Joe’s Shanghai In the heart of Chinatown, NY , there is certainly a surplus of Chinese restaurants anyone can visit to enjoy a meal. However, on Pell Street, a lonely street between two red buildings, there’s always a crowd awaiting entrance to one Chinese restaurant: Joe’s Shanghai. Joe’s Shanghai is a seemingly average Chinese food restaurant that can be found anywhere, yet there is almost always a waiting list you must check in with in order to have a meal. Usually, a common Chinese food restaurant won’t attract attention if not for its more than two thousand Yelp reviews.
Joe’s Shanghai has the semblance of a hole in the wall. Nothing eye appealing to attract attention. There were no flashing lights other than the green Chinese character lights buzzing in the store window. Pell Street is not a well known street at all and is as quiet as New York can be. This restaurant looks as commonplace as any other restaurant in Chinatown. The only thing that keeps this restaurant not looking so common is the green overhang with its…show more content… Stir fry, Fried rice, General Tso’s Chicken, etc. the food choices can be found anywhere. The Chinese food is good at the very least regardless of its common legacy. Everything found at Joe’s Shanghai can be found anywhere else in Chinatown, except for its genuine, original Soup Dumpling.
This one dish is considered the highlight of Joe’s Shanghai, even voted as number one dumpling in NY by many food fanatics. A savory dumpling that is cooked with soup inside the middle. This delicacy comes with three different protein options: shrimp, pork, and chicken. Coming out in eight pieces on a bamboo steam plate and placed with steamed cabbage on the bottom, these dumplings are the main course of almost every meal in Joe’s Shanghai. The crunchy cabbage combined with the soft dumplings gives great texture in the meal, but what surprises people is the soup within the
