![]() ![]() I found that there was still broth left in the dumpling after slurping, but that may have been due to flaws in my technique. I tried to exercise the technique I had seen Emeril and Mario practice on the tv show – a little bite of the outer shell to access the broth, then slurp from the hole until I have gotten all the broth, then pop the rest of the dumpling in my mouth and munch. And they were just as good as I hoped they would be. But before the dumplings, there was hot and sour soup – along with some cups of hot Chinese green tea, that helped to thaw me very nicely from the winter chill. ![]() Shanghai Cuisine (yes, that’s the name of the restaurant) offers soup dumplings with shrimp or crab, but I went with the old classic, just pork. You see, I got a lunch special PLUS soup dumplings. But it felt like a special lunch, so I figured, no big deal. I confess that I probably ordered more food than I needed. Hot and Sour Soup at Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant So when I googled and found out that soup dumplings could be had so close to the courthouse, I was thrilled. I only had to serve for one day (yay!) and since it was the coldest day of the year so far, I didn’t want to walk too far on my lunch break. Why that particular restaurant? It just happens to be a couple short blocks from the back exit from NY County’s Supreme Court, Criminal Division, which is where I went to serve jury duty. For my Xiao Long Bao experience, I chose Shanghai Cuisine Restaurant on Bayard Street in New York City’s Chinatown. So when you bite into the dumpling, you get some soup, which you can sip, or just pop the whole dumpling in your mouth, bite into it, and get a nice mouthful of hot rich broth and meat. Traditionally called Xiao Long Bao, they are dumplings, usually pork, that have a bit of gelatin in the meat mixture which, when steamed, turns into broth. Jury Duty Shanghai Cuisine Xiao Long Bao Soup DumplingsĪfter watching Emeril’s show “ Eat the World” – specifically, the episode with Mario Batali where they eat soup dumplings in Shanghai, China – I was keen on having some of those soup dumplings myself. ![]()
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