If you go to those chinese markets that do roast pork you can some times score this.10 bucks at asian food market today
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Few more new things to report…
Lao Wu again, went for lunch and noticed every table had seaweed on it so we tried it. Pretty good!
House special pan fried noodle was great, would recommend:
Taro pudding was weird, not for me. My friend got the vegetarian Shanghai noodle and said it was her favorite version of that dish.
Their XLB is great, but not significantly better than the other great places.
Pork dumps in spicy peanut sauce, excellent:
Spicy noodles were a hit, it’s got serious spice:
Now on to Tasty Moment…
This place is probably the most interesting restaurant in Edison right now.
Crab tofu. Really delectable, my favorite of the night:
Spicy squid, MEGA spicy but a little bland otherwise:
Chicken Shanghai rice cakes. Not better than other places but generous portion:
Crispy fried eggplant. Very nice texture.
Not pictured is their pork belly dish, everyone loved it. Red braised pork belly.
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How the heck does one eat this dish?!
My (Korean) aunt and uncle recently moved from Edison so I guess I won’t ever experience any of these delicious things.
One uses chopsticks. I used to love the pan-fried noodles at Ruby Palace in Holmdel back when there was a Ruby Palace in Holmdel. I haven’t seen them anywhere near me since then. 
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Thanks for this. With so many similar names I’m assuming this is the place?
LaoWu Authentic ShangHai Dumpling
879 US-1
Ahh what a shame! Where did they move to? Also, annyong haseyo!
The sauce slightly soggifies the crunchy noodles so it’s not difficult to cut through it with a spoon. The crunchy/soggy contrast is what makes the dish!
@eleeper any restaurant that has dim sum will have this!
@Ziggy yes, LaoWu, not to be confused with Wu’s Shanghai. Which is good too but they adopted this weird takeout style model and I hate them for it.
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Yeah I know what you mean. I used to go to Wu’s Shanghai for spicy rice cakes and pork takeout but havent done that in a while. I’m in Staten Island and we now have a couple of Asian supermarkets so no need to go to H mart anymore .
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More new Chinese things…
Back to Meng Gao Yang for the first time in eons… skewers were the same, prices slightly higher. This place has always been kind of expensive for what it is, but it’s a fun time nonetheless. I really enjoyed the beef tripe in particular. Tripe isn’t something you get grilled ever, really and it was really nice with a little sizzle to it.
There’s a new skewer BBQ place in HMart lot, hope to try that one soon.
Not pictured: Soup dumplings at Wu’s Shanghai.
Still kind of hate this place but their new setup is perfect for what we needed, a quick pit stop while we waited for a table at the next location. The three of us split an order of crab soup dumps, and it seems their dumpling skin changed a bit, not for the better, but the inside was still as flavorful as ever. I think this is still the best flavor soup dumplings in town. But compared to Lao Wu they are miniscule. And Lau Wu has better skin and still good enough flavor.
And then tasty moment to close the night -
Not pictured - “couple lung” - cold beef and tripe appetizer. It was fine, not significantly better or worse than the others I’ve had.
Sichuan pepper pig feet. The mala on this was out of control, really enjoyed it!
Eight treasures. Kinda meh. Had gizzards and hearts in there but it was mostly chicken, very bizarrely tender, and mushroom.
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Talk to me about dumpling/other places in Edison, please. Anyone ever been to any of these?
Wu’s Shanghai Dumpling
Authentic Shanghai Dumpling
Tasty Moment (Festival Plaza strip mall)
Not like I’m going this week, but planning. 
TIA!!
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If you are looking for soup dumpling specifically all three do them well. I found it hard to rate this stuff…
LaoWu Authentic Shanghai Dumpling and Wu’s Shanghai from what I heard (not sure if it’s 100% true) are run by the same family. So I guess the father or brother or uncle split up and open up LaoWu (because Lao means elder, so the elder Wu) and open up the one off Route 1 by Kam Man Foods. The original Wu’s off Route 27 now has multiple locations in North Brunswick and just opened one in Monroe. Recently, I only been the one in North Brunswick for lunch and it’s was good and enjoyable.
