Restaurants
Shanghai: An introduction of Gourmet Food
A Taste of Crab Restaurants Recommended
Wang Baohe restaurant is a golden brand for its crab and crab meat tofu in Shanghai citizens. It is characterized in its old Shanghai style and the chairs and tables are placed densely. As every decoration is to be seen with ages, people can't help recalling the old times. The average expenditure is RMB150. Address: No.603, Fuzhou Road (close to Zhejiang Middle Road).
Crab meat steamed bun, crab meat tofu and asparagus fish meat are all local flavor. Every dish is cooked carefully so as to make people reserved while tasting. The average expenditure is RMB100. For private car drivers, they can park along the road or the underground parking lot of Xintiandi. Address: 2F, No.338, Zizhong Road (close to Huangpo Road (N)).
Local Shanghai dishes is also called Hai-style dishes or Shanghai dishes which are famous in fresh cooking, especially for fishes and shrimps. Only fresh and live ones will be cooked. They are characterized in oil, dark sauce, color and original flavor. Local Shanghai dishes are not expensive but can make your mouth have a great treat. If you have a deep interest in gourmet food, you can walk around ever corner in the downtown. That won't make you disappointed.
Local restaurants recommended
Shanghai Old Restaurant was built in the first year of Empire of Guangxu (1875) which is the place of origin of local Shanghai dishes. The well-known Chinese time-honored brand is located in the travel and business center of Yu Garden, of which its authentic Shanghai dishes are famous at home and abroad. There are more than 100 kinds of dishes operated by current boss. It can be a good choice for you to have a taste of the special dishes in the restaurant which are as delicious as that at the ancient time. Address is No.242, Fuyou Road, Yu Garden (close to Jiaochang Road).
Old Zhengxing Restaurant is a local time-honored restaurant in the Fuzhou Road which was operated in 1908. The traditional and classical shopfront is very outstanding and the dishes it sell are very genuin in taste. The famous dishes are shrimp with sea cucumber, Caoyuan Quanzi (pig's intestine). Address is No.556, Fuzhou Road (close to Zhejiang Middle Road).
Meilong County Restaurant is a time-honored Shanghai dishes shop strongly recommended. It is a very characterized shop for its old-timely decoration. The dishes there don't focus on the appearance but cooking materials which present the original flavor. For instance, although "fried shrimp and crab" is plain, materials are very expensive which use fresh crabs to make the crab oil and cook with shrimp bolls so that it is genuine and classical. The head office is No22, Lane 1081, Nanjing Road(W) (close to Jiangning Road).
Among the delicious Shanghai dishes, noodle is a gourmet food that have to introduce. Although its history is not as long as the noodle culture in the north and its types are not as many as that of the north, Shanghai, with tens of years development, have developed its own noodle culture. Shanghai noodle is pure in soup and fresh in flavor. It is stressed on the whole process together with the choice of materials and environment. In some unremarkable lanes or streets, there exist a few of noodle shop or booth of legend.
Shanghai Noodle Restaurant Recommended
Wu-Yue Renjia (Huaihai Road) is the first restaurant which is located in a lane of Huaihai Road. Storytelling and ballad in Su style, square table made by rosewood and hexagon chair are all unfamiliar but kind. Thin elastic noodles and soup deserve the brand of "Mianmian Judao". Dishes recommended: fragrant pork ribs, Luohanjingsu, Eight-Preciousness Hot Sauce and eel slices. Address: No.10, 706 Lane, Huaihai Middle Road, Luwan District.
Zhenru Mutton Restaurant is as same as in 1980s with old fashion benches, oily tables and shabby walls which seems that era is marking time here. Noodles and mutton are served separately. Big muttons braised in soy sauce are needled with thick line together in the soup. The mutton is sweet and its skin is soft due to the contribution of strings. The noodles are handmade in a flat shape with the clear soup and taste delicious and elastic. The price of mutton noodle cooled with soy sauce is RMB 12. Address: No.155, Beishi Road, Putuo District (close to Lanxi Road).
Baotai Noodle House is one of the best 24-service noodle houses in Shanghai. The soup in this shop is cooked with thick oil and dark soy sauce. The side dishes are fried instantly which are tasty and sufficient in quantity. It is very busy at the lunch time. The average expenditure is RMB 15. The side dishes recommended: pork intestine, green vegetable and shredded meat, pork liver and streamed bean curd roll. Address: No.1, Lane 1072, Quxi Road.
