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…
Shanghai Rice Cakes
Shanghai rice cakes are chewy oval nian gao slices that can appear in a light soup, a quick stir-fry, a pork chop snack-shop plate, or a richer seaso…
Cifan Tuan
Cifan tuan is a portable Shanghai sticky rice breakfast roll with savory or sweet fillings, often built around youtiao, pickles, pork floss, or black…
Shanghai Breakfast
Shanghai breakfast is built around fast morning counters, fresh batches, soy milk, youtiao, sticky rice rolls, shengjianbao, wontons, and scallion pa…