Yoz Shanghai

They have some darn good cheap dumplings. My friend ordered the chili dumplings filled with pork and cabbage I believe. They were nicely steamed and there were about 8 – 10 pieces for a couple bucks.
Seating in the store is limited with small wooden stools you get from the side area. They can be a bit dirty so be careful. The workers are polite and quick to get the food out.
Most places in flushings are quick, delicious, and cheap eats so definitely come try this place out in the golden mall.

Disclaimer: Do not expect 5 star service. Do not expect cleanliness. Do not expect fancy décor. Be prepared to stalk for a table if you want to dine in.
At the suggestion of my friend, three of us popped into Golden Shopping Mall to check out this hole-​in-​the-​wall. Yoz is the epitome of no frills dining. There are two four-​top tables and two two-​top tables. Don’t come here with a big group. Don’t come here if you’re uncomfortable with sharing a table with other people. English is mostly limited with the staff, so either bring a friend who knows Chinese, speak Chinese yourself or point at the menu.
For $ 24, three of us split 2 racks of their soup dumplings, 2 orders of fried dumplings and 1 duck noodle and we were STUFFED. They know what their strengths are. I preferred the fried dumplings over the soup dumplings, but the XLBs (xiao long bao) are amazing. The meat portion to soup to skin thickness is perfect.
They don’t have a restroom or real napkins (only facial tissues). For sauces & spices, they have Sriracha, vinegar, soy sauce, chili oil, white pepper and salt.
I would definitely go again, but probably take out and eat elsewhere since the space is so cramped.

The place is not a looker.
Loved the duck clear noodles even though it was mainly just noodle and soup, with very little toppings. They make it like the ones I get from my hometown, Shanghai, and doesn’t taste like it is full of msg like the ones I tried from New World Mall food court.
Fellow Unilocaler recommended the soup dumpling but I thought it had too much pepper. The small dumplings soup were delicious.

I want to give this place 4.5 stars. Minus .5 star just because of the amount of MSG is in their food. But the full 4.5 stars for the food and the price.
I found this place thanks to all the diligent and wonderful Unilocaler reviews. I was looking for good xiaolongbaos. See, I have a love/​hate relationship with NanXiang because of their awful, awful «I really don’t care if you never come back again» service and the XLBs at Joe’s Shanghai has downgraded immensely since its heyday at least 10 years ago. The many small delusional shops that seem to think any kind of small little bun steamed can be called a XLB are sadly mistaken. There is an art to the XLB, whether its the skin or the meat or the soup that inevitably burns the first layer of your tongue away.
Yoz does it right. They even have an A rating, which kind of boggles my mind due to its unsanitary looking surroundings. If you glance the other way, the shop across the hall side sells steamed buns… and they’re chilling on uncovered stainless steel commercial kitchen racks, out in the open. I shudder to think about what types of rodents and insects have crawled all over those buns. Which is also probably why a previous reviewer gave it such a low rating. But hey, this is Flushing… this is Golden Shopping Mall. What did you expect, Mr. Chow’s five star, celebrity studded dining establishment?
But I digress.
Yoz is a super small stall with 4 equally small tables that can seat a cozy 12 and you have to share tables. They only have chopsticks and spoons so if you only use forks (like my son) you are SOL. So mental note, bring your own forks. You order at the counter with the girl, who always looks bored or angry or both. She repeats your order to the kitchen and then proceeds to ask you to pay upfront.
There are pictures and menus in both Chinese and English adorning the walls, so if you want, you can totally point and order.
I have been here twice, and both times we ordered the crab XLB and the duck vermicelli. I have also ordered a side of chilli oil wontons, which I wasn’t a huge fan of because the wontons had too much veggie and too little meat, but that’s my own personal taste preference.
We have also ordered the duck vermicelli and potstickers to go, which both keep quite well on our 40 minute journey back to Long Island.
The duck vermicelli soup is made with duck bones, and cooked until it is a milky white. Unfortunately, they add MSG to this soup to give it flavor, so although I love the flavors, I will not eat it too often. There is duck blood and duck meat and oily tofu pieces, as well as bok choy. The green bean vermicelli they use is round and thick and doesn’t get all soggy and gross when it sits in the soup for too long. Even my 4 year old loves the vermicelli.
The XLBs come in 8s and if I remember correctly cost around $ 6. They have soup and they are HOT. I still have a burnt tongue :(However, their meat and crab ratio is perfect, the skin is perfect and the soup does not leave a super oily film in your mouth, which I feel Joe Shanghai’s XLBs tend to do. I have not tried the regular XLBs, as I love crab ones, but maybe I will in a future trip.
They have a rather limited menu, which tells me that they stick to what they do well. Both times that I’ve eaten here the patrons come in a constant stream, all ordering potstickers, XLBs and duck vermicelli.
I can’t wait to come back and try their dumplings. They have quite a variety.

