Lai Lai Xiaolong
×Crab Xiaolongbao
Why you must eat itCrab xiaolongbao folded by one Shanghai uncle for over twenty years. He is not sparing with the roe — break the skin and the inside is orange. They reportedly go through close to 100kg of live crab a day. It shuts between lunch and dinner, so mistime it and you are locked out.
A small shop at 506 Tianjin Road, behind the No.1 Food Store. The crab wontons are rated nearly as highly as the xiaolongbao. Locals who care about crab treat it as a different category from tourist-district dumplings. Two sittings, 08:00–14:00 and 15:00–20:00, close to exit 19 of People's Square station.
- Nearest
- 506 Tianjin Rd (People's Sq Stn)
- Hours
- 08:00-14:00 / 15:00-20:00
- Price
- ~28 CNY
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