taking on China Town

AHOP and I had yet to eat in China Town or even wonder down the ever popular Canal Street in downtown since arriving to Manhattan in January, so last night we decided to take advantage of some free time and warm weather and head to the area. We asked a friend for a good dinner suggestion since some places in China Town don't have good raps and ended up eating at Joe's Shanghai. The place was phenomenal. I'm not a huge fan of Chinese food and I loved everything we had at Joe's. The place is famous for its Pork Soup Dumplings.

Pork Dumplings
AHOP displaying the proper way to eat a soup dumpling- soup spoon underneath the dumpling to catch the broth, chopstick holding the dumpling. What a pro!

After we waited an hour to be seated we were surprised to find that we were seated at a table with 8 other people. There was a group of six and another couple. The restaurant was very efficient in making sure everyone at the table stayed on the same pace as far as order, eating, paying...etc to get people in out and the next group of people seated.