I discovered YOZ Shanghai after it was featured in an ROTD and hurried there to check it out! The «restaurant» is a bit hard to find, but just find the address and walk inside. You’ll find the stall on the right hand side with about 10 seats!
It seems like most people rave about their Soup Dumplings, but for some reason… I didn’t end up ordering them. I don’t know why.
The Duck Noodle Soup ($ 6) came with clear noodles in a light broth with several pieces of duck, fried tofu puffs, chicken liver, and pig’s blood. It was filling, but the flavors were very mild… almost flavorless. I’m not sure I would order this again; I did love that it came with sweet potato starch noodles instead of rice noodles though!
The Pork & Cabbage Dumplings (12 for $ 3.50) were huge! This was a giant portion for the price. However, the filling was a bit sour? It could have been from the cabbage, but again I’m not sure I would order this again.
I still want to try their soup dumplings, but after this experience, I’m no longer in a rush to hurry back.

The xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) here taste just as good as nanxiang’s, and it’s so cheap (8 for $ 4). Joe Shanghai still has the best crab meat soup dumplings tho. The ones here I can barely taste crab meat flavor so stick with regular pork. The pork, shrimp, chives and cabbage dumpling is pretty good too (taste better n cheaper than the one in the basement). This place is small, only 4 tables and sometimes u have to share tables. Some ppl were complaining about service but they don’t understand how these places work. They are not like a regular restaurant, more like street food. It’s basically self service, so u get ur own plates, napkins, and throw out ur own garbage after u finish. The only thing they do is bring u food, that’s y there’s no tips.

Really, really good xiao long bao for a ridiculously cheap price!
Came here last night when exploring Golden Shopping Mall and came away stuffed. This place is located on the above ground level of the mall away from most of the other places. The pictures I saw on Unilocal helped me find the location with their characteristic three lanterns behind their checkout counter. You order at the counter (cash only) and the food is brought out to you at your table. I got the xiao long bao (8 for $ 4) and the fried dumplings (12 for $ 4). The fried dumplings were OK — I really liked the crispy bottoms, but all of them were kind of stuck together. My favorite was the xiao long bao (soup dumplings). They were very juicy, flavorful, and an incredible bargain! Also saw other people getting the duck noodle soup which looked delicious, but unfortunately my stomach wasn’t big enough to give it a try… guess there’s next time!
If you happen to be around Golden Shopping Mall, definitely give this place a try!

The XLB rival those of Nanxiang. These are cheaper and there is no line. The broth is a bit saltier but the skin is perfection. It’s just thick enough to hold the meat and broth. The meat seems to be looser and not as gingery as well. It’s one of my favs. There are two places where you can these; you can find them at the New World Food Court or you can find them at the «mall» behind the tian Jiang bun place.

1^st: do not enter from the side entrance on 41^st Road or you will end up in a third world country open market (in a basement).
After getting lost on the lower level and looking confused like a tourist we checked Unilocal and discovered that there is a street level to this chaoic scene.
I will have nightmare about this!
We found Yoz Shanghai but surprise, we only upgraded half a level better to 2 ½ world country open market. The place is a hole-​in-​the-​wa!
There are only two tables with 4 seats and two tables with 2 seats.
People have to share and there is a waiting line.
So here is what you do:
Order, site down if you have a seat, eat and clean up after yourself. BTW-​There are no napkins.
When we asked, they gave us some from a box of facial tissues.
The tables are not wiped so watch where is are putting your elbows.
What we ordered:
2 racks of pork soup dumpling $ 4 each– they are fresh and good. Rate ⁴⁄₅
Large plate of17 pork dumpling $ 4.50– Rate ⁴⁄₅
Fried dumpling $ 4– these are the open-​end style and heavy on the chives. Rate ³⁄₅
Over all–
Price: ⁵⁄₅ very cheap
Food: ⁴⁄₅
Service: ³⁄₅
Location: ²⁄₅
Cleanness: ²⁄₅
Décor: ¹⁄₅
Restroom: ⁰⁄₅ (go to the public library across the street)
Tip: Come for the food but nothing else.

