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Two words: Soup dumplings.
Worth eating the Pork ones. Just a few side notes to the ratings that came before mine......
Figure it out before you get here. Not brain surgery. Place on Spoon, Bite smal hole in top, let steam release, sip soup, eat dumpling.
Btw - what the hell does too porky mean when it comes to dumplings. Either you like pork or you don't. If you don't, do not order pork.
BTW - if I had to pick, I like the chinatown Joe's better.
The dumplings here are just SOUPer, and for most, a totally new type of dumpling to the normal pan fried variety. I didn't enjoy the crab dumplings as much, though thats probably just a personal preference.
I only wish they had bigger spoons to deal with all the soup that comes flying out. Or even bread!
Do not - I repeat - DO NOT try and eat soup dumplings when you have no idea how.
Don't make the same mistake that I did, by ordering some soup dumplings to go, then taking them back to your office in a feeble attempt to ingest the soup and the dumplings in one bite.
This simply is not possible. The end result will be soup and dumplings all over your shirt and pants. Not to mention a burnt mouth and wounded pride.
Soup dumplings deserve professional guidance. Like how the hell do you eat these things!?
Total FAIL.
A friend and I are on a quest to eat at every Joe's Shanghai. We love soup dumplings. The midtown outpost is a bit pricier but the food is still good quality. Way nicer servers at this one.
No.
Disappointing soup dumplings. We tried regular pork and pork with crab dumplings.
Too porky, soup was strong, almost concentrated, and you need the ginger to offset the flavor. Like minty jelly does with gamey lamb. Ginger should be a pleasing accompaniment, not a necessary addition.
These weren't inedible, just not very good. If you like strong meaty soups, this is for you, but it's not the kind of xiao long bao I like. My friend agreed.
And disappointing jellyfish! Wasn't dressed much at all, yet managed to be quite salty.
Service was silently brusque, but more attentive as the not-very-full restaurant emptied.
Pluses to coming to this location: Virtually no wait. The restaurant's got customers but it's not busy. I'm hoping the branches in Flushing or in Chinatown have to be better giving the surrounding good food, but I'm not willing to find out.
If you're visiting the area looking for good soup dumplings, don't pay any attention to the guidebooks telling you to come here. If you're serious about the dumplings, go to Flushing.
"The crab and pork soup dumplings are BETTER THAN SEX! I swear to God. " - reviewer on Yelp whose identity I will protect but whose identity you can look up on your own.
Either this reviewer has zero respect for her god and has NO problem swearing blasphemous lies in its name, OR this reviewer is mistaking sex for chewing on broken glass... because in that case I would have to agree that perhaps Joe's Shanghai IS better than turning your mouth into bloody ground meat. But not a whole lot better...
The soup dumplings that everyone raves about were okay, but seriously not amazing. Losing your virginity again might be a more interesting, delicious or pleasurable experience than having these dumplings or any other food that we had on their menu.
Joe's Shanghai failed my "Hot and Sour Soup Test", so I really should have left after the soup course. If a Chinese restaurant fail to balance the spicy and tangy flavors in this soup, do not master the rich gravy texture or skimp out on the potpourri of goodies that should be filling my bowl, that is generally a sign that they will not have the culinary skills or generous spirit to produce dishes that truly satisfy. Everything that followed continued to disappoint.
The buns didn't have as much broth as they should have, the sea cucumbers with shrimp roe tasted and looked dirty, the spicy crunchy whole sea bass was coated in a thick batter and drowned in an orange-y, sickeningly sweet sauce. The seafood pan-fried noodles and steamed white rice were thankfully edible.
Seriously, do no eat here. Perhaps it's worth the trek to the other locations, but this was really very bad. I was visiting from out of town and was bummed to have wasted a meal here. Good thing I was with amazing company (most of whom thought the food was bad, too) that made the experience worth while in the end!
To summarize, Joe's Shanghai is NOT better than sex. It's not even better than BAD SEX.
I've been to the downtown version and I thought this one would be just as good. It wasn't.
What I really wanted was soup dumplings. What I got was something that looked a lot like a soup dumpling, but was filled with an incredibly greasy sludge and a ball of mystery meat. Ehhh yuck. I don't know, maybe there are different chefs at this location than the other one?
My friends ordered what is often called American Chinese food (it was some sort of chow mein, beef with broccoli thing). A good friend of mine said that "you can never judge a Chinese restaurant by its American Chinese food," but I'm going to judge! It was bad! It was scary! It was more fried than I could have ever imagined.
