Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao

[QUEENSTOWN, SINGAPORE] I feel like most people might know this stall in Alexandra Village Hawker, but I would like to highlight that after having their dumplings for at least 10 years, their quality is still really good. The must orders are their Chilli Oil Dumplings 🥟 and Fried Dumplings 🥟, both at an affordable $8 per plate. Their chilli oil dumplings are quite spice friendly luckily, making it suitable for most to enjoy. If you need an extra kick, they have more chilli sauce available at the side! The dumplings were very slurp worthy, with quite a sizable amount of filling within. The fried dumplings may not be too crispy on the outside, but the filling inside is so generous. It was meaty and honestly really shiok with the sauce from the chilli oil style! Their noodles are more sub-par actually, but I still got it anyway 😂 The Dan Dan Mian ($5) had quite alot of minced meat, but the sauce was missing some flavour and noodles were too soft. Really recommend the dumplings here, you gotta have them as a side while you get mains from other stalls 😆

I’ve always enjoyed eating here whenever I’m in the area. Their Xiao Long Bao (steamed mini buns), Szechuan Spicy Wantons, and Panfried Dumplings are consistently good. 😋 You just need a little patience while they prepare the food, but it’s worth the wait.

Xiao long bao (小笼包) ($6) - Excellent texture. Soft yet didn’t break easily. Good fillings. Sour and spicy soup (酸辣汤) ($3) - Good. Had a variety of fungi and bamboo shoots.

The best Hong you chao shou 红油抄手 in Singapore. Perfect combination for the sauce and the chili. Personally I prefer steam dumpling 水饺 over the 锅贴。酸辣汤so so. Nothing special. Overall, it worth the time to queue and food is definitely value for money.

It was truly a pleasant exploration of good food at the hawker center as I tried out the dumplings after observing a snake long queue right in front of this Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao. As the queue was too long and I have a time constraint this morning, I managed to take away these dumplings and hoping my taste buds would like these frozen dumplings. True enough, as I boiled these dumplings, they were heavenly succulent with fillings and the skin was just perfectly at the right thickness to hold the fillings up until they were cooked. These must have been prepared by a seasoned chef who is skilful with not only his rolling pin but also adept in squeezing all the well marinated fillings within a small diameter of the dumpling skin at such fine thickness. It is no wonder they were accorded with Michelin Star. Seeing is believing and now I believed why the queue was so long. In fact, despite the long queue. all members in the stall including the owner were expeditiously efficient in their service. Kudos to Zhang Ji Shanghai La Mian Xiao Long Bao, I am in love with the dumplings and ready to experiment the rest of your delicacy soon.

For the price of the food, it is definitely a place worth visiting. The 红油抄手is great love the skin and the filling as well. The soup dumplings skin is slightly on the thick side but the pork and soup is flavourful. Queue can be quite long during lunch hours but it moves relatively quickly

Dumplings were pretty delicious. Prices were fair, I would not say cheap though. If ranked, Panfried first, followed by spicy szechuan and then xiao long bao. Xiao Long Bao were pretty normal.

You won’t miss it when you walk into the food market. The queue is always there. Food wise, it’s decent. Noodles are nice considering the price but i think majority of people come for its xiaolongbao. For me that’s ok and i wouldn’t queued for it. Overall speaking, if you don’t have to wait for long, this is definitely an option. But personally the taste doesn’t justify the queue.