Craving for something different?

For 18 years of my life, I nearly ate Chinese/Burmese food every single day. Every single day. Granted, my mom's cooking is delicious- I do sometimes like variety and always jump at the chance to eat something different! However, something that I will always be craving are these: What are they, you ask? Dumplings of course! Oh, but not just regular dumplings- Joe's Shanghai's Soup Dumplings! So most of us New Yorkers know what these special soup dumplings are- and most of us have had them! But for those of you who have never been to Joe's Shanghai, you must definitely make a visit. The soup dumplings are it's staple. I brought Eric there one day and he loved them! Being a lame ol' white boy who runs away at the sight of anything ethnic (haha), Eric loved these dumplings and couldn't get enough! Small, hot dumplings filled with pork and soup these dumplings are far different from the ones you normally may think of!!

How do they get the soup in there?? I have been trying to figure out the secret for years! I finally realized one day when my dumpling got cold and it became gelatinous! Alright, sounds gross that your soup is really gelatin, but boy is it delicious!

Once you bite into these meaty morsels, be careful not to get the soup everywhere (as I normally do- sadface). Hot, steamy and incredibly satisfying, the soup dumplings (available with pork or pork topped with crabmeat-which is what I usually get) are incredible and definitely a must. There are a few other locations around Flushing that sell soup dumplings, but they do not hold a candle to Joe's Shanghai's- definitely the best one out there! Craving for something different? Well look on farther than Joe's Shanghai! With multiple locations in Manhattan and Queens- you don't have to look far! :)

Food: A (for dumplings) B+ (for everything else)

Service: C+ (Flushing location)

Ambiance: B-

Price: $$