Why Joe’s Shanghai Makes The Most Legendary Soup Dumplings In NYC | Legendary Eats

Many places in New York’s Chinatown sell soup dumplings, or Xiao Long Bao, but Joe’s Shanghai is the most famous for the dish. The restaurant says it was the first to bring soup dumplings to New York City, and first opened in Flushing in 1995 and in Chinatown a year later. The dumplings come in either pork or crab meat varieties, served in a bamboo basket, and the restaurant is often packed with long lines. Insider’s Taryn Varricchio visited Joe’s to see why the restaurant is the go-to spot for a full soup dumpling experience.

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Why Joe’s Shanghai Makes The Most Legendary Soup Dumplings In NYC | Legendary Eats

[andriasw]

And she let the soup dripping just like that, it breaks my heart to see it got wasted

[Mysasser]

"That broth is so delicious..."

(Spills most of it on the plate)

[angieharper]

I used to be called dumpling as a child. I also love eating all kinds of dumplings. Food is so comforting. Soup dumplings give me twice the comfort.

[puffoo]

You can tell a lot of hard work and love goes into this food!
I’m really craving soup dumplings now

[beskarcollectibles]

Joe's Shanghai- Joe only speaks cantonese and is from Hong Kong lol

[dorisishikawa]

It’s nostalgic which took me back when I was a kid . In Shanghai culture it’s actually not rude to slurp your food so you can do it as out as you want that’s how I raised . I like to pierce the bottom of soup dumplings, so that soup spills into the spoon, then your gonna have this like nice mixture of like broth and vinegar and then slow . Soup dumpling is called Xiao Long Bao in Shanghai, it means little dragon in China. Ty for this gorgeous video that’s touched ❤️

[madeofcastiron]

me: understands cantonese
me: still reads the subtitle

[dadbodmascot]

This video is amazing! Long time in the waiting and of course well deserved! This place has been the best dumpling spot in all if New York for years. I still talk and recommend them to friends and family that visit my home of New York since my move to Los Angeles. And it doesn't hurt that Joe jr has been one of my best friends since high school. 💯💪🗽👑

[elmsdai]

Totally expected him to speak Shanghainese but it's true that most Shanghainese restaurants are run by Cantonese/Taiwanese. It's actually quite hard to find real Shanghainese food beside Xiaolongbao oversea.

[boribori]

When she pronounced 小 as" see oh". My heart hurt.

[hankzhong]

My family and I use to go there back in the 90s, unfortunately after it got too famous, the quality went down, and better places popped up all over the city. Now it's straight up a tourist trap, you won't find too many locals eating there on most days, especially not Chinese new yorkers

[kying]

For a guy named Joe his Cantonese is on point. Lol

[foolslayer]

Insider Food needs more educated and well-cultured hosts. It's embarassing.

[alanvonau]

It is so refreshing to hear Cantonese, as opposed to Mandarin, spoken 😊.

[bysleepy]

Literally everytime on youtube at 2AM, this kind of food video shows up on my recommendation.

[RockstarEater]

0:30 This is like the most ideal Yelp review!

It's impossible for me not to go here afterwards. 😁

[justadjustor]

I love his rosy cheeks, and the way he says "okay, " every so often. It feels like a New York way of speaking that he adopted into his Cantonese after being there for so long. Go Joe, Go!!!

[lars]

Joe Shanghai is great, but you really can’t go wrong with soup dumplings in flushing. Shanghai You Gardens is personally my favorite, the soup dumpling and scallion pancake is so good, plus the giant soup dumplings were the coolest thing when i was a little kid

[jessica-silvergonzalez]

my 8th grade teacher Ms.Yu took me there a couple of times back in the day i loved it the soup dumplings is my fav cant wait to go back 😋 😍

[roease]

Step one: admire dumpling
Step 2: hole in dumpling - or leave to cool and down it in one bite everyone has their ways but I’m what the kids call impatient
Step 3: enjoy soup
Step 4: add sauce
Step 5: down the boi
Step six: repeat.