Joe's Shanghai = HEAVEN

The title is NOT an exaggeration, but perhaps an understatement. Tonight I went to Joe's Shanghai with my mom and my best friend, Lily. It was my first time going there, and let me tell you, I had not LIVED until I went to Joe's Shanghai. It is located in Chinatown, which is a great place to go in NYC!!! 9 Pell St, New York, NY 10013 is the address, and you HAAAAVE to go there, especially if you've never been before. The only thing is that it's always PACKED, but also always worth the wait.

When we went to Joe's Shanghai, we ordered some of their most famous dishes: pork soup dumplings, scallion pancake, stewed mixed vegetables, and the fried flat noodles. The first two dishes are most well-known at Joe's Shanghai, especially the pork soup dumplings (which also come in crab). Basically they are a thin-ish dumpling FILLED with steaming, greasy, rich broth and a ball of tender pork in the center. If this doesn't sound good to you at all, you are PSYCHOTIC!!! Well, I don't want to be mean that way, but the point is: you MUST go and try the soup dumplings.

Anyway, the dish I thought was AS GOOD as the soup dumplings was the SCALLION PANCAKE. AMAZING!!! I don't know if I can even put its taste on paper, but I might as well try:

Imagine a pancake. Now, take out the sweetness. Add a moist texture to it. Next, imagine this pancake thinner, and plunged into a fryer, using oil so light and rich! Last but not least, add accents of scallion, giving it an onion-y taste. Best thing I ever ate.

So, go to Joe's Shanghai SOONER than ASAP, and don't say I didn't warn you that you might go to heaven.