Zhujiajiao, Shanghai: The Disappointing Tangyuan Experience

Upon dropping off my luggage, I headed straight to Fangsheng Bridge from the guesthouse. Along the way, I passed by this small shop with a TV interview poster plastered at the entrance, assuming it must be good. But to my dismay, the tangyuan was terrible! 🏠Environment: Near the entrance, there's a glass window kitchen where you can see tangyuan and dumplings being made on the spot. The interior is not big, with simple and clean decor. 🤵🏻Service: Orders can be placed via QR Code/manual entry, no service charge added. 🍽️Lunch: Specializes in sweet and savory tangyuan and various dumplings. 🥟Small Dumplings ¥10 There's a generous portion, but it's not filling, and the taste is average. 🥟Shepherd's Purse Pork Dumplings ¥16 My friend's choice turned out to be quite good👍, with more vegetables than meat, fragrant and plump, consisting of ten large dumplings🥟, very satisfying! 🍡Fresh Meat Tangyuan ¥3.5/piece They look big, but they're actually over-soaked🥲, causing the flour to swell and the outer layer to become soft and easily broken😖. The meat filling has a strange, off-putting smell🤯, it should be pork, but it has a smell similar to mutton, extremely unpalatable🤮! 🍡Sesame Tangyuan ¥3.5/piece The same issue with the skin, the sesame filling is sweeter than aromatic, 😐average. 🥜Peanut Tangyuan ¥3.5/piece My friends also found it to be just average🫣. In short, these are overpriced, terrible tangyuan😡. I really don't know how they made it onto TV😩, they must have given out a lot of gifts💰! Ancient Town Tangyuan 📍No. 366, North Street, Zhujiajiao, Qingpu District, Shanghai