Useful tips
Tips on take-out xiaolongbao
There are many restaurants in Nanxiang selling semi-finished xiaolongbao, but only food made on the day is fresh. If the xiaolongbao are frozen, there will be probably no juice after steaming.
How to eat
Pick them up carefully with chopsticks and ensure the skin does not split. Take a small bite on the skin and suck the juice out.
Route design
Suggested route: Guyi Garden – Nanxiang Old Street – Yunxiang Temple – Tanyuan Garden
Best time to visit
All year
Food information
Although Nanxiang is famous for its xiaolongbao, a rice dumpling restaurant on Nanxiang Old Street is also popular among tourists. People can enjoy rice dumplings with different stuffing, such as pork, date-paste, bean-paste and sesame at the restaurant. They can also buy uncooked dumplings.
Extended travel
Nanxiang Shineland Park
Nanxiang Shineland is a creative park built at the site of an old enterprise. Yigu Cultural and Creative Industrial Park in it aims to build the largest art gallery in Asia.
Address: No 1188, Huyi Highway, Nanxiang town, Jiading district
Telephone: 021-33510055
Guyi Garden [Photo provided by Jiading tourism bureau] |
Tanyuan Garden [Photo provided by Jiading tourism bureau] |