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No. 23 in the world · November 2026

Lin Long Fang

Jianguo East Road, Huangpu · Shanghai, China

xiao long baoNo. 23
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The one to order

Crab roe xiao long bao, scalding hot; one basket each

The line to expect: Shared tables and a line out the door at lunch. Beat it: before 11am.

The locals' soup dumpling, a little bigger and juicier than the tourist spots; the crab one is the order in autumn.

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Xiao long bao (soup dumplings)

Xiao long bao (soup dumplings)

6 hr (mostly chilling the jelly), about 1 hr 15 min hands-on · About 32 dumplings, 4 people. The soup inside is a jellied stock folded into the filling cold; it melts in the steamer. Make the jelly the day before and the rest is a long, happy afternoon of pleating.

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