Shanghai Asian Cuisine

Ordered the Hong Kong Style special fried rice from the Chef’s special menu and the steamed bun w pork. The fried rice was one of the best I’ve tried in the East coast. Got lots of ingredients in it shrimp, fried tiny fish, sautéed pork chunk, onion, scallions. Love the beautiful color of the rice and it’s flavorful. The buns have soup in it so be careful, you don’t want to let them drip out of your spoon or mouth. All in all a great small restaurant, they’re moving into a new location due to lease ended.

Food is good and reliable here , service is also very helpful and attentive. One of our go-to’s. Most, if not all, of the other restaurants originally in this “tunnel” since the early 2000s are sadly gone, but hope this one is able to continue its stay for a very long time! Cash only. Pictured: Steamed Tiny Buns w/ Pork (Soup Dumplings) Fried Tiny Buns w/ Pork Wined Chicken + Jellyfish Shredded Beef w/ dried bean curd and Chinese celery Shanghai Lo Mien w/ Shrimp Salt + Pepper Pork chop

Soup dumplings taste extremely good, that’s one of the best I’ve ever had, we also had some beef slices, pan fried noodles, vegetarian duck, pork chop noodles etc, all of these are mediocre at best. Everything except soup dumpling is way overpriced. Would not recommend Edit: soup dumplings r too good that I added one star just for that, I only order 6 pc of soup dumplings and enjoy em but nothing else from time to time.

A great place to eat supper! The service is excellent and the food is always fresh. They have a huge menu so there are a lot of options to choose from. Everytime I go I always get the scallion pancakes. They're light and crisp. Recently I tried the general tso chicken which is amazing! The portions are huge too. It is cash only so make sure you have cash on hand. I got the vegetable pan fried noodles which is definitely sharable.

If you’re looking for the best xiao long bao and fried calamari this is the place to be. Literally Chinatown’s best place to have soup dumplings! I also love their fried calamari which has a little heat to it and is always perfectly cooked. The main things we always order are Shanghai stir fried rice cakes as well as kao fu. It was slightly odd that the pan fried dumplings now have a sweet meat taste to it, but the soup dumplings were still great! The prices remain the same but portion size did noticeably decrease.

My friend took us to this casual Shanghai restaurant in Chinatown. First on the positives, the service was responsive and kind. The food was pretty good and the pricing was reasonable for Manhattan. Dinner for 4 people and three beers for $125 bucks. The soup dumplings or xiaolong bao was solid. I recommend the truffle oil xiaolong Bell over the traditional one for this place. The facilities is just a half a notch above hole in the wall. Your food is served on plastic plates. You get a plastic spoon and disposable chopsticks. Your water or hot tea comes in a paper cup. I think that's okay as we're in Chinatown and it's part of this place's charm. If you're looking for a fancy place, this is not it. If you're looking for a casual place and loves to charm of what I just described, you'll like this place. As for the food, it was pretty good. I lived in Shanghai for 5 years, so I'll say this was not particularly authentic. Most of the menus what you'll see at most Chinese restaurants in Manhattan, which has a noticeable Cantonese bias. Overall, I would be happy to come here again. I probably wouldn't go out my way to come here.

still my favorite place for soup dumplings in Chinatown. the restaurant space is also intimate. the place can get very busy at times but the staff are very nice and helpful. I'm glad it's not as popular as Joe's shanghai which is right behind it because I can always get a table without the long wait. the soup dumplings (xiao long bao) never disappoint, thin skin, flavorful soup and tasty in every bite. the regular soup dumplings are good and if you love truffles, their black truffle soup dumplings are very good as well. the pad fried buns (Sheng Jian bao) are the bao version of soup dumplings if you need to eat a lot of soup dumplings to feel full. they are just as juicy on the inside, the bun soaks up some of the soup from the filling, but because the skin isn't terribly thick, the ratio of filling and bao is perfect, and the bottom nicely crisped. the scallion pancakes are thin and crispy, not chewy like some others I've had. they might seem a little greasy and less layered though. and I would prefer it having a bit more scallion flavor but I would still order again. the watercress with enoki mushroom is a very good befalls dish. you can't really go wrong with greens and mushrooms and this dish has a good amount of both. will always bring my friends who love good food and always order soup dumplings. Looks like a hole in the wall, especially with all the construction and scaffolding around it. Only people in the know will find this place, everyone else can go to that other place behind.