Soong Soong Restaurant (Xiaoer Youyijia) in San Jose

I'm only putting that photo up there because I was amused by the little silver pastry cups that these xiaolongbao arrived in. This was from an old-school Chinese place called Xiaoer Youyijia (3680 Stevens Creek Boulevard, 408-243-8868); the little cups were effective in managing the broth inside, but it wasn't anything that I particularly liked given that it was fatty and sweet. I was happier with their doufunao, which was a bit like hot and sour soup with silky douhua tofu inside. They also sold soybean milk alongside the dumplings here.