New Shanghai – Ashfield

Best get in as soon as opens as long queue and wait times for lunch and dinner on weekends. Service is a bit slow, but the food is outstanding. Was so into the food, we forgot to take pics of most dishes. Dumplings and buns are spot on. Great main dishes as well. The fried rice is outstanding. Nice tea as well.

Best place for Xialongbao (steamed pork dumplings). It has a light skin with a really nice broth inside. The pork filling was nice and tender. Also had the pan fried pork buns. A crispy bottom and nice chewy texture on top. Pork filling was nice and tender

I have been here before quite some years ago and I didn’t enjoy my experience. Since then, I always went next door instead (where the massive lines are . However…. recently been buying my baos and dumplings here as takeaway and really enjoyed them, so went back for a sit down family meal today. I can report back it was a fantastic, scrumptious and mouth watering meal!! And can I be brutally honest, must more nicer than next doors food so skip the queue and give this place a chance! Only thing I would suggest to NOT order the congee as it was extremely watery and not much quality or quantity. Every other dish made up for it though as they were amazing!! The old Cantonese waiter (in a Shanghainese restaurant very bizarre! can’t crack a smile for the life of him he is selective who he does use his customer service skills with so you may be his target type comes across as “blunt” and best to speak to him in English or Cantonese as he has difficulty understanding Mandarin but I’m here for the food so I didn’t mind too much. Overall I would return over and over and over again simply for the satisfying food.

I got myself some vegetarian spring rolls and vegetarian dumplings. Both tasted really good! The personnel was okay. There isn't really an atmosphere but I got take-away anyway.

Authentic handmade dumplings and Chinese food. I had the steamed vegetable dumplings and Xiao Long Bao. Dumpling skin has good texture and the dumpings are tasty. Disappointing they don't offer a vegetarian pan fried dumpling nor vegetarian pan fried mini buns. Also had the black sesame glutinous rice ball. The balls themselves were good but it's served in plain boiling water which is a bit lazy as usually it should be a ginger sugar syrup of sorts. Wouldn't order that again. Good, no frills authentic dumpling place overall.