Global Dumpling Guide & Where to Eat Them in Shanghai


By Sophie Steiner


Riding on the coattails of our China Dumpling Guide, we decided to set our sights further afield and explore Shanghai's global dumpling offerings.

READ MORE: Your Essential Guide to the World of Chinese Dumplings

From Japan to Korea, Nepal to Russia, and even Turkey and Italy, we have made it our mission to eat renditions of the world's finest pockets of joy, right in our backyard of Shanghai.

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To do this, we must delineate what is (and more importantly what is not) a dumpling. 

An abbreviated version of the wholly omniscient Google's definition is essentially...
  • Dough made from a variety of starchy sources – wheat, flour, rice, bread, or potatoes
  • Wrapped around any makeup of filling – meat, fish tofu, cheese, vegetables, or fruit
  • Cooked in any manner of ways – steamed, boiled, fried, baked, or any combination of those

Cool, way to help us narrow that one down, Google.