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i see white tourists like every day in shanghai
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are they 300 pound loud people who consistently insist they are Canadian in a South Carolina accent
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Jun 9, 2019 20:10
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The Great Autismo! posted:are they 300 pound loud people who consistently insist they are Canadian in a South Carolina accent sometimes. usually they're just lining up outside that one crowded xiaolongbao place anthony bourdain went to once (which is fine but not worth lining up for) or looking lost in the french concession. i am mostly between jingan temple and french concession tho which are tourist hotspots tho.
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Jun 9, 2019 20:12
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Magna Kaser posted:sometimes. usually they're just lining up outside that one crowded xiaolongbao place anthony bourdain went to once  Worse than neo-confederate Albertans in my opinion.
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Jun 9, 2019 20:55
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That xiaolongbao place is totally Shanghai version of Katz's. It's a mega tourist trap. That's another reason I don't like SH, It feels like a try-hard, watered-down version of New York. BTW the one American I met in a Shanghai bar was really obnoxious. He is like the crazy dude who talk to himself in the R train.
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Jun 9, 2019 21:43
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tino posted:That's another reason I don't like SH, It feels like a try-hard, watered-down version of New York. This is a very accurate description of Shanghai.
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Jun 9, 2019 23:17
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Any recommendations for a good xiaolongbao place in shanghai? I find that the Anthony Bourdain visit can be a kiss of death on places. Tian Tian in Singapore definitely went downhill and increased its prices in a linear fashion after he visited there. However I still have a soft spot for Yak Lok in Hong Kong, so long as you get there at the right time.
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Jun 9, 2019 23:57
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I was housed in Lujiazui (yuk) so Paradise Dynasty and Din Tie Fung we're the common places I'd have Xiao long bao lunch. Or the food court at super brand mall 
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Jun 10, 2019 03:22
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Cheesemaster200 posted:Any recommendations for a good xiaolongbao place in shanghai? I find that the Anthony Bourdain visit can be a kiss of death on places. ding tai fung while pretty OK suffers being extremely overpriced and often filled with tourists since it's a famous brand more outside of China than in. If you want to find the Taiwanese or Japanese tourists in Shanghai, it's where to go (Taiwanese people will tell you it's the best xiaolongbao ever, invariably). but in shaghai imo it's the equivalent of going to a panera bread or something for a bagel if you're in NYC. I will admit dtf has better service than most of my go-to xlb joints if you care a lot about that. fu chun on yuyuan road, the anthony bordain place, isn't even bad or anything. it's p average and was just a sleepy local joint until he went there and it exploded on every lonely planet/explore shanghai guide. I pass it a lot since it's between my home and office and it's always a loving nightmare with like 30 confused looking 20-something backpackers holding lonely planet books and trying to fit their 2m long osprey backpacks in the crowded seating area. It and shake shack in shanghai are the two places which extra suck cuz they have nowhere near enough seating nor any defined way to reserve seating so people will awkwardly stand around in the aisle holding food waiting for you to leave. Shake Shack is probably worse in this regard tho (never go to shake shack in shanghai, habit burger or charlie's are better fast food burgs anyway) im not some xiaolongbao connoisseur (i prefer shengjianbao) but the two I like are jiajia xiaolongbao or shanshan xiaolongbao which aren't super amazing culinary experiences or anything (service is v average in both of them) but imo they're tastier than most and unless it's during a weekend lunchtime or something, aren't super duper crowded. jiajia is pretty popular with local shanghainese and chinese tourists, but it never gets to the insane level of busy fuchun does (also it's better). but tbh most hole in the wall small places will be p good for xiaolongbao. But like I said I honestly like shengjianbao more and for that I would avoid xiaoyang which is going downhill IMO and go for generic smaller places as well. There are some local chains like laoshengxing I think are good for your generic shengjian/fried beef bun/baozi/shaomai needs. e: i forgot nanxiang xiaolong mantou which is actually my go-to. its decent and they have a bunch of locations. Bloodnose posted:FOODIES! tbh the people going there aren't even foodies cuz if you did 2 seconds of research you'd find better places/warnings against it. they're just normal tourists lookin for the hot spots. I like living in shanghai tho? No real complaints. Better than beijing for sure lol Ailumao fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Jun 10, 2019 |
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Jun 10, 2019 05:20
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Magna Kaser posted:Better than beijing for sure lol Better than poop from a butt isn't that much praise
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Jun 10, 2019 05:26
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Grand Fromage posted:Better than poop from a butt isn't that much praise Shameful when mods sign posts
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Jun 10, 2019 05:29
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TheReverend posted:I was housed in Lujiazui (yuk) so Paradise Dynasty and Din Tie Fung we're the common places I'd have Xiao long bao lunch. Might as well just go the other way. Butcher's club for a burg Nadaman for Japanese Lady M for a crepe Morton's for a steak Try Mr and Mrs Bund at the Bund - Pretty good french cuisine Recommend jiajia, but the lineup at the original one is worth the wait than the other chains. Skip Yuyuan, I also like lai lai, but xiaolongbao's are all over the place
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Jun 10, 2019 06:06
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Cheesemaster200 posted:Any recommendations for a good xiaolongbao place in shanghai? I find that the Anthony Bourdain visit can be a kiss of death on places. Yak Lok is allright, touristy. Fook Lam Moon on a Sunday is where you should go for roast goose 
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Jun 10, 2019 06:07
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caberham posted:Might as well just go the other way. Lol at visiting China and eating a steak
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Jun 10, 2019 06:29
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If you visit China multiple times, might as well. But IFC Shanghai is a dump
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Jun 10, 2019 06:34
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caberham posted:If you visit China multiple times, might as well Depends from where I guess but for the average reader of this forum, just wait until you get back home
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Jun 10, 2019 06:35
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fart simpson posted:Lol at visiting China and eating a steak what if they are from a country that doesn't have steak
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Jun 10, 2019 06:38
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fart simpson posted:Depends from where I guess but for the average reader of this forum, just wait until you get back home What about for a very below average poster of this forum, like yourself?!