I never been to LaoWu Authentic myself but my wife and son had a great meal there without me a year ago 
. That spot is definitely a hole in the wall. I recommend going when the weather is a little warmer.
Tasty Moment has good dumplings.. but for me personally, Tasty Moment is almost like the Cheesecake Factory of Chinese Food in Edison (in a good way). They have an all sort of dishes and everything come out quite good. So if I go to Tasty Moment, I don’t think I will always soup dumplings (though I often do) because there are so much other stuff I can try out.
Not sure if I helped or create more confusion, but I guess I am saying all three are good so you can’t really go wrong 
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Very helpful - thank you!!
The new Wu’s in Monroe is on my wife’s work commute path. Soup dumplings may not be the best to-go item, but how bad can they be?
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Took me a while to put 2 and 2 together. The chef who took care of us at Lita highly recommended the scallion pancakes at Lao Wu Authentic Shanghai. It looks like it’s in the same strip as that hot pot sorat place we went to with @joonjoon.
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Yes that Lao Wu place is widely regarded as the best Shanghai dumpling shop in the area. There is also fun lore with the place - it originally started as Wu’s shanghai on Rt 27 near HMart, they were doing crazy business like they had a line constantly. But apparently the father and son team had a falling out and the son runs the original location and the father moved out to start Lao wu. It’s fun because like, somehow every Chinese person I’ve ever talked to about this knows the story somehow!
Anyway highly recommend checking this place out, they do a very nice job with their dumplings. Come any time and I’ll meet up!
Curlz saw your message after I replied. So the shops in question are Wu’s on 27 and Lao Wu Authentic on rt 1. Also Tasty moment.
I think across the board Lao Wu is better on the same items I’ve tried. Wu has better flavor on their soup dumps but their skin has kind of a gummy quality? I would not order soup dumps at Tasty moment, their menu is too deep and diverse to waste on things you can get elsewhere. Like YCF said, the place is like Cheesecake factory, but it’s full of dishes you’ll never find at any other restaurant in the area so you should definitely stick to those special dishes.
But going back to wu vs lao wu, Wu has switched over to a cafeteria kiosk system. you order at a kiosk and they bring you the meal, everything is served in disposable ware and you take the trash out before you go. Lao wu is standard Chinese hole in the wall and has wait service.
The service style of Wu makes it such that it makes it way less enjoyable when dining out with friends. Like for example getting a plastic spoon and getting your noodle soup in a paper bowl really does detract from the experience for me. But it is cheaper and quicker - no tips and they have a generous rewards program - for me it’s a great solo dining spot but with company I’d rather do the traditional wait service. But Wu has a very deep menu and there are so many things worth trying on the menu it’s worth repeat visits.
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It really depends on the travel time. If you give it like 30 minutes it gets pretty sad, but I think this is the case for dumplings in general, there’s such a big drop off between the time it’s made and 20 minutes later. At least with regular steamed dumplings they reheat well, but for XLB and the pan fried buns/dumps (which are excellent and very juicy) they really lose the magic very quickly.
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Agree about the service at Wu’s. More of a quick lunch these days for us. But the real reason we still go there to eat or takeout is for the rice cakes with spicy minced pork
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I actually went to Wu’s in Monroe last Friday. It’s full Kiosk style.
When i went to the North Brunswick location in January, it still had waiter service so not sure if they changed that since. It’s funny that Joon described that the dumpling at Wu as ‘gummy’ because it doesn’t taste right at the Monroe location, i would forgive this time since they are still in soft opening mode but it was super gummy that it almost taste like undercooked.
Staying on the topic of Edison - in the strip mall across from Penang, there is a new place called Dim 11. It took over the old Shanghai noodle house spot. It meant to be a Hong Kong style cafe with congee, noodle, rice dishes, HK BBQ (roast duck, roast pork, etc). Kind of like the old “China Bowl” near Hmart. I tried it over the weekend but the it was average. The roast duck and roast pork are decent but noode soup and fried noodle we tried was quite meh. It’s only been open for a month so I hope it will get better. I want this place to be good so i will probably give it a few more chances.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ufghCw6M8k2bdVXw9?g_st=ic
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