Comments on: New Shanghai Chinese Restaurant, Chatswood and how to eat a soup dumpling

By: Kellie-Anne

Kellie-Anne — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:54:57 +0000

Hello,

What is the best brand of dumplings you can buy from an asian supermarket that taste the most authentic?

Thanks

By: Shanghai Night Chinese at Ashfield Restaurant Review @Not Quite Nigella

Shanghai Night Chinese at Ashfield Restaurant Review @Not Quite Nigella — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:01:00 +0000

[...] the bottoms are this crisp and the tops are so fluffy. Inside there’s some gingery soup and now that I know how to eat these babies I can forever kiss away any Pretty Woman escargot moments with the dumplings flying across [...]

By: annoyamous

annoyamous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:48:10 +0000

The chicken was not cooked enough! was raw inside, and the lady told me that was part of the dish. You cant eat raw chicken it will make you sick.
gave me food poisoning the next day!

By: selly

selly — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:39:03 +0000

The xiao long bao at Din Tai Fung in Taiwan is the best! Sydney just does not compare.
oh another note, if you like pan fried dumplings, there’s a shang place at Eastwood on Rowe Street which does wonderful pan fried dumplings, great noodles and some not so great xiao long baos. However be warned, the service and the english is not best you can find in Sydney’s chinese restaurants. But the pan fried dumplings make up for it!

By: Not Quite Nigella

Not Quite Nigella — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:20:56 +0000

Hi grace-I know, we only realised that the servings were smaller when it took so little time to eat the pork and chive dumplings!

Hi ArtemisIII-Definitely do if you get the chance!

Hi maris-Hehe I sometimes get like that too and have a sudden craving for it!

Hi Sweta-Hehe yes they don’t look so appetising do they?

Hi Mei-Ooh yes the har gows are so good aren’t they! Now if only I could get XLB, pan fried pork dumplings and har
gow all together then I would be happy! We buy packets of them too!

Hi Jackie-Haha that is so funny!

Hi Nat-I can imagine how good they are in Shanghai! Yes they’re definitely more refined but I like the gingery
filling in these. If I could “breed” the skin from DTF and the filling from here or Shanghai Night I’d be happy

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:55:25 +0000

The panfried dumplings are yummy here – but they are AMAZING in Shanghai (how can you compare though?) I haven’t seen them anywhere else on the menu.

I liked the xiao long bao but to be honest I think Din Tai Fung’s are better – they’re more refined obviously, but the DTF’s tastes just hit the spot. I know a lot of people think Shanghai Night’s are more superior but DTF’s xiao long bao’s have a more complex, delicate taste that resonates more with me. Though New Shanghai’s is pretty good too, and I’d definitely come back again.

By: Jackie @ PhamFatale.com

Jackie @ PhamFatale.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:15:59 +0000

Looks like fun. It seems like the potsticker equivalent of our Krispy Kream Doughnuts lol

By: Mei

Mei — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:23:46 +0000

my favourite HAS to HAS TO BE prawn har gows. followed by xiao long bao, then yummy pork and chive dumplings (frozen ones from supermarket are spectacular with everything, from rice, to noodles, to pasta !)

By: Sweta

Sweta — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:12:43 +0000

Oh that looks SO SO good(except for the chicken feet)

By: maris

maris — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:20:25 +0000

Looking at these photos, it’s been WAY too long since I’ve had chinese food!