Reviews Yu Garden

The King Size Nanxiang Crab Roe Soup in Steamed Bun arrived next. I was so excited for this! It was definitely worthy of a photo (no matter if you are a foodie or not😛 ). The extra large steamed bun sat in a dumpling basket on top of a cup (to catch the residual soup). There was a straw that stuck out from the top and there was already crab roe soup gushing out from it — to be honest, I don’t think there should have been that much soup gushing out yet — the customer should have been the one to let that happen.

In any case, the soup was really hot to suck out from the straw so I had to let it cool for a couple of minutes first. Once it cooled off, I really enjoyed the fresh Nanxiang crab roe soup! After you suck out all of the soup, only the dumpling skin and its contents are left. I only found a shrimp and some scraps of meat inside but otherwise I think the main attraction of this steamed bun was just the straw and soup part. Nevertheless, I still really enjoyed the experience and was glad to experience it for myself!😀

Hailing straight from Shanghai, Yu Garden is the first North American outpost from Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant, a famous eatery located in the old Chinese district of Shanghai. The Richmond Hill restaurant is the first of 15 planned North American locations to come in next few years. While I was in Shanghai this year I stopped by the original eatery, established in 1900, to try their infamous giant soup dumpling. For that food memory, we had to brave crowds of tourists, a long queue and rain. When I heard Yu Garden was opening, I was eager to get my hands on more tasty xiao long bao in a much more comfortable setting, closer to home.