Most certainly, DO NOT BRING A DATE HERE. I do not understand how all these Unilocalers are impressed by this ugliest food stall ever. Sorry, nothing personal.
We wanted to try some Xiao Long Bao’s yesterday since we saw Yoz Shanghai come up on Unilocal,we decided that’s where we’ll try. I felt like we ventured into a dangerous part of Flushing yesterday. First we wandered into the wrong part of the Golden Shopping Mall. We went downstairs, to me it looked like a gambling den of some sort. I felt like I was in the wrong place and it felt dangerous. Not cool. I checked the Unilocal listing again and someone left a tip saying it is on the ground floor. Thank God. I was afraid to be shot down there in a hidden gambling den.
We finally found Yoz a couple of doors over, on the ground floor, in a stall, inside to the right, I didn’t feel like it was that much better but at least it was near the entrance so if trouble comes, we have a quick exit. It comforted me a bit to see the daylight come in from outside, just a bit though. There are 12 seats between 4 tables inside this stall. You might have to share tables, no matter how small the table is. There is nothing quite like sitting on a stool to eat your dinner. It felt like a food stall in a Third World country. If you have handbags, etc there will not be hooks for you. You are going to have to carry your bag while eating your food. There is no such thing as comfort at Yoz.
If you need napkins, there is none. If you want to eat your Xiao Long Bao with a Chinese soup spoon, you better bring your own Chinese soup spoon. They will not give you a full sized foam plate unless you specifically ask for a plate. My bf had to ask two times before she gave up two plates to us. OMG. Let’s just say she didn’t want to give us the plates. We forced her hand at it. Sheesh. We spent more money than anyone at that place and she still didn’t want to give up two plates. What are we supposed to eat off of? Forget it, probably if I argued with her, someone is going to follow me home and shoot me. My life is worth more than a foam plate.
We ordered
–2 steam baskets of pork Xiao Long Baos (soup dumplings)-$ 8, it’s $ 4 each. They accidently got some flour on the Xiao Long Baos post cooking it.
–Large order of boiled pork dumpling $ 4.50 for 17 pieces. They were gummy because the skin is too thick.
–1 order of Pan Fried pork dumplings with leeks 12 for $ 4– open-​ended style. It was too heavy on the leeks for me.
Did the stall feel clean… not especially. Was there décor, I would not say there is any. Ambience felt Third World and dangerous. Service, bare minimum. There was no bathroom, you can forget washing your hands. Would I come back… I don’t know… I probably rather not. When I go to a Shanghainese restaurant. I need napkins, plates, tea cups, tea, proper utensils. I need not to beg for these items. I have to think about if this is all worth saving a little bit of money. I feel like I am putting my life at risk for more reasons than one when I eat here.

Ju L and I stopped by this little shop to celebrate me in dire need of company and human contact.
After our initial plan fell through, we took to Unilocal and found a trustworthy review by «Zaman»
We anticipated this to be an actual restaurant and was surprised to find that this was just a little hole in the wall with 4 small tables. We had to wait for a seat.
«This is how we do it in Guangzhou,» I told Ju. But it seemed like we were both well accustomed to staring awkwardly at diners encouraging them to get off their asses. I was making that Asian girl face where I stare with my eyes wide open and my lips relaxed forming a small hole, like some desperate chicklet waiting to be fed a can of worms. Or dumplings. The wait might take a while, because old Chinese ladies with fannypacks will always cough up more dollar bills for more food. Curses.
Anyways … the review. Um.
The dumplings were amazing and illegally cheap. It sometimes makes me ponder about the economics of how dirt cheap good food can be. In my brain, I’ve already resigned to the oil possibly being reused or concocted from sewage waste but just a quick glance into the kitchen and seeing the aunties hard at work *hand crafting* the dumplings put me to ease.
I recommend the leek and pork dumplings. The skin has the perfect texture: not too soft from overcooking. The fillings (homemade!) is the legit North China broooo. The winner for me was the fried pot stickers (which I got during my second visit, by my lonesome self) which had the thin fried crust that every inner child loves. Just bite into that thing and you’d hear a small crunch and friggin oil just squirting out. WOOOO.

