacturing process. Although shy, the 小籠包 ladies were very happy to oblige our request to take pictures of them. Haha.