Xiaolongbao (or Xiaolong"tang"bao)
Xiaolongbao(小籠包) is a small soup dumpling steamed in a bamboo basket, originally from Shanghai. It is one of my favourite!
It is so good and because it is also so small, you can eat 10 or even 20 of them easily.
Outer skin is made from flour. It's so thin, tender and smooth, that's why you can eat a lot.
Inside usually is pork meat, sometimes can be seafood or others and the point is the soup. There is "gelatin-gelled" aspic mixed with the meat. That will be melt into soup after steamed.
Be careful when you eat. It can be extremely hot! (I burned myself several times...)
So, when you eat Xiaolongbao, 1st step - put it on a spoon, 2nd step - make a small hole by biting or poking with chopstick in the skin, 3rd step - pour the soup inside into the spoon or slowly suck it out and drink it. Then, at last, eat the whole thing.
Vinegar and shredded ginger can be companied. It can refresh your mouth since the soup and meat can be bit greasy.
See how they make Xiaolongbao in Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung, The award-winning restaurant in Taiwan
Din Tai Fung (鼎泰豐) is one of the most popular restaurant from Taiwan. This award-winning restaurant has several branches in Taiwan and also outside Taiwan, such as Hong Kong, Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Australia and United States.
And the restaurant signature dish is Xiaolongbao.
If you have a chance to visit one those places which their branches are, I strongly recommend to try their Xiaolongbao!
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