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Jun 10, 2019 11:17
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Oh no it's the dream team tga and LL
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Jun 10, 2019 13:06
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I sometimes eat steak its some good stuff
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Jun 10, 2019 13:52
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I was going to say something, but decided I have no steak in this argument.
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Jun 10, 2019 15:50
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I went to the Goose Island place on Nanjing to celebrate Labor Day with my American coworkers. Had a burg and got so loving sick for like 2 weeks, A+++ would eat again.
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Jun 10, 2019 16:53
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Tom Smykowski posted:Oh no it's the dream team tga and LL the irl goon dream team we had at beertopia 2016 was pretty good, it was fart simpson, caberham, wonton, rental sting, simplefish, Imperialist Dog, and then I was the pity add-on just so our entire team wasn't too good I think this was the day that fart simpson left for like two hours after drinking for a while and came back with a brand new iPhone, lol nerd we also had a good 2017 chengdu goon team line up, it was magna kaser, grand fromage, let us English, a guy who a bunch of syllables in his name with almost no vowels from the UK, rental sting, fart Simpson, caberham, simplefish and then again I rounded up the poo poo end of the team The Great Autismo! fucked around with this message at 17:39 on Jun 10, 2019 |
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Jun 10, 2019 17:37
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we all know that tianjin 2013 had the true IRL dream team line up, it was just me and TWM. wat else could you ask for. I'd sit in my office, TWM would troll bad astronaut, I'd laugh at my desk and message him and say "I'll buy you a beer for that post" and then we'd go meet and have a beer and i'd laugh a lot good times, 5/5 would do it again if I was single and 30 years old again
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Jun 10, 2019 17:41
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It's always beer with you.
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Jun 10, 2019 21:38
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Harveygod posted:I was going to say something, but decided I have no steak in this argument. Wait wait hold up, who's this fuckin guy?
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Jun 10, 2019 22:09
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Bloodnose posted:It's always beer with you. in China, ya it’s too expensive here, ugh
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Jun 10, 2019 22:40
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I had a honey cider with dinner last night and that was good. It was more expensive than a Tsingtao in China though for sure.
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Jun 10, 2019 23:27
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The Great Autismo! posted:we all know that tianjin 2013 had the true IRL dream team line up, it was just me and TWM. wat else could you ask for. I'd sit in my office, TWM would troll bad astronaut, I'd laugh at my desk and message him and say "I'll buy you a beer for that post" and then we'd go meet and have a beer and i'd laugh a lot On the bright side when your wife leaves you and takes the kids to never let you see them again in Japan like many others have before you, you can do this again!
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Jun 11, 2019 01:39
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LimburgLimbo posted:On the bright side when your wife leaves you and takes the kids to never let you see them again in Japan like many others have before you, you can do this again! let’s cross that bridge when it happens
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Jun 11, 2019 01:53
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Magna Kaser posted:xiaolongbao connoisseur xiaolongbao are alright but tangbaos are better.
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Jun 11, 2019 02:17
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The Great Autismo! posted:let’s cross that bridge when it happens There’s an ancient chinese saying... a man who would desert his family to work in another country is doing them a favor by doing so
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Jun 11, 2019 03:30
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Ragingsheep posted:xiaolongbao are alright but tangbaos are better. the only bao i want is 利是
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Jun 11, 2019 04:26
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Ragingsheep posted:xiaolongbao are alright but tangbaos are better. whats even the difference
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Jun 11, 2019 08:23
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Generally they're slightly bigger, more soup and the soup is slightly sweeter soy sauces flavoured rather than just the regular salt, ginger and pork fat flavoured one.
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Jun 11, 2019 09:08
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I don't like soup bao of any size because the bottom skin always stick to the dish. How come nobody make bao with alcohol inside?
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Jun 11, 2019 09:11
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I hate those big soup dumplings they give you a straw for. I've never had one that wasn't terribad.
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Jun 11, 2019 11:22
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fart simpson posted:There’s an ancient chinese saying... a man who would desert his family to work in another country is doing them a favor by doing so Complaining about American family courts was too pedestrian for him so he's priming himself to post about the evils of Japanese family court.
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Jun 11, 2019 15:28
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One could argue that abandoning your family for work is, in fact, just being respectful of Japanese culture.
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Grand Fromage posted:One could argue that abandoning your family for work is, in fact, just being respectful of Japanese culture. actually I'm guilty of culturally appropriating it smh @ me
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