Avoid the Burn at Joe’s Shanghai: Jamie Teaches Me How To Consume Soup Dumplings Safely
I just fell for the $6.50 xiao long bao (aka pork steamed soup dumplings) at Joe’s Shanghai (on 56th btw. 5+6th) so it was kind of an exciting coincidence to see that our ML: Philly correspondent Jamie made a fun, quick video on how to eat the juicy suckers without burning your mouth. Jamie’s bite-slurp-eat method is the standard way to attack xiao long bao, but I like to think there are no rules. My half bite mess is after the jump…
At Joe’s, you get six soup buns the size of hacky sacks and each one’s loaded with soup and meat. If you didn’t already know – they’re as comforting as hot soup on a sick day, but more filling and a decent bang-for-the-buck. I can’t wait to test her excellent technique on the soupy pouches of pork next time I’m at Joe’s, but let us know if there are any other good soup dumplings in Midtown!
Joe’s Shanghai, 24 W 56th St (btw 5th+6th Ave), 212-333-3868
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Avoid the Burn: My Video on Consuming Soup Dumplings Safely
Posted by Amy Cao at 11:45 am, March 5th, 2010 under Joe's Shanghai, Videos.
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19 Comments
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That is how I eat them….not hard people.
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hahahaha I’ve seem people drain all the soup into thespoon and devour separately…
take a lil nibble, drink soup carefully and then eat the rest is def the way to go =)
in China there’s a bigger version where you drink the soup first with a tiny straw =)
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OMG a talking sandwich!
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@CheeeeEEEEse: hahahah!!!
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Soup dumplings are like a really juicy taco or burrito. You need to take it from behind, pinch it a little, tilt it upwards and suck some of the juice as you take a nibble. Actually, strike that… that came out wrong..
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Mama, you forgot the part where you make them moo like a cow.
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Did anyone else get excited when Mamacita said she takes it from behind?
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I got excited … until I remembered that Mama was the one driving.
Never let her get both her hands on your shoulders…
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@chinesegirl – that’s what I do for my 4 year old! She can’t drink the hot soup directly from the dumpling yet, so I pour it out for her.
My kids love these – they will eat 5 in a sitting (they would probably eat more if I let them).
@Pshinnyc – this is something I would consider to be a family friendly place for lunch.
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have you seen the video on Joe’s Shanghai website on how to eat soup dumplings?
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The soup dumplings at Joe’s Shanghai (Pell Street) are delicious beyond belief. The second best thing about jury duty behind Fried Dumpling. Never had them in Midtown. Are they the same?
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Soup dumplings at Joe’s in midtown is not as good. And more expensive!
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That video is the closest thing to food porn I’ve seen. I like that she has a gentle touch.
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How I wanna go to Flushing for some Nan Shian. Beats Joe’s like a 3 legged donkey.
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agreed!!!!
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CheeeeEEEEse, I hope I didn’t scare you off LOL….
I think midtown Joe Shanghai is a little pricier, but you get way better service! and no sharing table =) but Chinatown one still my fav…
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Soup dumplings FTW! But I don’t really know if Joe’s is worth it. I rather hit up other estabs. in Flushing or Chinatown for xiao long bao.
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I wish it were possible to take these babies to-go. They’d probably pop on the subway.
On top of the eating, the process of picking it up with those claw-tipped tongs and getting it onto the spooon is hard too.
lol…i naively thought that was the way everyone ate them. Who knew there were legions of masochistic tongue-burners or wasteful soup-spillers out there.