New Shanghai Has Created Free Pork Bun Week

Whatever lunch plans you have for the second week of June, cancel them immediately. To celebrate their first birthday, the legends at New Shanghai are giving out free pan-fried pork buns. And no, that’s not a typo. Free. Gratis. Without cost. As in you don’t have to pay for them.

The complimentary parcels of golden brown, piping hot deliciousness will be available between 11am and 12pm on Monday, June 8 through to Thursday, June 11, with regular diners on Thursday also receiving an additional pork bun with every meal, no matter the time of day. No word on if there’s a limit per customer or what happens if they run out, so we’ll be queuing up early with an array of elaborate fake moustaches, just in case.

Located on Level 3 of the Emporium Building on Lonsdale Street in the CBD, New Shanghai has done a roaring trade and garnered rave reviews since opening up this time last year — their traditional dumplings have been named some of the best in Melbourne. We even got some lessons in xiao long bao dumping-making from their veteran dim sum chef Yihua Wu back in February — and if this doesn’t make you salivate, then we don’t know what will.

New Shanghai’s Melbourne restaurant compliments a number of locations in Sydney, as well as outposts in Brisbane and actual Shanghai.

For more information about their pork bun giveaway, visit New Shanghai on Facebook and at their website.