The only decent thing I ordered was watercress and tofu soup. It was OK, but nothing to write home about. Also, it was way too expensive for what it was. Sigh.
No stars would have been appropriate for this establishment.
Once again, I should have listened, and ventured to flushing or even chinatown.....but the laziness took over and I ended up here. Boy, what a mistake.
The Bad:
Jellyfish - absolutely disgusting, almost inedible. Not only was there NO flavor to the dish, the jellyfish wasn't even fresh and crunchy. It was gross. I hardly ever send dishes back to the kitchen....but this will mark one of the first dishes every sent back. Congrats Joe Shanghai.
Service - when I called over the waiter to send back the jellyfish, he had the audacity to roll his eyes and scoff at me. Excuse me?! I was pleasant and cordial at first, but bitch please, I know my shanghainese cuisine and this is now how the jellyfish should taste. Once again, congrats Joe Shanghai for worst service award.
The Good: ......................blank
ok, the dumplings are a decent staple dish. but after all the bad, it was difficult to enjoy the good.
Joe's Shanghai, farewell. forever.
What a horrible disappointment and attack on my loyalty to Joe's Soup Pork Buns... I feel sorry for not listening to other people's warning (that this location fall short of the others).
The service and the environment put such a negative light on the restaurant. I am Chinese too, and I do NOT understand the way these waiters operate. Restaurant services in most other Chinese restaurant I've been in the US has been wonderful, and service is way better in general in Asia.
My friend and I ordered jellyfish appetizer, one order of crab meat soup pork buns, and one lunch special scallion beef (with vege fried rice and chicken corn soup). The jellyfish appetizer was terrifying. The jellyfish was soft watery, basically NOT FRESH, and they didn't even try to make it better by flavoring it correctly. It was mushy and tasteless, which is definitely not what this dish should taste like. When we questioned our waiter, he lectured us and made snorted-laugh when we said we know what that dish should be like and that was not it. He said in his "cantonese"-chinese accent, "ohhhh... YOU know Shanghainese food?" Too bad he doesn't know half of my family's shanghainese...
Well the soup buns were pretty good, and the scallion beef wasn't bad either, but the whole meal kinda got ruined from the upsetting interaction earlier on. I don't know i'd ever go back to this location of Joe's again.
best dumplings you will ever have in your life... in my past life i was a chinese king and i never even had dumplings this good...
they also have some pretty kick ass orange and sesame chicken...
the midtown location is about double the prices than the one in china town, so if you can i recommend you make your way down to pell and mulberry. i imagine rent is a bit more expensive in midtown so thats why its so much, and less mafia influence up in the theatre district.
Joe SH of Midtown in most part was a disappointment. We came to try their famous soup dumplings. We ordered crab and pork soup dumplings, chives pancakes, Kim chi and ice cream. We liked the soup dumplings, but after tasting those at Chinatown Brasserie understood the difference and it was not Joe's dumplings that won the competition. The ice cream was great, but all the rest (including the very bland jasmine tea) was lower then average. Ambience is nice, service is OK, cleanliness is questionable (we had to wipe our utensils and sent the napkin with the spots on it back), but all together does it worth spending that much money??? Honestly, we don't understand what all the hype is about?!
I hit Joe's in midtown mostly for takeout lunch. Their lunch specials, while pricey for takeout Chinese food (but in line with lunch prices in this rather tony area of Manhattan), is actually quite good. My favorite being the shredded beef with bell pepper. Their steamed pork/crab soup dumplings are also available for takeout but you really have to get back to your office/home with them quickly before they start sticking to each other and coming apart when you pick them up, spilling the soup all over.
Those steamed pork/crab soup dumplings are, by the way, scrumptious. I wasn't impressed by the ones from the Joe's Shanghai down in Chinatown when I had them years ago but for some reason when I tried the ones from this location, they were excellent.
As for in-restaurant dining, this location is two stories with the majority of the seating on the second floor. They do have a bunch of smaller two-person tables on the first floor as well as a bar. The one time I was there with friends the service was quite good. They weren't too busy at the time though which may explain why we didn't run into any lack of attentiveness issues.
Overall I think they're worth a visit or two. I visit them at least once a week for lunch. Of course they do have a leg up being that there's not many Chinese restaurants in this area. For me it's nice having a quality soup dumpling restaurant locally though cause I just love the stuff.
