This restaurant is a more Westernised one in Chinatown, and is not really a place Chinese people would gravitate towards. That’s not a bad thing though, I eat my Chinese family’s homecooked food every day and still thought the food here was delicious.
🥟 Pork & prawn wonton in peanut chilli & spice sauce: Wontons are super fresh, tender and tasty. However not spicey at all, the sauce has flavour but needs a kick. Their complementary chilli oil also has zero spice, which is disappointing.
🥟 Signature steamed juicy bao/Xiao long bao: Huge dumplings with lots of filling and so much juice. The wrapper is the perfect thickness. Really fresh. Highly recommended !
🍜 Vegetarian stir fried noodle: Tasty and simple. Sweet-soy in flavour and very moreish, though could use more mushrooms/vegetables. Not greasy at all which I appreciate.
Prices are average but the portion size and quality is there. Will be looking forward to coming back !
One of the best places for pan fried dumplings! I especially love the wontons with the chilli oil on them.
Ordered:
Shanghai Xiao Long Bao $11.8 🥟
Shanghai Pan Fried Juicy Bao $10.8
Shanghai Stir Fried Noodle with Shredded Pork $10.8 🍝
Braised Beef in Hot & Spicy Noodle Soup $12.8 🍲
Definitely one of my fav Chinese restaurant in Chinatown.
A lovely reasonably priced Chinese restaurant. Some of the menu we hadn't seen before. Gorgeous dumplings and salt and pepper squid. Great meal with the kids stuffed ourselves silly with four for under $90. Forgot to take many photos as the food was devoured too quickly. Thumbs up all around.
Juicy Bao is easy to miss walking through China Town, but once inside you will find plenty of seating and not too crammed together. Service was good, the waitress even advised there was prawn in the chilli sauce on the table as I had ordered steamed vegetarian dumplings. Impressive! The dumplings were packed with greens and a great deal at $12.80 for 15.
Super tasty and juicy Bao
Came here on a super busy Friday night with our little toddler, the friendly staff seated us & gave our son his own special bowl & cup. Even though they were completely booked out with lines out the door, ordering & getting our food was really quick, it was all really tasty & plentyful. It was very well priced aswell.
Delicious and Juicy bao & xiao long bao!
They are very generous with the filling!
However I didn’t really like the Lemon Chicken as it was too lemon-y for me.
But overall a great portion for its price!
I will definitely be back for more of those juicy dumplings 😍
The pan fried pork dumplings were so tasty! The XLBs were not bad — quite a bit of gravy in them, and the Jia jiang mian was alright (still kind of prefer shanghai street dumplings JJM), but it wasn’t too oily so that was good. Service was great, and price very reasonable too! would come back xx
My go to dumpling restaurant in the city! Always get the Xiao long bao and wonton in chilli oil! The waiting line can be long but the service is super fast.
Can’t believe we live in the city and have not eaten here! Now at the top of the list for dumplings! Big, fresh, juicy and full of flavour. Chilli oil was also delicious
I was longing for mabo tofu and this place did not disappoint. Giving you 5 star for delicious food and great ambience. If I can only suggest for improvement is the interaction to customers.
Definitely recommended.
Came here with high expectations, especially with all the positive reviews, and they delivered! Their signature xiao long bao is one of the best I’ve ever had. The fried rice with salted fish and chicken, and the pork in the sizzling pot were also amazing, one of the people I ate with was shocked at how tender the pork was and how much flavour was in it. If you’re in the city and looking for a filling and delicious meal, definitely check this place out.
Good dumplings, service okay, reasonably priced. Decor nice. Got the pan fried pork and wombok dumplings, they give 3 dipping sauces - soya sauce, chilli and Chinese black vinegar. Other meals a bit pricey
Awsome super flavours of Juicy Bao.
Hands down best crab and pork dumplings ever... lives upto its name. Small queue on a thu night tells the story. The double cooked chilli pork was delicious. Very authentic flavours. Decent seating and friendly staff.
Must go !!!
Vegetarian steamed dumplings 🥟 🥦
Pork Xiao long bao 🐖🥟
Okay quantity for the price but was expecting better dumplings from the reviews. The pastry was very thick. Different fillings in the vegetable dumplings would also be good.
Highly recommend if you are looking for delicious Bao.
Over all, I like all food but Shanghai Pan fried juicy bao was my favourite.
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