I’m emerging from relative Unilocal hibernation to review this spot. Qian W and I came here to have a carb party after our original carb party destination was unexpectedly closed.
— Xiao long bao (小籠包) — These were fantastic! Not as salty as I’m used to, but the amount of soup inside each dumpling didn’t hit either ridiculous extreme, and the fall-​apart pork filling was more tender than nearly any XLB filling I’ve had. Best of all, the skin was insanely thin and delicate (but still pliable, such that someone with any level of control won’t have an issue with puncturing). A basket of 8 runs $ 4, which is nearly half the price of Nan Xiang’s (
) admittedly fantastic version. Some of the photos on Unilocal don’t look as wonderful as the XLB that were set on our table, but Nan Xiang is plagued with inconsistency as well, so I’m going to keep coming back here.
— Red oil wontons (紅油炒手) — Nice and clean-​tasting with chili oil, sesame paste, scallion, and baby bok choy on top. But the amount of chili oil is minimal (I want these to be drowning!), and they weren’t spicy at all. The chili oil on the table isn’t spicy either, so despite my doctoring, these were normal wontons in a slightly altered format. Still fat and tender though. A plate of 12 was only $ 4.
— Pork & leek boiled dumplings (韭菜饺子) — So plump and fresh, with leek that actually tasted like leek. These were as good as the dumplings that practically floated to me once at Tianjin Dumpling House (
, steps away). 12 for $ 3.50, uh-​huh.
— Black sesame tang yuan (艺麻湯圓) — Simultaneously super tender and super chewy. I usually prefer tang yuan more sweet, but these were just as fresh and delicious as everything else we got.
They’re a tiny, ugly stall on the neglected ground floor of Golden Mall (as opposed to the flagrant cultural tourism hotspot that is the basement level). It’s right by the xian bing spot (
) so you can get some grease in. There are only around 12 seats across 4 tables, so you’ll have to hover, shaking with anger and low blood sugar, while locals finish their wonton soups and proceed to order more food before slowly tilting out of their seats.
My blood glucose was happily elevated afterward, though. Yoz Shanghai indeed provided a cheap and surprisingly well-​executed carb party.

I’m a little nervous to share this on Unilocal but out of the goodness of my heart, I’m going to go for it:
Forget Joe’s Shanghai, Shanghai Café, and definitely the Bao. These are the BEST XLB in the tri-​state area. The skins are soft and thin, and the pork filling and the broth are the best flavored ones I have encountered. These are these the ones that come closest to the XLB of Din Tai Fung and the even better JiaJiaTangBao in Shanghai.
The rest of their menu items are pretty good, like the wonton soup and the panfried dumplings, but the XLB are the way to go

It’s hard to find this place (hole in the wall). It’s on the ground level in the Golden Mall. Just walk straight and it’s to your right. Please use restrooms before you come in this mall or just hold it in! Not clean at all… it’s like using the toilet in prison. No tissue either. Anyhow, back to the dumplings. I got the pork and leek one. The skin of the dumpling was perfect. Flavors were all there. Love that leek in that dumpling. They also have a garlic sauce and chili oil on the side that wasn’t too shabby. I also got their soup dumplings. Skin of it is exceptional and holds the insides well. Soup is kinda sweet like people mentioned but it worked. Burnt my tongue trying to gobble these up. I’m going to go with here versus Joe’s Shanghai in Manhattan. It’s $ 4 for 8 pieces too. WHAT A DEAL!

This eatery (sorry I don’t think this place qualifies as a restaurant) should thank Unilocal for my business. I read many rave reviews and decided to give it a try. I saw the location on the map, thinking it’s a no brainer to locate it. Wrong! I didn’t even bother to remember the name of restaurant — but come on, even if I did, how many locals would know this place by its English name, Yoz Shanghai?! I went up and down 3 blocks along Main St. around 41^st St. desperately trying to locate it.
By luck, I saw a little indoor shopping alley (Golden Shopping Mall) and went it. Voila! Man, this place is much smaller than I thought, based on the photos on Unilocal.It’s reminiscent of the night markets in Asia — 4 tables in a unenclosed eating area!
So expect to 1) wait a while if you want to sit down; 2) share a very small table with strangers; 3) have people who are waiting for table or ordering takeouts gawk at you while you eat ! Also, the eatery is located very close to the «mall» entrance. With the temperature below freezing, I actually had to leave my ear muffs on while I ate!
We tried their signature clear noodle in duck broth, pot-​stickers, and xiao long bao. The noodle soup was OK — the duck internals threw me off a bit. I’d recommend trying the duck meat version instead! I feel they could put a bit more noodles in this $ 6 dish. Pot-​stickers are safe to order and are very good. The «killer» dish is actually their xiao long bao! The skin is thin and the pork doesn’t have the usual unpleasant stench (especially when I, sorry, burp.) And it’s only $ 4 and it comes with 8 pieces!
So, the ambiance is awful. The service, non-​existent — so tips required. Experience is good if you want to better relate to «emerging markets». But based on the food alone, I am giving it a 4.

