8 Must-Do Things in Shanghai | Beyond Skills, Understanding a City ②

As the curtain rises on the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, skilled competitors and guests arrive from all over the world. Beyond the action in the arena, overseas WorldSkills guests can explore a city experience checklist created exclusively for them.

In the arena, young people from around the world put their skills to the test. Beyond it, eight check-in experiences invite you to discover a Shanghai where tradition and modernity coexist, and take home memories of craftsmanship, warmth, and technology.

2 | Taste a Basket of Authentic Nanxiang Xiaolongbao

For visitors to Shanghai, Yu Garden is a must-see. Built during the Ming Dynasty, this ancient garden has witnessed countless moments of exchange between China and the wider world.

It is also home to many Chinese delicacies, making for a memorable journey through culinary intangible cultural heritage.

Xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) can be seen everywhere on the streets of Shanghai, but knowledgeable diners mostly choose the Nanxiang Mantou Store by the Zigzag Bridge in Yu Garden.

The traditional craft behind Nanxiang xiaolongbao has been passed down through seven generations over more than a century. In the open kitchen, pastry chefs work with wrappers about 1.5 millimeters thick and weighing around 9 grams. They add precisely 21 grams of filling, then pinch 16 even pleats in swift, practiced motions.

There are also more and more choices for fillings. Traditional fresh pork, signature crab roe and fresh pork, spicy crab meat, wild vegetables and fresh mushrooms... You can choose from more than ten flavors.

Through generations of dedication and innovation, the century-old shop has also won acclaim from the Michelin Guide: Yu Garden's Nanxiang Mantou Store has repeatedly received a Bib Gourmand distinction in Shanghai.

Making xiaolongbao tests a pastry chef's precision at every step, from kneading and rolling the dough to preparing the filling and pleating the wrapper. The wrapper must be thin and translucent yet strong enough to hold the broth; the pleats must be fine and even, and the top tightly sealed. This skill with the hands echoes the precision and consistency that WorldSkills competitors pursue in the arena.

Local diners have passed down a saying for how to eat them: “Lift gently, move slowly, make a small opening, then sip the soup.” Pick up a dumpling by the top with your chopsticks, dip it in vinegar with shredded ginger, bite a small opening in the wrapper, and slowly sip the hot broth before eating the filling and wrapper together.

This is more than a food stop: it is a conversation about skill that needs no translation.

Check-in Location:Nanxiang Mantou Store

Address:87 Yuyuan Road

当第48届世界技能大赛的大幕在上海拉开，来自全球的技能选手与八方来宾，在赛场切磋技艺之余，也将解锁一份专属世赛海外宾客的城市体验清单。

赛场之上，是全球青年技能对决；赛场之外，完成八件打卡任务，亲手触摸上海传统与现代共生的城市肌理，带走一段有手艺、有温度、有科技感的上海记忆。

打卡任务 2｜品尝一笼地道南翔小笼

外国朋友们来上海，豫园绝对不可错过。这座始建于明代的古园，见证了无数中外交流的瞬间。

这里藏着众多中华美食，是一场令人回味悠长的舌尖上的非遗之旅。

上海街头小笼随处可见，但懂行的食客，大多认准豫园九曲桥畔的南翔馒头店。

南翔小笼的传统技艺在一百多年间历经了7代非遗传承。在透明操作间里，一张张厚约1.5毫米、重约9克的面皮在面点师的掌心舒展，21克馅料精准落位，16道褶纹长短均匀顺次绽放，动作利落干净。

馅料选择也越来越多，传统鲜肉、招牌蟹黄鲜肉、香辣蟹肉、野菜鲜菌……十余种口味，任君选择。

一代又一代的传承、坚守和创新，百年老店在“美食奥斯卡”上也大放异彩——豫园南翔馒头店屡获上海米其林必比登推介。

小笼的制作，考验的是面点师手上的精细技能，和面、擀皮、制馅、包捏，每一步都有严苛标准。一张小笼皮，薄而不破，透光却不漏汤汁；褶子匀称细密，一只合格小笼，褶数有着讲究，收口紧实，锁住鲜美的肉皮冻汤汁。这正是中式面点里 “手上功夫”，和世赛选手在赛场追求精度、稳定度的匠心内核不谋而合。

本地食客代代相传的口诀 “轻轻提、慢慢移、先开窗、后喝汤”，是品尝小笼的标准仪式。用筷子夹住小笼顶部，轻轻提起，薄皮微微晃动，汤汁在皮内轻轻涌动；移至醋碟，蘸上姜丝香醋，先在小笼皮上咬开小口，缓缓吸进鲜润汤汁，再连同肉馅、薄皮一同入口。

这份味觉体验，不只是美食打卡，更是一次技艺的跨语言对话。

- 打卡点：南翔馒头店

- 地址：豫园路87号