Packed to the rafters on a Friday lunch, one would expect this to be a sure sign of the venue serving quality food. But alas, after waiting 40 minutes for our dumplings (which equates to about 4 hours in dumpling house time), we were incredibly disappointed.
The wontons in chilli oil with peanut and sesame butter sauce were about as appealing as they look - they came out cold and lacked in any peanut, or indeed chilli flavour.
At least the pan fried pork dumplings came out hot, but they tasted like burnt oil and also lacked in any flavour.
The chicken and prawn Xiao long bao was the best dish of dumplings, but even then, the filling was borderline mystery mush and the dumplings themselves was incredibly salty.
So perhaps Shanghai Master Dumpling was just full because there no other dumpling houses in the legal district of the CBD - but trust me when I say its definitely worth the trek to satisfy your dumpling craving somewhere else.
Service: 1/5
Food: 2/5
Venue: 2/5
Total: 5/15
Verdict: don't bother, it's not worth the calories
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