The place Shanghai goes for hairy-crab soup dumplings: the owner's staff pick crab meat and roe by hand every day in season, and the dumplings are wrapped to order. Locals and visitors jostle for tables in the lane around the corner from the Nanjing East Road pedestrian street.
- Address
- 506 Tianjin Road, Huangpu
- Hours
- Mon-Sun 08:00-14:00, 15:00-20:00 (Nomfluence listing, 2026)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
- Price
- Crab meat with pork xiaolongbao CNY 40 for 8; crab roe with pork CNY 70 for 8; pure crab roe CNY 158 for 4; ginger in vinegar CNY 1 (Nomfluence, 2026)
- Price level
- ¥¥
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Order one basket of plain pork with one of crab meat and pork to compare; add the CNY 1 ginger in vinegar
- Go after 13:30 to skip the lunch crush; the kitchen takes a break around 14:00-15:00
- Michelin lists it as cash only