I agree the service is choppy but being Chinese myself and understanding that that is the way some waiters operate in Chinese restaurants, where briskness and efficiency is key rather than effusive "How do you do's" in more traditional American and European restaurants, I was not fazed in the least. At one point during our meal after some food plates were taken away, the waiter also whisked away our dining plates without a word, only to return a minute later to replace them with clean ones. There is a method to their madness.
Food-wise the selection was too sparse for me, and wish they had as much on their menu as their branch in Flushing and/or Chinatown, or even on their take-out menus. The prices were astronomical in my opinion but hey, it's midtown and the clientele is able to shell out the bucks. The restaurant verged on the elegant on its second floor (surprising!) and I love chandeliers so of course I LOVED the gigantic dangling chandelier from the second to the first floor.
The soupy pork buns, which EVERYONE gets, were excellent. I was craving xiao long bao (what they're called in Chinese) so much and they satisfied my craving to the hilt! We also got cold sesame noodles, drunken chicken and turnip and pork cakes. All were delicious for New York standard but if I were to get real picky, I would say that the noodles were slightly overcooked and soggy, the sesame sauce should have had more 'kick' and spice to it, and the turnip and pork cakes had too much dough and not enough warm, refreshing turnip. The drunken chicken, however, was on par with any drunken chicken that I could've gotten in China. The chicken were not those genetically abnormal chickens you get in grocery stores but tasted like those small locally brought up small chickens that are tender and flavorful to the very bone. Trust me, I eat enough chicken to know these things.
To sum up, this is a great place to entertain out of town guests and a great place to get almost-authentic Shanghainese food in NYC to satisfy that sweet and juicy craving. By the way, Shanghainese food rocks and is seriously one of the best local cuisines ever. Next time I'm trying the lion's head meatballs, one of my absolute favorite things...
I'd heard so many great things about the Chinatown outpost of Joe's Shanghai, but never really made it down there. From some of the reviews here, that bodes well for the Midtown Joe's Shanghai. We had a work lunch there today, and it did not disappoint. We ordered the soup dumplings, as recommended by a vast majority of the Yelpers who've reviewed this place. They were amazing! The broth was so rich and flavorful. The scallion pancakes were okay. They weren't the greatest I'd ever had, but they weren't the worst, either.
I'm not sure how much this ended up costing - my boss picked up the tab- but I will definitely be back, whether I were paying for this, or not.
The Joe Shanghai of Midtown still has quality Steamed Pork / Crab buns and oh are they so yummy. However, the other stuff on the menu has missed a beat compared to their sister restaurants in Chinatown or Flushing. For some reason all their other dishes taste like it has been "americanized" and changed their flavors for midtown taste buds
Just go for the steam buns .... cause thats what they are famous for.
Yes, this place is pricier than it's other 2 locations, but they have the best xiao long bao//soup dumplings, and you can always count on a great lunch! Lunch specials also include soup, a spring roll, and have portions are considerably large so you can share it between 2 people. Lunch for 2 usually runs about $20 (w/ tax & tip).
Joe Shanghai Xiao Long Baos (XLBs), you are a bloom amidst an unkempt patch in the culinary wasteland of midtown lunch. You are a comforting old friend on a cold day; cradled in your bamboo basket and served to me piping hot. I gently pick you up with a tong, place you in a spoon, and adorn you with a small piece of ginger; right before I consume you whole. You rule my palette with your savory broth, thick dumpling skin, and porky goodness. While I will also order the spicy plum pork, you are the only reason why I am here. Nothing else here wows me. Not the braised pork shoulder, not the pan-fried noodle, not the clams in black bean sauce, nor the squid and sour vegetables. Check please!
4 stars for the pork soup dumplings.
A big fat 0 for the service.
Although the soup dumplings were good, I would not go back because of the horrible service. There are plenty of places that serve good soup dumplings. The rude @$$ server got all mad because we didn't order the minimum. WTH man? We weren't aware there was such a thing here and the place was empty. Probably because of the unfriendly vibe.
All I wanted to do was taste the best places of New York. So what if I didn't order the "minimum?" If I were Rachel Ray and hosting $40 a day and came in here for just 1 order of pork soup dumplings, would you have treated me the same way? I think not.
Yuc Yuc Yuc -- bad service oily oily food - and I'm vegetarian and my vegetables and tofu tasted like pork --- which was really over the top gross! Nothing is fresh! I think they mix and fry everything together and everything has the same mixed up bland flavour
As a native New Yorker, I consider myself a Chinese lunch special expert. In fact the only other qui-lo in the world that make such a claim are from either California or Canada. We know instinctively the value, quality and rating of any Chinese lunch special we encounter. Its in our blood. So when I tell you that Joe's Shanghai is nothing special and loses points for charging more than $10 for a "lunch special," know you're talking to an expert.
