Below are some of the good food to eat in Shanghai, if you happen have a chance to visit Shanghai one day :)
Shanghai food:
1. Lai Lai Xiao Long - 莱莱小笼 (Michelin)
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| Lailai Xiao Long - Must eat the crab and meat xiao long bao :) |
Address: Huangpu, Tianjin Road No.504
Recommended food: crab and meat xiao long bao (soup dumpling) 8 pcs/basket - CNY46, ginger with vinegar (to enhance the depth of the xiao long bao flavor - CNY1 per small plate), fried pork cutlet - CNY25, crab and shrimp Wonton soup 8 pcs/bowl - CNY55.
Open 8am-9.30pm. I was second in queue around 7.40am. Before, there was nobody. But once the queue was formed, it was getting longer, longer, and longer. You need to come early (slightly around or before 7.30am) to avoid longer waiting time.
2. Xiao Shao Xing - 小绍兴
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| Xiao Shao Xing - Sliced boiled chicken or baizhanji :) |
Address: Huangpu, Yunnan South Rd No. 69
Recommended food: sliced boiled cold chicken or baizhanji - CNY55 per500g or CNY77 for half chicken, scallion oil noodle - CNY8/bowl, and chicken congee - CNY3.
The chicken dish may look simple but it is prepared with superior quality compared to ordinary poultry. It is served with dipping sauce.
It is a traditional brand food street shop (government owned) and has been there for a long time. If you prefer something to eat that is simpler and healthier, this is the place to go. My local Shanghai friend brought me here. It was perfect to have it with Qingdao beer :D
3. Da Hu Chun - 大壶春
Address: Huangpu, 11 Sichuan Rd (South) and many other branches.
Recommended food: pan fried pork buns - CNY11 for 4 pcs or small pans one - CNY39 for 10 pcs.
4. Xiao Yang's Sheng Jian or pan fried bun - 小杨生煎
Address: Hongyi Plaza 299 Nanjing Rd E or 178 Ningbo Rd and many other branches.
Recommended food: Xiao Yang pan fried pork buns - CNY13 for 4 pcs. If you want to try more choices, you can choose the 3 flavor in 1 plate (pork meat, prawn mala, and vegetables) - CNY24.50 for 6pcs.
Personally, I like both the pork bun and prawn mala fillings. It is very juicy and tasty. Bite a little hole on the soft part of the skin, and slurp the juice before biting the big flesh, otherwise you will burst the whole juice out and become a waste :D I did not have a chance to visit Da Hu Chun and managed to try the 3 flavor pan fried bun here at Xiao Yang. It was good. You can add some sauce and chili oil provided by the restaurant.
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| Xiao Yang's and Xiesanbao combo - Must eat both :) |
5. Xie San Bao - 蟹叁宝上海
Address: Huangpu, Tianjin Road No.513 and many other branches
Recommended food: crab roe noodle, crab roe rice, crab roe porridge. I paid CNY103 for takeaway the crab roe noodle (inclusive of the warmer bag, plastic container and cutlery). It was better to eat it at the restaurant. They give two small side dishes (black fungus - really nice! and very salty beans - not to my liking) plus vinegar to be eaten with the noodle.
I bought takeaway because my hotel is very near from this restaurant (only 3 minutes walk) so the noodle was still warm and the crab roe was still hot when I had it. It was not cheap but I really love the taste. The noodle was thin type, portion was just nice for me as I also takeaway 6 pieces of the Xiao Yang pan fried bun back to hotel. If I just had to eat it alone, perhaps I would order rice to make my stomach fuller.
There are plenty of restaurants in Shanghai that sell the crab roe noodle. I chose this because it was the nearest from my hotel and it ended up good enough. Plus the staff who took my order was very good and friendly. She asked me not to go anywhere after ordering because it would be ready very fast (since I ordered noodle and had to be eaten fast to prevent soggy). The order really came in about 5 minutes time.
6. Shucaiji Sheng Jian - 舒菜记 生煎菜饭
Address: Huangpu, 49 Yunnan Rd (Middle) and many other branches
Recommended food: pan fried pork buns - CNY10 for 4 pcs and vegetarian fried rice - CNY15 per plate.
