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The guide on what and where to eat in Shanghai
If you’re about to travel or move to Shanghai and are dying to try some typical cuisine but don’t know where to start, then this article is for you.
But before describing my favorite dishes, I would like to make a promise: China is larger than Europe and possesses a comparable variety of cuisines – actually, in my opinion it’s even greater than the Old Continent.
The difference is that due to the one way immigration that has seen an enormous quantity of workers from nearly every Chinese province stream to the great coastal metropolises, in Shanghai it’s possible to try any typical dish from all parts of China – prepared according to original recipes and ingredients – without leaving the historic center, or the Puxi area that extends from the Huangpu River to the east, as far as Zhongshan Park to the west.
Since it would be a sin to come to China and then limit yourself to only dishes from Shanghai, whose cuisine is known as Benbang Cai (that literally means “local cuisine”), I’ll tell you about ten dishes – or styles of cooking – that you can find in Shanghai.
I lived for three years between Shanghai and the nearby province of Zhejiang. I will provide you also with the address of a good restaurant – or at least a good restaurant according to me – where you can try it.
Getting around the historic center of Shanghai by taxi or subway isn’t at all complicated. See the city subway map here while here you’ll find my advice for getting around China by taxi.
If you go by taxi it is important to clearly communicate the address to the driver. And by “clearly” I mean in Chinese characters. This is why for each restaurant I will include the address both in Latin letters and Chinese characters.
Pork cutlets in sweet and sour sauce
Shanghai and neighboring provinces (Jiangsu and Zhejiang) are famous for their sweet or sweet and sour dishes. The tangzu xiaopai (糖醋小排), sweet and sour cutlets, are a typical example.
Where can you order them? One example is Di Shui Dong, a local restaurant chain. Here are two addresses
Where to find Di Shui Dong: Maoming Nan Lu 56, second floor, near Changle Lu (茂名南路56号, 近长乐路2楼, or Dongping Lu 5, near Hengshan Lu (东平路5号, 近衡山路).
p.s. If you give your Chinese taxi driver a street number the only result will be a look of disdain. They are not used to going by street numbers: this is why you have to always specify the corner between two streets so that they know where to stop.
p.p.s “Lu” (路) means “way”, or “street”, “hao” (号) means “number” and “jin” (近) “near”.
Steamed Shanghai ravioli
The xiaolongbao (小笼包), or ravioli stuffed with pork meat or crab and steamed soup, are another typical dish of Shanghai.
I’d like to recommend two places to eat them. The first is Loushi Tangbao Guan (陋室汤包馆), that I believe I’m able to translate as “The Humble Room Where You Eat Ravioli in Soup”.
Source: http://www.saporedicina.com/english/what-and-where-to-eat-in-shanghai/
