today, i was craving dumplings after proofing some prints,

but a few dumpling houses were so packed with people.

thankfully, because of that, we finally tried shanghai café.

the soup dumplings (xiao long bao's) were excellent,

the squid with pickled cabbage over rice was a good match with

broccoli with garlic sauce (though i'd have liked it better with

chinese broccoli)