184352 Mon Sep 19 10:17:41 -0700 2005 6 15 Pennsylvania 0 988543 Ok, so saturday night was Lolita and Sunday night was Sang Kee in Wynnewood. Veg spring roll was very very good albeit a touch greasy. Steamed watercress dumplings with shrimp and pork were excelent. Fried shrimp dumplings excellent (shrimp in delicate wonton wrapper fried up like a "purse" and served with a sweet n sour sauce). Roasted Duck in noodle soup with dumplings (shrimp and pork) soup was really good - but broth was bland. house special soup with dumplings was good - but broth was bland. Anyone else think that their soups (broth in partic) are overrated? BIG QUESTION: on the menu were "steamed shanghai juicy buns..." do you suppose that this could potentially be an answer to the quest for soup dumplings??? joypirate - you out there? have you had such steamed buns are sangkee in center city???? I shoulda ordered them to check em out. Mon Sep 19 10:17:41 -0700 2005 0 rumdrinks 1 988548 Yeah, I haven't had them but you're right, they probably are soup buns (xiao long bao). I wasn't too optimistic about them when I saw them on the menu but will give them a whirl if no one else has. I thought I read here that someone tried them and was not impressed. I'll take the bullet for the team if that's incorrect. I absolutely agree with your assessment of the broth. The problem - I believe - is that their duck soup does not always have a duck stock, I think it's a basic stock (probably a beef/ginger sort of mix) they use for everything non-chicken. This is, however, inconsistent as I once had what tasted like a duck stock on a visit to the Chinatown location. My ideal duck noodle soup would be a bastardized mix of a true duck stock from either Sang Kee or anywhere willing to make it, with the noodles from Nan Zhou and the meat from HK Peking Duck house. Mon Sep 19 12:30:18 -0700 2005 988543 0 joypirate 2 988552 at the wynnewood outpost, the house special soup (sans duck) featured the same broth as the roasted duck wonton soup. (which was misleading cuz I thought I was getting duck wontons and noodles). oh well. the duck was pretty good though I am not an afficiando by any means. so go dive on the grenade this week and get a "steamed juicy bun" at sang kee...or maybe i will order out this week in wynnewood (that is near enough to my dinner time bario, but I work in town) Mon Sep 19 14:46:12 -0700 2005 988548 0 rumdrinks 3 988553 I have had the steamed buns at Sang Kee in CC, and while good they were not of New Joe Shanghai caliber - not enough soup in them. Sang Kee's might be more authentic for all I know but I like them better with more soup. Mon Sep 19 15:43:39 -0700 2005 988552 0 Thraz 2 988554 I was in that parking lot on other matters two weeks ago, and tried to drop in, drooling, in hopes of steamed buns. Drat--they didn't open until 12pm. Now you have whet my appetite again. Less than perfect "juicy buns" are still worth having. Mon Sep 19 16:20:23 -0700 2005 988548 0 Bashful3 1 988565 Well, I can't tell you what the steamed juicy buns are *supposed* to be, all I can say is that we love to order those as well as the watercress dumplings at the Wynnewood SK. Last time we ordered them the waiter messed up and they came after we had finished everything else, but we still finished them off! Tue Sep 20 17:24:41 -0700 2005 988543 0 wingit 2 988566 That is exactly what they are "supposed to be": addictive. Gonna get there soon. Watercress dumplings sound pretty yummy also. Tue Sep 20 18:06:25 -0700 2005 988565 0 Bashful3