When I don’t feel like cooking and wants one comfort Chinese food, this is my go to take out spot. Located in the ground floor of golden shopping mall (I remember when I used to take ballet and piano lessons in this mall!) about 3 stalls in on the rights is this little nook of dumplings and soup wonder.
My usual order is the $ 6 combo, duck soup with vermicelli noodles, fried tofu, baby bok choy and cilantro with 8 pan fried pork and Chive dumplings. It’s the perfect meal for me. I also love the pork and cabbage dumplings, spicy wontons and soup dumplings. This place is a totally hidden gem! Note: be prepared to wait as your food is made to order.

When in doubt, order the first thing on the menu. This place is the first food stall on the right. This place is the quentiseential 3.5 star place, I really liked one dish and the other was just ok, I rounded down because I oddly felt like I didn’t eat anything after I left. The place is tiny, it only has four tables, it’s a quick, cheap, in and out kind of place.
The food:
Steamed Buns– they are soup dumplings, I thought these were actually really good, the flavors were great but the amount of soup was kinda lacking. The broth was nice but had a slight sweetness that I am not used to with soup dumplings.
Duck noodle soup– OK so it’s on the front of the menu so it must be good, right? I thought the broth was great but the noodles really had zero taste, the duck meat is not what I think of when I think duck meat, the liver was well, liver and kinda too strong for me.

Yoz Shanghai is a really tiny dingy little food shack inside of a dingy mini mall. This mini mall is a real piece of crap in Flushing but luckily Yoz Shanghai serves up some surprising quality of food. Seating is very limited in this crap hole. It’s literally in between a filthy shoe store and a pharmacy. Yeah, not a real eye catcher when you see it.
I ordered 3 orders of their xiao long baos (soup dumplings). It’s very inexpensive. My mom ordered a duck’s blood soup which was pretty darn good. The bao’s came out nice and hot. It’s pretty similar to Nan Xiang’s baos. The main difference between the two, the bao’s at Yoz doesn’t come with a leaf of cabbage. I never eat the cabbage anyway so this actually works for me.
Pros: Fast, efficient, and cheap!
Cons: Small space, cramped, and no full size soup spoons for the baos. They only have plastic take out spoons. Good luck eating xiao long baos with that. The soup inside was bursting and leaking all over the place.
Verdict — Don’t let the looks of this joint fool you. In my opinion, this has been a great find and a terrific gem for cheap Shanghainese food on Main Street. I highly recommend NOT coming in here with large groups. The most I’ll say is a small group of 4 and that’s it.

Yoz Shanghai was impressive! This is truly a hidden gem in Flushing. I can’t believe how many times I walked by this place and never spot it!
The soup dumplings are very inexpensive compared to other more popular places. Not only did they not skimp on the ingredients, it was also very tasty! The soup was hot and so flavorful. The minced meat was so tender and had a bouncy texture to it. The skin was super thin and sweet tasting but I was so amazed how well it holds the entire soup dumpling together! The regular dumpling dishes are topped with various sauces like chili oil, sesame oil, and etc. They’re good! I enjoyed it so much that I bought a bag of dumplings home to MAYBE share!
Guihua Duck with Noodle Soup was incredibly good too! Yes, it is more on the salty side and surely a salty-​lover like me would really appreciate it! It comes with fried tofu, clear noodles, vegetables, duck meat, and then topped with cilantro. The vegetarian version was also pretty tasty and not as salty since they do not have duck meat in there.
There are meal combinations of noodles and dumplings! This is the best way to try everything! Love!

Yoz Shanghai is a hidden gem in Flushing and has the cheapest xiao long bao I’ve seen in New York. For the cheap price you have to trade in comfort as Yoz is located in the ever dingy Golden Mall. However it is not too deep into this concrete maze as you can find the small shop right near the first floor entrance on the right hand side.
Soup Dumplings aka Steam Pork Buns ($ 4.00÷8 Pieces) — The best deal for xiao long bao for miles. I was surprised how delicious these were for the price. There was plenty of soup and meat. However, the skin is thinner than most soup dumplings so they pop really easily, probably the only imperfection. Be sure to scoop with a spoon to save the soup. (⁹⁄₁₀)
Guihua Duck with Noodle Soup 桂花鴨粉絲湯 ($ 5.75) — It is filled with rice noodles, fried tofu, baby bok choi, cilantro, and Chinese salted/​cured duck. If you are Cantonese, the duck is really similar to 臘鴨, the salty dried duck that is seen hanging in supermarkets. I thought the soup would have a herbal flavor but it was quite salty. (⁷⁄₁₀)
The menu is simple here and comes down to just noodles and dumplings. But sometimes less is more and you know there is some care put into making the food. The kitchen is visible to the public so you can see the food freshly made and for food of this quality being so affordable, there will be many more future visits.