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Tangbao

汤包tāngbāo

What it is

Large soup-filled dumplings, sipped through a straw before you eat the wrapper.

How to order it

The crab-and-pork (xiehuang) version is the local pride; sip first, slowly.

Price band

¥15-30 a basket

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汤包

tāngbāo

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