Soup Dumplings
The L.A. Weekly blog just published an awesome flow chart on where and when to eat Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings) in L.A. The flow chart includes decision points for wrapper thickness, dinner vs lunch, whether you what dumplings with four corners (??), whether you need to return something at J. Crew, the day of the week and the time of day.
The search for the world's best dumplings 