Trippin': Vancouver - Shanghai River

7831 Westminster Highway
Richmond, BC V6X 4J4, Canada

Before our group went on our Vancouver trip, Mochi thot of the idea of trying to find a restaurant that had soup dumplings. Everyone that I know who has been to NYC always talks about going to Joe's Shanghai and having their soup dumplings. So of course I was down with that idea! I've had them here in Houston and they're mos def not rave worthy. We all looked up some places and decided to try Shanghai River based on the online reviews and then a cousin confirmed that it was pretty good there. After waiting about an hour, supposedly there's always a super long line, we got a table and Mochi shouted out our order since we had a frackin' whole hour to decide. We were so hungry and we were also kinda in a rush cos we planned on going snowboarding right after. Everything we ordered was pretty good. The pork soup dumplings were really good! Mochi thot the crab soup dumplings were better at Joe's. We also ordered black vinegar spare ribs (good!), green onion pancake (good!), rice cake something (okay), crab claws (good!) and some sesame ball dessert thing (didn't try). After eating the soup dumplings here, big poppa and I are very excited about trying them in NYC!

There was a large windowed area where you can see people make the dumplings!

Waitress lady! Leave the dumpling lady alone so she can hurry and make OUR dumplings!

Soup dumplings should come in bamboo holders and be spaced apart from each other so that none of the dumplings are touching anything else. The wrapping of the dumplings are so thin and delicate they can tear very easily, releasing the savory broth within. And then you get no broth! That's what soup dumplings are. They're dumplings with a bit of broth inside.

The proper way to eat a soup dumpling is to hold the dumpling in an Asian soup spoon. You take a small bite into the skin of the dumpling, and as the soup spills out, you quickly sip up the soup and then gobble up the rest of the dumpling. Here, my soup dumpling is bathed in bowl of dumpling sauce.

Here's a cracked open soup dumpling. So gut!

Green onion pancake. I love this stuff!

I could not stop eating these spare ribs.