Xiao Long Bao (小籠包) Shanghai Dim Sum Restaurant review (part II)

Given my positive review of this place, it was expected I would return... This time I found other gems in this restaurant... Hope you will like this review :)

Shanghai Soup Rice Cakes $10.99

Shanghai Stir fried Rice Cakes have always been one of my favourite Shanghai dish (as you can see in part I of this restaurant review), the chewiness makes eating so much fun. I have never had Shanghai Soup Rice Cakes before so it was definitely a discovery for me

Impressions:

• quantity is huge!
• Strong sesame oil taste
• Very clear broth
• delicious and fresh (鮮)

I was shocked when the server delivered this to our table... I didn't expect the bowl to be so huge. When I first wafted the smell I could smell a strong aroma of sesame oil. The broth was extremely clear but heavily flavoured with chicken stock and other ingredients.

The soup tasted extremely delicious and 鮮 (I can't find an appropriate English word for this). It was 鮮味 (but NOT MSG).

小籠包 Pork Soup Filled Buns $5.99

What else would you get at a restaurant called Xiao Long Bao (小籠包), their signature dish of course! These Pork Soup Filled buns were absolutely delicious. They were properly marinated and the bun was extremely thin (be careful if you pick these up... your chopsticks could puncture the bun and all of that delicious soup will fall out).

impressions:

• very thin bun "crust"
• soup is right temperature
• nicely oily (comfort food)

inside of the pork soup filled bun

As you can see, look how much meat is inside! It is a perfectly made Xiao Long Bao!

Despite how great this is, my favourite will be their Crab Meat Xiao Long Bao.... if you want something that is striking and not allergic to crabs, I highly recommend their crab pork soup filled buns.

Sheng Jian Bao (上海生煎包) $5.99

If you are going to a Shanghai restaurant, these Sheng Jian Bao are a must get... These are Pan-fried bao filled with pork, melted gelatin and chopped green onions.

Impressions:

Marinated with rice wine
very tasty
cooked to perfection (bottom is nicely golden brown)

inside of 生煎包

This is how the inside of the bao looks like. Be careful, the warm/hot gelatin can burn your mouth, so when you are eating these... be careful. 

score: 9/10
website: no website
phone number: (416) 291-0123

Xiao Long Bao (小籠包) Shanghai Dim Sum Restaurant review

love the open kitchen

One day as I was passing by Brimley and Sheppard area, a restaurant called Xiao Lung Bao caught my attention... out of curiosity I peeped inside, and saw it was full (it was 9:00pm on a Thursday night). This has lead to my first visit to this place.

impressions:

• very clean
• casual environment
• service was quite good (waitresses were quite attentive)
• food was prepared really well

Shanghai Rice Cakes 上海年糕 ($8.99)

This dish was very delicious. It was savoury. They had used Gai Lan "branch" bits to fill the dish along with a marinated savoury chopped choi.

There was enough meat to make filling and noticeable.

The Rice cakes were cooked to a perfect chewiness.

I highly recommend this to those who are big fans of Shanghai Rice cakes.

drunken chicken 醉雞 ($12.99)

This was perhaps their most expensive pricey dish on their menu ($12.99).

I found this dish to be very authentic... but it had a bit of an overwhelmingly taste of alcohol.

Other than that, I found the chicken to be quite fresh... the chef has taken out all the bones of the chicken and rewrapped the chicken soaking it into some Chinese wine.

I would recommend this dish to those who like Drunken Chicken and can stand a heavy alcohol taste.

Crab Meat Xiao Lun Bao! 蟹粉小籠包 ($7.99)

I would say that these are the best Crab Meat Xiao Lun Bao's I have ever had in Toronto... they were cooked to a perfect and wrapped to a perfectly thin Xiao Lun Bao . The soup was cooked to a perfect consistency and cooked to perfection... there was a strong presence of crab flavouring was absolutely delicious!

look at all the crab meat!! 小籠包

The crab meat was wrapped in the middle of the pork meat. Absolutely delicious!

I recommend this to everyone who likes food (:P)... and not allergic to crabs

score: 9/10

website: no website

phone number: (416) 291-0123

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