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Yu Garden (also known as Yu Garden or Yu Yuan) is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Shanghai.
Tourists come to Yu Vien, in addition to the main purpose of sightseeing and learning about traditional culture, but also for a very big reason, which is to discover rich dishes in famous restaurants.
Du Garden is always crowded with visitors and enjoying cuisine.
Among the crowded food and beverage stores, there is a store that has no tables or chairs, nor a large sign, but the number of visitors every day is very impressive.
Thang Bao (water dumplings) is a very unique dish in Shanghai in particular and China in general, because it is also a cake with wheat flour on the outside, thin crust, and meat inside like many dim sum cakes.
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Very unique dumplings eaten with straws can be found in many restaurants in Shanghai, but Yu Garden is probably the best.
Thang bao is made from the same ingredients as regular dumplings but adds a very special ingredient, `pig skin jelly`.
For those who taste it for the first time, sticking a straw into the cake will make you a bit confused, but the hot, warm flavor of ginger, fatty pork, and rich harmonious spices will make you happy.
After waiting through a long line, diners will report their items to the cashier and receive their order and receipt back, then continue to wait for their turn to pick up their items.
After draining the water, you can use chopsticks or a fork to eat the crust and remaining filling like a regular cake.
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Customers have to line up, wait for their turn to get a ticket and receive the cake.
Thang Bao is a friendly dish for first-time eaters because of its light flavor, easy to eat, and not as difficult as its `brother` stinky tofu, so many foreigners line up, eagerly waiting to enjoy it.
Yuyuan is quite famous so there are many ways to get here, including bus, taxi, metro, sightseeing bus and hop on hop off bus.