I like going on adventures, even if they are small adventures; the kind where maybe nothing overly exciting happens, but you go somewhere new and eat something new and have fun doing it. So a friend and I ended up in Richmond at Shanghai Wonderful a couple of weeks ago. He’d already been to Shanghai River and so we decided to do a little compare and contrast on the xiao long bao, soup dumplings. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love Shanghai soup dumplings and I even made a little video of how to eat them properly.
First you pick them up delicately from the steamer, so as not to rip the packet en route to your mouth. Then you tear a little hole in it and slurp out some of the juice before putting the whole dumpling in your mouth. Just tucking in without caution can result in you getting “soup” all over the place or burning your mouth. Consider yourself warned.
The XLB at Shanghai Wonderful were soupy and hot but could have done with some more attention in the flavour department as they were not very fragrant or flavourful.
I was informed that they weren’t as good as Shanghai River and in fact I don’t even think they’re as good as Lin’s, so it was a good thing that we also ordered an entire fish (yellow fish in red sauce which reminded me a little too much of Dr. Seuss) and half a duck. There were also noodles. Needless to say, there were a lot of leftovers.
I quite like unassuming Shanghai-style cafes that can pump out anything from 10 pages of menu and make it taste delicious and Shanghai Wonderful is one of the better ones. Next time I’ll bring even more people so we can order even more food. Groan.
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Shanghai Wonderful
8380 Lansdowne Road #110, Richmond
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