Remember the Shanghainese dumplings stall from the now demolished Margaret Drive Food Centre? 🥟It’s not lost and forgotten. Tong Xin Ju Special Shanghai Tim Sum has been at Maxwell Food Centre (01-92) for several years now. I’ll usually go for their fried (锅贴) and boiled dumplings (饺子).

The stall is operated by a long-time hawker and they make their dumplings by hand in the stall every day. Everything is cooked to order so your dumplings are fresh from the stove.

The skin is pretty thin relative to the generous amount of pork and chive filling, and that’s a good thing. And the dumplings are bursting with flavour when you bite into it. Delicious.

Enjoy your dumplings with some vinegar and shredded ginger. What surprises me is that the homemade chilli sauce is also served as a condiment for your dumplings.

I find these dumplings have been localised but they are still pretty comforting. They have other items on offer such as the hot and sour soup and fried Shanghai rice cake which I’ve never tried.