7. Xian De Lai Chop Nian Gao - 鲜得来
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| Xian De Lai Pork Chop and Nian Gao or rice cake :) |
Address: Huangpu, Yunnan South Rd No. 36
Recommended food: fried pork cutlet with 4 pieces of nian gao (rice cake) and soup (with 2 pieces of kind of yong dou fu items) - CNY23 per set.
This is also government operated and owned restaurant. That is why it sells the food with a very affordable prices. According to my local Shanghai friend, this local food was not that popular until one of the Chinese TV drama was taken at this restaurant. Since then, the sales was boosting up and everyone wanted to try the food.
FYI, pour the Xian De Lai soy sauce into your pork cutlet before eating to add the flavor. Not many people know this. Only local Shanghai people know about it :D
8. Wei Xiang Zhai Noodle Restaurant - 味香斋面点 (Michelin)
Address: Huangbu, Hubei Rd No. 151
Recommended food: sesame sauce noodle with scallion - CNY14 per portion and beef broth - CNY10 per bowl.
Too bad my days were too short in Shanghai. The food here looks so delicious. Maybe one day when I visit Shanghai again, I will drop by and dine here.
9. Jia Jia Tang Bao - 佳家汤包
Address: Huangpu, Huanghe Rd No. 127
Recommended food: pork meat xiao long bao (soup dumpling) 12 pcs/basket - CNY23, scallion oil noddle - CNY12, dry crab roe noodle with soup set - CNY89,
10. Huxi Lao Nong Tang Pork Liver Noodle - 沪西老弄堂面馆
Address: Guang dong Rd, No. 500
Recommended food: clam and pig liver noodle - CNY38, large intestine noodle - CNY34, fried pork cutlet - CNY18.
If I have a chance to visit Shanghai again, I will definitely visit this shop!!! A must visit spot for pork liver noodle lover :)
Shanghai snacks/sweets:
1.Shen Dacheng - 沈大成
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| Shen Dacheng - tasty and sweet green red bean rice ball qingtuan :) |
Address: 636 Nanjing Rd (East) - the only Branch that make the fresh one.
Recommended food: shuang niang tuan (双酿团) - CNY5, jin tuan (金团) - CNY5, tiaotou gao (条头糕) - CNY4 and red bean qingtuan (青团) - CNY5 or egg yolk with pork floss qingtuan- CNY8. All is made of glutinous rice.
2. Shanghai Hongkou Gaotuan Foodstuff Factory - 虹口糕团
Address: Jingan Nanjing West Rd No. 969 (Tongli Commercial Building F B1)
Recommended food: glutinous rice cakes wrapped with sesame and youtiao 全家福 - CNY10
3. Park Hotel Deli - 国际饭店西饼屋
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| Park Hotel Deli - famous butterfly (sweet and savory) cookies. Perfect for gifts back home :) |
Address: Huangpu, Huanghe Rd No. 28
Recommended food: the original sweet - CNY32 and cheese savory butterfly cookies - CNY35
Got to know about this from my local Shanghai friend. He was the one who recommended me to buy this when I mentioned about the butterfly pastry. The queue was crazy. It took him 70 minutes starting from the + Junction traffic light until the ordering place. He was kindly queueing on my behalf as I had to go back to hotel to pack and check out :D Both flavor are delicious. Each has its unique strength. Worth queueing for!!! :) Fyi, you can smell the fragrant butter while queueing from a far :D
4. Panyongxing Cake - 潘甬兴糕点
Address: Jingan Wujiang Rd No. 269
Recommended food: Tiaotou cake, peppermint cake, mugwort rice cake, citrus cake or juhonggao, Handmade糍毛球 (sticky rice balls), 酒酿糕 osmanthus (fermented rice cake);小米糕 (millet cake) and黑米糕 (black rice cake).
Western Bakery in Shanghai:
It has been a trend these days with the upcoming western bakeries in Shanghai. People post at TikTok bringing awareness of these bakeries that not only having wide variety of breads and cakes, but also have Instragammable outlook. Brands like Butterful and Cremorous, Amamlon Bakery Town, Fascino or Fengshengli, the Bakehouse Grand Liz, Pompi Tiramisu, etc. like what you can see at the photo below. All these can be found near West Nanjing Rd metro.
You can also found good cafes and beverage shops like Birdie Cup Coffee or Xiaoniaobei, Manner Coffee, Chagee Bawang Chaji, Goolden, Tims Tianhao Coffee, and so on.
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| Birdie cup coffee - Nice one :) |
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| Manner Coffee |
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