Soup Dumplings with Josh and Hana

Josh is a huge fan of the soup dumplings at Joe's Shanghai, and one night he and Hana were nice enough to invite us along to try them!

Upon arriving at the restaurant, we realized we had been there once before many years ago.  At the time, we thought we might have gotten a dried out batch of the dumplings because there didn't seem to be much soup inside.  So we had high hopes for this second visit to have a proper taste of the delicacy.

And indeed, this time around was much better!  The soup dumplings were piping hot, filled with delicious steaming broth and morsels of ground pork.

The best way to eat them to avoid burning your mouth is to nibble a small hole in the top...

sip the soup broth out slowly to let it cool a bit...

and then bite away at the rest of the dumpling and pork filling.  Delicious and fun!

We started out with the dumplings, and then dined family style on sesame chicken, spicy string beans, lo mein, and pork.

They were all great!  But we agreed that next time we go we'll focus on just getting the famous dumplings and maybe some buns.  Can't wait to go back when we're in the mood for some fun snacking!!