Small cage steamed buns, small wontons, raw fried steamed buns, pot stickers, known as the four kings of the Shanghai dim sum world, many people who have not eaten pot stickers, there will always be a kind of: "pot stickers are not fried dumplings" illusion, in fact, it is not; fried dumplings need to be cooked in water first, and then fried in thin oil to fry the crisp bottom, and the pot sticker is wrapped directly into the hot oil frying bottom, and then poured water and covered and cooked, the skin is slightly thicker than the fried dumplings, the skin above the oil is tough and soft inside, and the taste is richer.
For me, a snack fanatic, these four kings will always belong to the top of my must-eat list, as long as there are these nearby, I must taste it, so let's share what I have eaten:
Dawang Pot Sticker (Dong'an Road Store)
Be sure to go to the main store on this Dong'an Road, metro line 4/7 out is not far away, is a small storefront, can only be taken away, because the daughter-in-law used to work near there, every time to pick her up must come to a two or two, always to queue, good luck a little wait to buy, bad luck in front of the big brother to buy half a pot, had to wait for the next pot. Their characteristics are that the skin of the pot sticker is fried thin and crispy, it will not make you have a very thick bite and can't move, the filling is not a beating, the focus is that the soup is particularly sufficient, I like to pour some vinegar into the box that I bring out, and the juice and vinegar that spill out of the bite are well integrated, and the drink is degreased, hot and satisfied.
Hele Dim Sum Shop (Xiangyang North Road Store)
Personally, this family feels that the thickness of the filling, soup, and pot skin is the best combination, although it is more than 2 kilometers away from my place of work, but I often share a single number to come and go. White and fat like a yuanbao, look festive and have an appetite, here is can be dine-in, you can order a curry beef vermicelli soup, to a pot paste, perfect. The characteristics of the pot sticker are large, the soup is really more, biting open the skin can suck several bites, the meat of the filling is also a lot, quite large and firm, the skin is thick and thin, if it feels slightly hard, it can be dipped in vinegar to soften, and it is absolutely delicious to eat.
Hu Ji pot sticker Shanghai upstream duck vermicelli soup (Taiyuan Road store)
This Shanghai seems to have opened a lot of branches, it is recommended to go directly to the main store on Taiyuan Road. Their main feature is pot sticker + duck vermicelli soup, with my experience in Nanjing mixed for many years, their duck vermicelli soup is still OK, with enough material, fresh taste, a bowl down absolutely full and comfortable, pot stickers feel that their bottom is more than the general crisp, although not very thin but also unexpectedly quite fragrant, a bite down the juice of the rich taste, the filling meat is firm, or worth going.
Shuifeng Pot Paste Yangpu Main Store (Yanji East Road Store)
Once the legend that customers will bring their own pots, pots to load the domineering small shop, now is also the nearby aunts and uncles favorite to queue the place, the store to three or four people to keep up with the bag to barely keep up with the consumption, dine-in to go to the beef noodle restaurant next door, their characteristics are thin skin, really a boo is broken, suck clean inside the delicious soup, charred bottom, special crisp, full of filling, the taste is just right, no wonder it opened for so many years.