Shanghai Dim Sum

I just crushed a hot and tasty bowl of ramen spicy pork $10). It was a large bowl with big pieces of pork at a good price. My brow was a bit sweaty and it warmed me up on this cold, snowy evening. I liked the thin noodles. They were the right amount of chewy! I would def. return for another bowl.

The Shanghai Style Salty Soy Milk looked exactly like it did in the picture on the menu. It was a bowl of soy milk with some spicy oil on the surface with some fried dough fritters placed into it. It was quite interesting! The soy milk was hot and it contrasted with the oil and dough fritters that had soaked everything up. It was a new dish for me.

...this restaurant’s claim to fame is authentic Shanghainese dim sum. While its more popular cousin, Hong Kongese or Cantonese dim sum, can be found throughout Toronto, Shanghainese dim sum is extremely difficult to come by. Seeing as we don’t have the money to fly to

In the GTA, I’m always eager to try out Shanghainese restaurants in search of an authentic xiaolongbao. Shanghai Dim Sum in Scarborough is a casual family style restaurant located in a detached building with a limited dining area. The space seats under 30-40 guests at a time and there was a line waiting outside as we left....

What people come to Shanghai Dim Sum for is their steamed silk skin xiao long bao. Arriving four to an order, each dumpling is a comforting package filled with scalding hot broth within a thin translucent wrapper. For these, the restaurant also offers them at a low price: the pork filled at $0.99 for first order and $2.99 for second, another version adds crab to the pork for a $1 more $1.99 for first and $3.99 for second). <br/ <br/ They look identical, with the exception of the tip of one that’s dyed yellow to help the restaurant distinguish them. I’ll admit, the crab is non-existent except for a faint taste in the background a hit or miss as can be fishy some visits or sweet during others). But, with the low prices why not try both even if the crab one lacks shellfish?<br/ <br/ Shanghai Dim Sum is the first place I’ve been to that even offers a pan fried version of the soup filled dumplings $1.99 for first and $3.99 for second). Try to resist biting into one as soon as the plate arrives, your tongue will