I learned about the existence of soup dumplings a few years ago and my life has been forever changed. When I lived in Boston I would meet Steven for lunch by his office sometimes a) because I like him and b) he worked in Chinatown, so I knew we would get soup dumplings for lunch.
If you are new to the soup dumpling game, allow me to drop a little knowledge on you.
According to Wikipedia, soup dumplings are actually called Xiaolongbao. But Americans definitely can't handle the pronunciation so we stick with calling them "soup dumplings".
They are, in layman's terms, steamed dumplings filled with hot soup. "How does one eat a dumpling filled with hot soup?" one may ask. To which I respond: "very carefully, young grasshopper."