I am a 10 year of Chinese and have spent about 2 years of my life living in mainland China. I'm not Chinese though, so I always felt that my pallet wasn't as advanced. But after sometime spent there, I feel that I am now capable of discerning good/authentic Chinese food from the crappy stuff.

Joe's Shanghai Restaurant tastes like you're in Shanghai in a hole in the wall eating xiaolongbao (morning dumplings). They were so good! So worth taking a trip down this street in Chinatown.