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"Just like if you're heading into a restaurant called "Shanghai Dumpling House" you're probably getting dumplings." Be careful with this. At least in the US, t
by jghn 10y ago
"Just like if you're heading into a restaurant called "Shanghai Dumpling House" you're probably getting dumplings."
Be careful with this. At least in the US, the English name often has very little to do with the Chinese name, and it's the latter which is meaningful. As an example there's a place in Boston's Chinatown called the "Dumpling House" (or something along those lines) but the Chinese name is something like "tastes of north and south". Go figure, you see a lot of Westerners complaining about the dumplings here.
- jimmywanger 10y agoAgreed. Not to be creepy, but is this the place you're talking about? https://www.yelp.com/biz/gourmet-dumpling-house-boston-3 https://www.yelp.com/biz/gourmet-dumpling-house-boston-3 (Food is very important to me) They seem to be known for their shanghai soup dumplings. This is a great book if you like eating out. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GSYYQ2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005GSYYQ2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?... Basically, if you show up at an ethnic place and order what the other ethnic people are getting, it's hard to go wrong. That's why it's maybe more of a thing in the states where you interrogate the waiter. In Asia, each restaurant does one thing, because the competition is so intense. In the states, you expect to get broccoli beef in every Chinese restaurant, so they sort of have to offer it. Once you talk to the waiter, everything will be made clear.
- jghn 10y agoYep, that's the one. It's not that their dumplings are bad or anything like that, it's just not as much a forte of theirs as the English name would lead you to believe.