The specials in my neighborhood give me more food of the same quality. I understand the rents in this neighborhood are idiotically high, but that doesn't mean that I'm getting what I paid for. Its easy to shrug your shoulders and say, "oh well, its midtown, what do you expect." And you'd be right on a level. But Joe's Shanghai doesn't deserve its reputation.
Joe's caters mostly to the carnivorous crowd (fish heads, anyone?). But vegetarians needn't fret. I recommend the fried veggie dumplings and cold sesame noodles. Both decently flavorful, though not particularly exciting.
I've tried all the Joe's shanghai chains in NYC and this has got to be the worst and most overpriced. The soup dumpling here is just ok compared to its other branches. Nothing else on the menu is really worth ordering, only go to this location if you're REALLY desperate...
Needless to say the best Chinese food is found in Chinatown, but if you live in the midtown east area like i do, Joe's Shanghai is worth a visit simply for their soup dumplings.
The restaurant serves two different kinds of soup dumplings- the pork and the pork&shrimp dumplings. I tried both and absolutely loved them. Every dumpling is so fat and juicy, and when you bite into one, you get a gush of soup oozing out. (about $8 for a portion of 6 dumplings, which is surprisingly filling)
Other than the soup dumplings, i've only tried their "lion head" meatballs, which were good...but i didn't find anything special about them.
I wouldn't rave about this place, but if you've never had a soup dumpling and are in the area, it's not a bad place to stop in to see what it's all about.
Let me caveat this review by saying that it is based solely on the Xiao Long Bao (pork soup dumpling). They are melt-in-your-mouth delicious. I used to work a block away and would order for pick up at least once a week. All you need is an order of the dumplings and rice and it will fill you right up.
I have also had a few of their other dishes on occasion, but they are nothing special. Despite my other rather disappointing experiences at Joe's Shanghai, it will not prevent me from giving it ALL FIVE STARS for the soup dumplings.
REVIEW IS FOR DELIVERY ONLY:
I've heard there's an 8 minute window of opportunity on soup dumplings. From the second they come out of the steamer, they need a minute or two to cool down or they will burn your mouth in an explosion of delicious yet scalding broth. However, once you hit the ten-minute mark and further out, the both begins to seep into the walls of the dumplings, drying the inside and deforming the dumpling bottoms, while the tops of the dumplings begin to lose their just-steamed moisture and get too hard and overly pasty.
So when Joe's Shanghai delivered my lunch a full half hour early from their midtown location, I pretty much wanted to smack the living daylight out of the otherwise perfectly nice delivery guy. Plans for lunch in Central Park with a friend in a half hour seemed destined for failure as I debated my options:
1. Eat all the soup dumplings immediately so as to not let them go to waste, and then just pretend I had totally forgotten about lunch, leaving my friend alone in the park, hungry and alienated.
2. Eat mediocre soup dumplings in a half hour, bringing to a crashing fail the otherwise triumphant arc of getting exactly what I wanted for lunch on the first most incredibly perfect spring day of the year.
I went with a compromise - irresistible brothy goodness wafting up from the paper bag, I knew couldn't help myself. I ate one soup dumpling immediately (Sorry, friend!). And you know what? A half hour later, they were still almost as good, a testament to the awesome construction of a Joe's Shanghai soup dumpling.
The lunch special (twice-cooked pork in a spicy plum sauce with fried rice, soup, and an eggroll for under 10 bucks) wasn't bad either.
NOTES: Ask for extra napkins when ordering delivery. If you have your own soup spoons, use them. The plastic delivery spoons are a little too small to hold your dumpling and still protect your delicious broth from dripping out.
Am I being too picky for Chinese food? or they are just simply "O-Kay"?
This seriously just fits into my 2.5-3* category. Why? Here's how.
I arrived during the memorial weekend and being in the business neighborhood, they were pretty slow that day (about 4 tables top) so no wait for us. Good. However, the food is a major letdown.
We had the crab dumpling, it was very juicy indeed, but it was served luke warm. Yuck. The dumpling skin is sorta dry too~ I know better dumpling houses in LA that only costs fraction of the price.
Broiled seafood dumpling isn't that good either. The Wine chicken was too firm and you can tell they did not spend enough time marinate the chicken so the flavor did not blend in with the meat.
