• Shanghai food

  • Shanghai cuisine is a popular style of Chinese cuisine apart from the Eight Great Traditons-- Chuan, Lu, Yang, Yue, Hui, Min, Xiang and Zhe, which are famous provincial cuisines. Shanghai cuisine, Hu Cai, refines those neighboring provinces (mainly from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces along the costs)

    Shanghai cuisine, also called Benbang cuisine, developed from homely dishes of local family long time ago. Shanghai cuisine has blended other cuisine styles, local or foreign, and reveals its own character. The main ingredients basically include fish, eel, crab, and chicken, together with sugar and soy sauce. Red cooking and sauté are popular style of cooking. Benbang cuisine tends to be heavy flavored and bright colored although the flavors have been lightened to cope with all sorts of tastes as it develops.

    Another indiscerptible part of Shanghai cuisine is Dim Sum, such as Sheng Jian, Xiao Long Bao, sometimes known as Shanghai dumplings.

    The typical main courses include Chinese mitten crab, Crispy chicken, Congshao crucian carp etc

  • Recommended restaurants:

Shanghai Classic Hotel:

The long history of this old restaurant can date back to 1875 and it was known as Rongshun Restaurant. The restaurant serves traditional Shanghai dishes.

Address: No.242, Fuyou Road, Huangpu District

Opening hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 22:00

Average cost per person: CNY 100 - 150

De Xing Guan:

One of the oldest restaurants and cradle lands of Benbang cuisine. You should never miss the Dim Sum here.

Address: No. 29, Dongmen Road, Huangpu District

Opening hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 22:00

Average cost per person: CNY 100 – 150

Lao Zheng Xing

A hundred-year restaurant which serves different dishes in different seasons. Spring fishes, summer shrimps, autumn crabs, winter herrings are typical dishes here

Address: No.556, Fuzhou Road, Huangpu District

Opening hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 22:00

Average cost per person: CNY 100 – 150

Lu Bo Lang

The restaurant acclaimed its reputation of Shanghai cuisine, Dim Sum and serving state banquet. It is renowned in the world because it has received lots of political leaders and celebrities.

Address: No. 131, Yuyuan Road, Huangpu District

Opening hours: 11:00 - 14:00, 17:00 - 22:00

Average cost per person: CNY 100 – 150

Whampoa Club

It’s a famous luxury restaurant at the Bund that serves Fusion cuisine.

Address: 5F, No. 3, the Bund, No. 3, East Zhongshan 1st Road, Huangpu District

Opening hours: 11:30 - 14:30, 17:30 - 22:00

Average cost per person: CNY 500 – 600

Su Zhe Hui:

Su Zhe Hui is famous for new Shanghai cuisine, and is gaining its own style. Nice restaurant to try traditional Shanghai food and explore for more.

Opening hours: 11:00—23:00

Average cost per person: CNY150-200

more restaurants:

Hongkou Branch: No. 895, Dalian Road, Hongkou District

Xuhui Branch: 1-2F, Huatai Building, No. 388, Zhaojiabang Road, Xuhui District

Luwan Branch: No. 127, South Maoming Road, Luwan District

Dongfang Branch: No. 877, Dongfang Road, Pudong New Area

Jing'an Branch: No .1121, Middle Yan'an Road, Jing'an District

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