I was craving some Shanghai-style food, and since we were in the area, my mom and I went to 369 Shanghai Dim Sum for dinner and ordered our usual dishes, some classic Northern Chinese cuisine favourites:
Spicy beef hand-pulled noodle soup
Shanghai-style stir-fried noodles
Steamed pork soup dumplings
Pan-fried pork dumplings
Okay, so since trying Ding Tai Fung, I just feel like all other Shanghai restaurants are inferior. Not that 369 is bad, it's just very... standard. It'll satisfy your cravings for Shanghai-style food, absolutely, but the quality is just average. The pork soup dumplings are decent, but they aren't quite as plump, the wrappers are a bit on the thick side, and the pork doesn't have that perfect meat-to-fat ratio that makes Ding Tai Fung's version so melt-in-your-mouth glorious. The hand-pulled noodles are a bit too firm for my liking here, and not quite as fresh, and the beef is way too lean and tough (perhaps we got a bad batch?). I will say that they get the heat factor just right, though, as the broth is quite spicy (Ding Tai Fung's broth was, by comparison, quite mild). The Shanghai-style stir-fried noodles and pan-fried pork dumplings are, again, very standard. Good, but not particularly memorable. Honestly, if I'm in Markham, anyway, I'd drive the extra five minutes down to Ding Tai Fung for Shanghai-style food.
I was just at Ding Tai Fu this Tuesday and my pizza-and-burgers husband loved it. He actually really liked the rice cakes with pickled cabbage (I'm still a little in shock) and we all went into a sugar high from the black sesame paste buns which has about a gazllion parts paste to one part bun. This post about 369 actually makes me crave DTF right now. Lol.
Haha, DTF is SO GOOD. I really should try those black sesame paste buns, they sound DEEEELICIOUS. And, yes, those rice cakes are AMAZING. I had those last time I went. NOMMM!!!
You are free on Mondays and Fridays usually, right? I'm free on Monday, April 29... And I'm not sure when I'm going to NYC yet 'cause my brother's booking the tickets, but I am on vacation from May 5 - May 11. Will let you know when I'm in town during that week. Or, better yet, when are YOU free?
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I am SO hungry right now. :(
ReplyDeleteHaha, sorry! I'm hungry now, if it makes you feel any better. :( Oh, man, I could eat Shanghai-nese food everyday...
DeleteI was just at Ding Tai Fu this Tuesday and my pizza-and-burgers husband loved it. He actually really liked the rice cakes with pickled cabbage (I'm still a little in shock) and we all went into a sugar high from the black sesame paste buns which has about a gazllion parts paste to one part bun. This post about 369 actually makes me crave DTF right now. Lol.
ReplyDeleteHaha, DTF is SO GOOD. I really should try those black sesame paste buns, they sound DEEEELICIOUS. And, yes, those rice cakes are AMAZING. I had those last time I went. NOMMM!!!
DeleteYummmm...I love the soup dumplings.
ReplyDeleteSteph, let's go get soup dumplings for our next dinner. :D
DeleteOMG can we have Steamed pork soup dumplings when we meet up next???
ReplyDeleteWhen are you free again??
Haha, YES, PLEASE.
DeleteYou are free on Mondays and Fridays usually, right? I'm free on Monday, April 29... And I'm not sure when I'm going to NYC yet 'cause my brother's booking the tickets, but I am on vacation from May 5 - May 11. Will let you know when I'm in town during that week. Or, better yet, when are YOU free?