Is this the "best" of the NYC Chinese restaurant? I am sure there are better ones, this is just famous for the tourist I guess. If you are not too picky about your dumpling, I think you can give this place a try.
They have shark fin soup on the menu.
'nuff said.
I gotta give these guys props. I have always been a fan of Joe's Shanghai in Chinatown and though I (unfortunately) do not work in that area, I do work in midtown, and they deliver to my office!
Delivery is always timely and they never get our order wrong. They also always include extra plates, utencils and plastic soup spoon thingys which are so cute!
Getting soup dumplings delivered is obviously not ideal, and although a lot of the soup is somewhat absorbed into the dumpling by the time it reaches you, it is still good enough to satisfy a craving. They generally arrive intact which is also quite impressive given their delicate nature.
The lunch specials are a great deal, super cheap and you get a lot of food. The regular menu can get pricey, but in my opinion the orange beef is more than worth spending extra money for.
I'm going to preface this to say... I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE Joe's Shanghai in Flushing and in Chinatown. LOVE THEM. This place... WOW. Hoity toity much?
I was in town for business, one of those quick 20 hour trips where you're barely in an area before you find yourself back at the airport headed home. Awesome. Love those trips. Hadn't had soup dumplings in a while, so was craving some yummy meaty goodness, and none of my friends were available to come with, so I went alone. Whatevs, I had a book, and I wanted soup dumplings!
I showed up a little late (8:30PM), and when they saw it was just one person, the waiter pointedly looked at his watch and sighed before seating me in their nearly empty dining room. I was annoyed, but I guess I can understand that reaction. Even though the place was open for another 1.5 hours! What the F? So I'm sat, I order my food (soup dumplings and an order of spicy pork with garlic sauce). I know, a lot of food for one person, but this girl can eat.
So my food was brought at a reasonable time. And the soup dumplings were... heavenly. Although ummm... at the other locations they usually bring 6 pieces, and here they only brought 5. And yet they arranged it as if they were bringing 6, so there was an empty spot?? Weird. But anyway, I enjoyed them immensely. I love love love these. So I finish with the dumplings and I'm waiting for the entrees, when one of the waiters comes over and starts to clear EVERYTHING off the table and asking if I wanted anything else.
I was a bit shocked and I was like, "ummm... my next dish?" He looked a bit embarrassed as he put down my chopsticks and placed them back in front of me. But oh wait, he already man handled them. GROSS.
My spicy pork in garlic sauce came, and it was awesome. Vegetables were perfect, the pork was perfect. But after the guy served it to me, he kinda hung out in my section, looking at the rest of the restaurant in a bit of a daze. I felt wicked uncomfortable. He was standing WAY too close. And he was too distracted to do much of anything except stare.
The food, I'd give it 4-5 stars. The service? -2. And so... it averages out to a 2. The service here SUCKS. I don't think I'll ever be back at this location again. I'd rather just spend the $10 to cab it to Chinatown instead.
And oh yeah... I was up half the night with a slight case of food poisoning. So... lets bring that score down to one star. I almost had to cancel my meetings the next day which would have completely undermined my reasons for coming to NY in the first place! Not sure if that had to do with the man-handling of my chopsticks, but it was not a pleasant evening.
Same greasy food, but at higher prices! =(
Immediately had indigestion...maybe I just have a weak stomach...
Having heard of Joe's xiao long bao from many local NY friends, I decided that was what my stomach was in the mood for, after a long, drunken, sleep deprived weekend visiting NYC. Unfortunately due poor judgement, a slight hangover and really hot weather, I wimped out of going to the proper crowded, chinatown location but instead went to the close location in midtown, tucked away amidst all the skyscrapers. The interior was definitely upscale and catered more to the crowd that doesn't like dining in those crowded, somewhat dirty, noisy, busy chinatown eateries, and given my current mood, the quiet atmosphere actually suited me well...but it comes at the expense of the menu which i'm sure is catered more towards an american palatte with fewer off-the-wall or regional treats.
Still this is Joe's is it not? the soup dumplings were at the top of the menu so i ordered the pork and the pork w crab, and I have to say they are both very good. And the comments of flavor 'exploding in your mouth' with every bite initially came off as hyperbole to me...until I bit one at a wrong angle and the flavor sprayed all over my shirt.
