My fav #XLB #小籠包 in Greater Vancouver.
Xiao Long Bao (XLB) 小籠包
Xiao Long Bao is often called "soup dumplings".
I would say Shanghai River has the perfect XLB. Their XLB is juicy, thin-skinned, yet not-prone to breakage, and full of broth inside.
Boiled Soup with Chicken and Pork Wontons 砂鍋雲吞雞
The soup served in a clay pot. It was terrific with chicken breast, lots of baby bok choy and wontons. It was very flavourful.
Shanghai River Restaurant 滬江海派料理 is a well-known Chinese restaurant which is located in central Richmond at 7831 Westminster Hwy, Richmond, BC.
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Food: 🥟🥟🥟🥟🥟Must Try!
Service: 👩🍳👩🍳👩🍳👩🍳
Kids: 👶👶👶👶Yay! (Who kid doesn’t love soft and juicy dumplings?)
Price: 💲💲💲 $50-$100 for two
Presentation: 📷📷
Parking: 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗
Tips:
📝has 3-hour free parking behind the restaurant.
📝 recommends to make a reservation.
📝can see the kitchen though a huge glass window in the dining room.
Would I Return: Yes 🙋♀️
Since we have been here multiple times since my first post, I thought I would write a revisit on it.
This place is a bit upscale but we usually just order the XLB and some noodles, so it’s not that expensive. The set menus and larger dishes are the expensive ones.
Parking has usually been pretty easy. There is an underground parking lot with many reserved spots for the restaurant.
Pan fried pork soft buns: The pork buns are delightfully crispy on the outside. The pork inside was flavourful and juicy. An order comes with 5 buns so it is great to share.
Hello Hello! This past weekend was Mid-Autumn festival and my family decided to have our dinner at Shanghai River. Shanghai River is located directly across from Richmond Centre so it is not a hard place to find. It also has a designated parking lot so you don’t need to worry about paying at the meter.
I went to this place quite a few times. I like their Xiao Long Bao, and vegetable dumplings as they are freshly made after ordered. You can see their staffs from a glass window busying preparing those dumplings. I also like their rice in oyster soup, and picked vegetable with meat noodle soup. I will definitely go again and again.
○decent service
○Good food depend on what you get/ they're known for their xiao long bao but I've tasted better at other places / not a place where you'd go for dim sum or breakfast , more like lunch / dinner portions and Better go with 4 or more people
○free parking in the parkade
○family friendly
○a tad high priced
○if I had to choose 1 dish : rice in oyster soup
○would i go back ? Maybe
Every dish, even the more rustic ones, has a high level of refinement reflected in a specific sauce or a small detail, such as the Noodle Soup with Tender Chicken, in which the noodles are slightly pan fried first with soy sauce, in order to have the extra layer of flavour. But at other places, this dish is usually pretty bland and boring.
Just another weekend. Tried to make it count. I try to make every meal count now, too, because I'm no spring chicken. We came to Shanghai River Restaurant for a pretty satisfying dinner:. We had some (old) pea shoots, fried yee meen noodles, the pork with the sweet sauce, and chose 3 appetizers to start. We tried their drunken chicken, because I still had cravings for the ones at Asian Legend in Toronto. I wouldn’t come back for this drunken chicken.
When I crave shanghai food, this place in Richmond always come to mind. Whether it’s their XLB’s, noodles or cold plates, they are all my favourites. . Juicy pork xlb’s. Have to drench mine in black vinegar and ginger slithersWonton in soup with vegetablesSad how this dish turned out
my curiosity have led me to this restaurant that is located in richmond, went here with around like 10 people ish while discussing some things in life. luckily one of my friend have visitted this place, and he knows some of the more popular dish, and which one worth trying, so tried their xiao long bao, which is nice, but not the best that i've tried so far, but good enough, then ordered mayo prawn which is okay, fish, pork etc, so far it all tasted decent nothing really memorable that let's me think it's worth going for a second time type of food.
Good Shanghainese food in a nice environment! I like the food but I think for a lesser price you could get just as good XLB/noodles at a different restaurant.
I am very impressed at how skilled their chefs are and how authenticate the food is.
The starter chicken in wine sauce is amazing. The skills of the chicken is tender and chewy, almost like a stiff jelly which bounces in the mouth. The wine flavor is aromatic.
The shrimp is so savory! The skin is crispy and thin, and the sauce is divine. I absolutely love it.
All the other dishes are outstanding too and the service makes you feel like home.
Strongly recommend!!
Sure there are places that offer better pricing, but this place has one of the best XLBs in terms of quality of ingredients and the thinness of the skin. This is one of those places where you can tell they put time and quality into their food. Even in their hot and sour soup, everything is neat and thinly sliced to precision.
Taste wise, I do enjoy their food, which some have mentioned, has a bit of a hybrid taste to it. It’s definitely one of the go to Shanghai places in Richmond though, so get a reservation or go early.
They have their own parking lot, which is nice, but the spots are narrow. Be careful.
This is definitely more of an upscale style Chinese restaurant so you will be paying a premium for the service and the environment. But this place has been around for a long time, they’re definitely doing something right and it all starts with the quality and taste of their food.
Food was not bad, the flavours were mostly pretty good except the pork belly over mustard (wasn’t stewed long enough) and the fried rice was a bit plain. Overall experience was pretty standard for a Chinese restaurant. Expect higher than average prices cause this place is a bit “fancy”. They serve fancy seafood items for $$$.
Shanghai River is a place we visit regularly for special occasion dinners. It's located on No3 road across the street, North of Richmond Centre mall. The food here is done very well and spot on. We never had any complaints from the numerous visits.
Prices are quite reasonable here. They have a semi open kitchen for you to see the kitchen staff making dumplings too.
The staff here are friendly and efficient. There is ample free parking too.
Didn't disappoint. We went a bit late since we were told that they could only take reservations after 8pm (Saturday night) and they close at 9pm. As such, our dining experience was a bit rushed. Other than that, the food and service were pretty good.
I got pickup from here recently. In terms of food, I tried their Chicken with Wine Sauce, Steamed Pork Dumpling with Crab Meat, Salted Pork, Ham, and Bamboo Shoots in Pot, and Braised Tien-Tsin Cabbage with Ham. The chicken had a nice flavour on its own and with some wine but some pieces were too alcoholic as they were soaked in the wine at the bottom of the container. The dumplings are definitely worth trying as it had good bits of crab, thin dumping skin, and nice flavourful soup. The pork/ham/bamboo pot is worth trying if you like comfort food. It had a lot of vegetables, nice pieces of ham, fresh bamboo shoots, and soy/bean products. The ham and cabbage was pretty good as well.
Amazing xiaolongbao/dim sum in the Richmond area of greater Vancouver. The Shanghai noodles are especially amazing. We had some really good pork buns, soup dumplings, and pork ribs as well. Probably one of the best brunches I've ever had.
Pricey but good! The XLB so juicy and the skin thin. Love the pork wrap and pan fried buns. The vinegar spareribs were a bit tough but the flavour is there. My mom makes it better tho. There was some small confusion with the pan seared buns we ordered but glad that we were able to sort it out. The thing with Chinese restaurants even if they screw up they want you to just accept it. After being firm that we did not order what they were trying to serve us, they then went and remade the correct item for us.
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