Lai Lai Xiaolongbao
Lai Lai is a compact dumpling specialist where the point is thin skins, hot soup, and minimal ceremony. The crab-roe xiaolongbao are the order if you want the Shanghai splurge without committing to a full crab banquet.
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Lai Lai is a compact dumpling specialist where the point is thin skins, hot soup, and minimal ceremony. The crab-roe xiaolongbao are the order if you want the Shanghai splurge without committing to a full crab banquet.
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Xiaolongbao
The stamp records thisNo. 999 for Xiaolongbao in Shanghai
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