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…