XiaoLungBao, literally known as Soup Dumplings are small steamed buns originated from Eastern China. Its name is commonly believed to be derived from the way it cooks in a small steaming bamboo-made basket (AKA "XiaoLung" in Asian community). I tried this local delicacy in one of the most famous places in Shanghai known as ChengQuangMiao (ειεΊ) , a traditional district with many shops and stores selling authentic Chinese street food, sourvenirs, traditional handcrafted and many more...
What lured me to satisfy my 2 hours of lining up with extremely tired legs (I held my pee too!) was the loaded information from well-known traveler magazines, advertisement, TV shows (to name just a few of sources), all give good ranking that this XiaoLungBao is one of the Top 10 local snacks you must try if you are to mention you'd visited Shanghai. So, I determined to try it before I left Shanghai!
Finally, 2 hours had gone! I managed to witness the skillful XiaoLungBao Shi Fu and Shi Niang how they made such saliva drooling food - invisible fast folding fingers filled up small bun with chopped meat demonstrated by the Shi Niang, whereas the Shi Fu was "non-stop" pressing small pieces dough with his lower palm into thin slices. Food time! I was so dissapointed 
when I first bite the skin of XiaoLungBao and hoping the melted soup burned my tongue but all this never happened. It was not tasty at all simply because its thick flour-made skin and dried meat filling making it loses the supposed-to-have original texture - a mouthful of soup melted from the essence of meat when you "enjoy" it.... Can someone recommend me where to sample a really thumbs up XiaoLungBao in Shanghai?
when I first bite the skin of XiaoLungBao and hoping the melted soup burned my tongue but all this never happened. It was not tasty at all simply because its thick flour-made skin and dried meat filling making it loses the supposed-to-have original texture - a mouthful of soup melted from the essence of meat when you "enjoy" it.... Can someone recommend me where to sample a really thumbs up XiaoLungBao in Shanghai? 
