Shanghai You Garden

"If you’re interested in trying some of the city’s best xiao long bao, prioritize a visit to Shanghai You Garden. You can choose between 10 varieties of soup dumplings, all dyed with different colors so you’ll be able to tell what you’re eating from the exterior, tender skin. Our favorites are the classic, bright yellow crab and pork (the broth tastes noticeably crabbier and more clarified than most other versions), and a giant thick-skinned version. Get a bunch of these, clink glasses with your friends, and then proceed to suck out the meaty soup out with a gargantuan straw. " - carina finn koeppicus, kenny yang, neha talreja, bryan kim, molly fitzpatrick

"Shanghai You Garden is named after the Yu Garden in the Old City of Shanghai, which borders one of the longest-standing xiao long bao spots. Here in Flushing, you can choose between 10 varieties of xiao long bao, all dyed with different colors so you’ll be able to tell what you’re eating from the exterior, tender skin. Our favorites are the classic, bright-yellow crab and pork (which taste noticeably crabbier than most other versions in the city) and a giant thick-skinned version where you slurp the soup out of a straw. Get a bunch, cheers with your friends, and then proceed to suck out the meaty soup out of a gargantuan straw. Make sure to order a plate of pan-fried pork buns that have a thick exterior and crispy bottoms." - hannah albertine, nikko duren, carlo mantuano, molly fitzpatrick

"For some of the city’s best xiao long bao, prioritize a visit to Shanghai You Garden in Flushing. You can choose between 10 varieties of soup dumplings, all dyed different colors so you’ll be able to tell what you’re eating from the exterior, tender skin. Our favorites are the classic, bright yellow crab and pork (the broth tastes noticeably crabbier and more clarified than most other versions), and a giant thick-skinned one. Get a bunch of those, cheers with your friends, and then proceed to suck out the meaty soup out with a gargantuan straw. " - neha talreja, bryan kim, will hartman, sonal shah, willa moore

"Shanghai You Garden in Flushing makes some of our favorite xiao long bao in the city, including a giant version where you slurp the soup out of a straw. Make sure to try the ones with crab and pork, which are distinctly crab tasting - as well as an order of pan-fried pork buns. Shanghai You Garden is open for indoor dining, covered outdoor dining, and takeout, so you can eat some excellent post-voting dumplings wherever you’re most comfortable." - hannah albertine, nikko duren

"The soup-squirting dumplings known as xiao long bao are damn near perfect at Shanghai You Garden, whether you pick the plain pork or the pork with crab. In fact, their only local competition is at Nan Xiang at One Fulton Square. In an elegant coffee house setting, You Garden goes far beyond the usual coffee shop menu, offering dishes featuring mushrooms and gluten, pig feet, lion’s head meatballs, other types of Shanghai dumplings, and rice cake stir fries, another dish associated with the city." - Caroline Shin, Robert Sietsema