Shanghai's Best - Lower Alloway Creek

Very informative and eye opening! Humans can be terrible to one another! No matter the color of their skin...

This place was quick, friendly and yummy. Felt really nice to grab a quick plate of dumplings for a little pick up in the afternoon. I want to go back and try their other items.

This place was solid, the flavor of the meat was delicious. Reminded me of pepper pork buns in Taiwan. I can't give this place 5 stars because the very best Shanghai pan fried buns contain a ton of juices/soup. I've had amazing pan fried buns in Vancouver bc and even Seattle filled filled with so much juice they would explode.

Damn! Good luck finding more delicious dumplings than this in Portland. Chewy, sought in a good way, meaty, these are delicious.

Alright essay time. Went mid October 2021. So back when I ate these I had much less experience with Chinese food (I am still absolutely a noob but now I 'm in NYC and have tried a bunch more). I was already full but had wanted to come for a while and it was literally my last day in Portland (stayed there for 5 weeks). Bought some dumplings pork and vegan as well as an iceskin mooncake. I have yet to find dumplings like these again. I really liked them when I got them. But I didn 't truly comprehend how good they were until comparing retrospectively elsewhere. In fact, for months, I was convinced that I was a huge fan of Chinese steamed pork buns. Because what I had had here surely hadn 't been a dumpling they were so gigantic. But I kept thinking Why is no one covering them in sauce and why is there so much less filling than dough? So I guess I somehow convinced myself that that 's what they were looking back at the menu I 'm surprised they 're dumplings. Guess I 'm just a huge fan of giant dumplings! Anyway I brought these bad boys to the train station where I ate them while waiting and then ate the mooncake later on the train. Both excellent. Now I am just left wondering where I can find dumplings of this gigantitude elsewhere. It 's not just Oh, more food, how nice. The filling to wrapper ratio is just so good. It 's a whole different experience from a regular dumpling. Plus, the woman running the cart when I was there was really nice. I had my suitcase with me and she asked me where I was going, we had a nice little conversation. I told her it was my last day and how I had been meaning to come and how I 'd never had these kind of dumplings or mooncakes. And anyway it was a memorably nice chat. Long story short is there a name for these kind of dumplings? Is this a Shanghai style thing? Are these owners just dumpling creatives in addition to being masters of execution? Because I need to find more elsewhere in the world. Looks like they 're in a new location now in a food court very cool! Hope that 's been positive for the owners.