Here’s the UWS Dish: Nan Xiang Express’s Crab Meat & Pork Soup Dumplings

By Abigael T. Sidi

It’s getting chilly, and this is the time of year when my cravings for steamy ramen, pho, and soup dumplings flair up. Luckily, the Upper West Side is replete with options, with Nan Xiang Express being one of the latest additions to what Eater refers to as the neighborhood’s booming “ Chinese Corridor ” (between West 98th and West 113th streets).

Nan Xiang Express, located on Broadway between West 107th and 108th streets, is one of five “fast-food” offshoots of the celebrated Nan Xiang Xiao Long Bao restaurant in Flushing, Queens. Nan Xiang, a Shanghai suburb, is where xiao long bao (literally, “little steamer dumplings”) are believed to have originated, and NXXLB has always prided itself on serving the “city’s best soup dumplings,” as described by the Michelin g