Shanghai Soy Milk and Youtiao
Shanghai soy milk and youtiao are a classic breakfast pair built around warm doujiang, crisp fried dough, fast counters, and texture contrast.
Shanghai Cold Noodles
Shanghai cold noodles, or liang mian, are a warm-weather noodle dish tossed with sesame-peanut sauce, cucumber, bean sprouts, vinegar, and chili oil.
Shanghai Sliced Cold Chicken
Shanghai sliced cold chicken, known as baizhanji, is a chilled poached chicken dish prized for yellow skin, tender meat, delicate jelly, and scallion…
Shanghai Scallion Pancake
Shanghai scallion pancake, or cong you bing, is a crisp layered breakfast snack with scallion aroma, golden edges, and a short window when it tastes…
Xiaolongbao
Shanghai xiaolongbao are delicate steamed soup dumplings with thin wrappers, hot broth, pork filling, and a bamboo steamer rhythm that rewards carefu…
Shengjian Mantou
Shanghai shengjian mantou are pan-fried soup buns with soft tops, crisp golden bottoms, sesame, scallions, and a hot juicy filling best eaten soon af…
Scallion Oil Noodles
Shanghai scallion oil noodles are thin wheat noodles mixed while hot with fried scallions and soy-based sauce, best ordered from a shop that cooks an…
Shanghai Braised Pork Belly
Shanghai hong shao rou is red-braised pork belly with glossy soy-sugar sauce, soft fat and lean layers, and a rich flavor best balanced with rice and…
Hairy Crab
Shanghai hairy crab is a seasonal crab specialty served with ginger vinegar and small tools, with autumn mature crabs and early-summer Liuyuehuang yo…
Crab Roe Noodles
Shanghai crab roe noodles are rich seasonal noodles topped with crab roe and crab meat, best mixed carefully with ginger vinegar used in moderation.
Shanghai Wontons
Shanghai wontons are soft folded dumplings served in clear broth, from tiny breakfast wontons to larger pork and vegetable wontons with fuller fillin…
Smoked Fish
Shanghai smoked fish, or xun yu, is a sweet-savory cold appetizer best treated as a small shared dish alongside rice, broth, greens, and a few contra…