Mary Ellen tipped me off to Chinatown's best kept secret for mini dumplings. Shanghai Cafe on Mott between Hester and Canal serves a $5 bamboo tray of 8 steamed mini dumplings--Shanghai style. Each person has to order at least $4.50 worth of food so to satisfy the minimum we ordered a Mocha Smoothie to go. The mocha smoothie was better than Starbuck's blended coffee fyi...and cheaper.
The juicy little pork dumplings dipped in ginger-hoisin sauce were delicious. You have to be careful and eat them in the spoon they give you, otherwise you lose all of the hot, steamy liquid your first bite. I actually never sampled dumplings in Shanghai but I did take a picture of a street vendor making pork buns.
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