From the original post
The photo note
Went to another delicious #xiaolongbao joint! The queue was super long, but it was well worth it! #非常好吃！#一路食一路post #手機食先 #好好食 #正 #好好味 #好吃 #小籠包 #佳家湯包 #上海 #shanghai #goodeats #foodspotting #foodography #foodporn
Looking back
The SD Foodie take
Editorial commentary written from Roger’s original photograph and caption. Roger’s own words are the quoted photo note above.
The top frame is the open kitchen: cooks in red caps and aprons pleating dumplings at a steel counter, with stacks of bamboo steamers ready to go. Below, two steamers of thin-skinned xiaolongbao, one of them already half eaten.
The caption says another xiaolongbao joint, which means this was a soup dumpling crawl, not a single stop. The queue was super long and, by Roger’s verdict, well worth it.
The quick critique
What stood out
- Dumplings pleated to order
- Thin, soup-filled skins
- A crawl-worthy Shanghai stop
Bottom line
Archive verdict
A long line and a well-worth-it verdict — one of the stops on a Shanghai soup dumpling crawl.