The real question is, living in LA, how do Joe's xiao long bao measure up to the world famous Din Tai Fung (located in Arcadia, CA) soup dumplings. I'm still deciding which ones I prefer more, but Joe's makes larger ones with thicker wrappings less prone to tearing and soup with more substance and flavor. Ok, I guess i've made up my mind. I give this place 4 stars for the bao and 2 stars for its rather american style menu and location. Next time i'll have to go to the Queens or Chinatown location for sure.
Went for lunch on a Saturday.. It's a good option for a quick bite.. Went with three people started with cold sesame noodles, had both pork and crab and pork soup dumplings and called it a day..Everything was good.. I certainly was happy to find a soup dumpling in Midtown.. I would not really explore the menu here..
Service is brisk.. Not friendly and not mean, just kind of robotic..
The crab and pork soup dumplings are BETTER THAN SEX! I swear to God. I wouldn't kid about something like this! My cousins drive in to the city from Fort Lee just to have their dumplings.
The shrimp fried rice and Chinese long beans were also delish.
I'm not Chinese, but they have the most incredible soup dumplings!! Get the kind with pork and crab.… Read more »
The buns were very, very good. Everything else was very, very bland.
Grade: B+
I had my first soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai and had so much fun with it! It was very tasty and fulfilled my desire for both soup and dim sum. A friend told me that they fill the dumplings with gelatin and this then melts into the soup when heated. Genius!
It was an inexpensive meal, and novel for me as I'd never had any soup dumplings before (where the soup was inside the dumpling instead of out). They were very large too! We tried the crab and crab/pork dumplings.
As long as you don't mind imperfect service and not the cleanest of places, you'll enjoy the food.
This restaurant was recommended to me by my cousin who is a New Yorker. She said be sure to get the dumplings. So we did. Needless to say, we totally enjoyed the experience. It was certainly different from what we are used to in Washington, DC.
My husband and I will definitely go back to this restaurant. It was a change from our usual Hunan Chicken and Egg Drop Soup selections back home.
This is the first restaurant we visited during our visit. We had just checked in to our hotel and decided to venture out for lunch. Since we do not usually order appetizers, we decided to share a plate of Chicken with Broccoli which was equally delicious as the dumplings. My husband also ordered the Shanghai Wonton Soup. He said it was excellent. The serving portions were generous and the food was filling.
We had a very nice waiter who willingly showed us the best way to eat the dumplings and how to dip the sauces.
We can't wait to go back!!!!
They're under renovation right now so there's no dining in, only take-out. They'll be allowing dine-in March 1st apparently. I got the pork and crab soup dumplings to go - so good so yummy. They're $8.50/order which is kind of a lot but seriously. Yumyumyum. The rating's only for the dumplings.
this place is not joes shanghai.
i mean, it is. but it really isnt.
first of all, they accept credit cards at this location. what?
second of all, the wait staff are all dressed in suit jackets. what?
thirdly, higher prices. ew.
lastly and certainly not leastly (im sure i made that word up), the soup dumplings are terrible. i cant believe they would tranish the joes soup dumpling reputation by serving the dumplings they serve here.
they should close this joes down and build another chinatown or flushing one... next door to my apartment. i think i could really keep that place in business all on my own. if you dont know of the joes soup dumpling goodness, get yourself to chinatown or flushing (NOT midtown). ahora mismo!
I had a really great day yesterday, topped off with a really great night. Happiness last night was crab and pork soup dumplings and scallion pancakes. My brother also ordered the peking style chicken, which came out hot and crispy with a bowl of rice on the side. That was also very very good. The meat was juicy and tender, and the skin was thin and crisp.
We then ordered a second order of the dumplings because, common, how often do you get to have crab and pork soup dumplings? So delicate, so delicious. I savored every bite, even the last few which had me struggling for air.
One of the servers was a bit rude. Maybe he was having a bad night. The bus boy was quite nice though.
Also, the napkins kind of smelled... that smell that you get when you leave clothes in the washing machine and forget to put them in the dryer... hopefully, that was a fluke too.
Whatever, the meal was so good that I don't care. No one can bring me down when it's soup dumpling time. I got what I went there for, and as long as they don't mess that up, I'm a fan.
the xiao long bao here is disgusting and here is why. xiao long bao is supposed to be a balanced dish. Balanced between the skin of the dumpling the soup inside, and the meat. Joes Shanghai had none of this. The skin was way too thick which was quite unappetizing and the meat was lacking flavor which threw off the flavor of the soup. To top off the lower than satisfactory meal the service was horrible. I dont know how this place stays open serving xiao long bao like this. i would not even think about recommending joes shanghai to a friend
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