Tables for Two · #4 · 샤오롱바오 성지
莱莱小笼 · 乔艾 (Lai Lai Xiao Long)
상하이 게살 샤오롱바오의 절대 강자. 금빛 게살 육즙이 가득 찬 샤오롱바오와 바삭한 상하이식 돈가스(자주파이) 조합은 필수입니다.
On Tianjin Road, a narrow lane two blocks off the pedestrian clamor of East Nanjing Road, bamboo steamers at Lai Lai stack to the ceiling. Korean, English, French, and Shanghainese overlap in the dining room for one reason: the crab roe is hand-picked daily, yielding a golden, intensely savory broth inside a gossamer wrapper.
Always add the crispy Shanghai pork chop splashed with spicy-sour Taikang Worcestershire sauce. Note the strict 2:00–3:00 P.M. afternoon break when the kitchen pauses to fold the evening batch.