Street Dumpling Night at the Ambrose's

On a ladies night out (my first!!) my friends and I were chatting to the young barman over from San Francisco (as you do...) and he mentioned that he had found a great and very cheap dumpling place. After much discussion he eventually worked out that it was called Nan jing something Bao and it was on Jianguo Lu and Taiyuan Lu (our corner!!). So of course xiaolongbao lovers that we are (see explanation later but take my word for it...they are heaven), we immediately planned a dumpling night.



We started at our place with some Abi playtime and then headed out to the street. As you can see, the whole adventure literally did take place on the street. The little shop has one half of the front set up as the steaming area and the other half holds a couple of very very small tables for 'dining in'.




David with Diana and I (his wife Amy is our official photographer for outings and is never in photos). He's a giant in China...much less next to the two shortest Americans in town!

While we waited Abi hung out with Daddy and made a few friends with some local kids and a lady who essentially called Abi a 'piglet baby' in mandarin. If she wasn't such a cute old lady we might have been offended.



explanation as promised...compliments of wikipedia:
Xiaolongbao, also known as soup dumpling,[1] is a type of steamed bun or baozi from eastern China, including Shanghai and Wuxi. It is traditionally steamed in small bamboo baskets, hence the name (xiaolong is literally "small steaming basket").