Shanghai steamed dumpling

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Xiao long bao, a pleated skin around pork and hot broth, with ginger vinegar. Lunch starts here.

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A. Wong

Chinese · regional dim sum · Pimlico

70-71 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1DE

Date night

Andrew Wong's Pimlico kitchen on Wilton Road, cooking China region by region, from dumplings to a long tasting menu. The dumplings are the way in.

The proof, in the house's own words

Why the Shanghai dumpling

Strong evidence

A Shanghai steamed dumpling with the ginger vinegar inside, its pastry worked on by the kitchen since opening day.

Craft
A dumpling pastry the kitchen spent years on.
“Making the pastry has been a massive journey in terms of understanding the science of starches,”
In the chef's own words ↗
Technique
The vinegar goes inside the dumpling.
“ginger infused vinegar”
In the chef's own words ↗
Tradition
Shanghai's dumpling, from a menu of China's old recipes.
Menu ↗
Local choice
On the menu since the day it opened.
“Even when we first opened there was a Shanghai dumpling,”
In the chef's own words ↗

We'd add

Our runner-up

Clear shrimp dumpling

Har gow, a translucent wrapper around prawn, with chilli sauce and rice vinegar. Beside the Shanghai dumpling.

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