Nan Xiang Soup DumplingsCHAIN

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People argue about the here. Some still call it the best in the city, others say the skin turned thick and quality slid after the move to the bigger location. The and the are safer orders and get named a lot.

133-42, 39-16 Prince St #104, FlushingFlushing, Queens9 NYC locations mappedGoogle Maps

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  • in:WHEN TF IS DIN TAI FUNG OPENING26 pts
    replying to u/caldazar24: It's legitimately very good, just overpriced. While not the best dumplings I've had, if you ignore price/value I'd say it's pretty comfortably top 20%. You are paying for brand name, a more upscale vibe - it's a better choice for a celebratory birthday dinner than say, Nan Xiang - and a more accessible experience for those who don't venture out to eat in Chinatowns, in terms of the menu and ease of ordering. And if I'm making it sound really whitewashed, that's partly true, but really it's just their expansion strategy. I lived near their first location outside of Asia (in the LA suburbs) when it first opened, and it was extremely popular among the heavily Chinese-American population there.

    “The XLB broke on the bottom picking it up from the top. DTF simply is more consistent in quality and they've perfected the art of wrapping it. Other places make it too thick or they simply break like with Nan Xiang.”

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  • in:Which NYC restaurants do you go to for ONE THING and why ONE THING only?5 pts
    replying to u/Big_Split_9484: This isn’t going to be groundbreaking, but I go to Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao almost exclusively for the soup dumplings. I’ve tried most of their appetizers, and they’re good, but I’d rather fill up on dumplings there and then get some protein elsewhere whenever I’m doing a food crawl in Flushing. At Great NY Noodletown, I usually stick to the ribs, duck, bok choy or eggplant, and some fried rice, depending on whether we’re dining as a group of two or four. That combination never disappoints. I also have a friend who’s very disciplined about ordering only a few specific dishes at each restaurant. Whenever she’s at Nobu, she gets the yellowtail jalapeño, broccoli, and a sushi selection. At Jeju Noodle Bar, she only orders the noodles. That’s her way, and honestly, I kind of respect it.

    “Dumpings are great and the spicy peanut wonton also amazing.”

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  • in:Food recs near MSG?2 pts
    replying to u/JJROSE3: Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao for amazing and varied soup dumplings! Just a few blocks from the venue. 24 W 33rd St, New York, NY 10001

    “A lot of the rainbow baos are gimmicly, taste profile doesn't match with soup. Also they don't space out or use cabbage in basket, too many sticking broken baos.”

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  • in:Best eats in NYC on a 75-100 USD Budget?1 pts
    replying to u/Titan_Astraeus: Your best bet would be to search those cuisines in the sub, to see Burgers: minetta tavern, red hook tavern, au cheval Pizza: l'industrie, Lucia, Prince street, Rubirosa (good for sit down food too), Mama's too, johns Bleecker st For around $80 id prob go to Ippudo and get ramen, duck bun, a cocktail and shaved ice dessert. Also joes home of soup dumplings (joes Shanghai) for Xiao long bao, crispy beef, cucumber salad

    “I would rank them near the bottom along with Nanxiang on 33rd as they all have tops that are too thick and don't properly flavor/season their meat. Just tourist traps.”

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  • in:Nan Xiang XLB - getting too big?1 pts

    “everything but the XLB is inedible. Really disgusting - the rice cakes, the lo mein, the cold appetizers. The XLB tasted fine but the skins were way too thick.”

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  • in:Best soup dumpling spot in NYC-9 pts
    replying to u/jeopardy-hellokitty: Nan xiang

    “Nan Xiang is one of the worst soup dumplings, sorry. Bland MSG flavor soup, small size, paper thin skin. It’s a tourist trap, really.”

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