Been wanting to try Chang Ji's Shanghai dishes for a long time and finally made it yesterday. We had xiao long bao, guo tie, and zha jiang mian, and they were all nice.
Avoid the peak lunch hour as Chang Ji has one of the longest queues in Alexandra Village Food Centre.
The menu is on the signboard, so ordering is as easy as point and shoot. Owner Zhang You Zhu and wife hailed from Nanjing. After 10 years in Singapore restaurants, Zhang opened his own hawker stall in 2011 and quickly won a loyal following at Alexandra Village.
Xiao long bao at $6 for a basket of 6 mini steam dumplings - it's a steal in today's market.
Chang Ji knead their dough from scratch with flour, make their own dumplings, steam them a la minute, everything done right there, fresh at the tiny stall.
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