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Shanghai Specialty
As the largest city in China,
Shanghai is also a eating paradise where you can find lots kind of specialties in this city. Don't miss tasting the local snacks while you come to
Shanghai, Here are top Shanghai specialities that we recommended for you.
Leisha Dunpling
These sticky glutinous rice dumplings are served often as trios and are filled with adzuki bean paste, yielding a perfectly sweet combination. Sometimes they can be filled with meat, sesame, or paste of other types of beans. Outside, a thin but rich layer of adzuki bean powder completes the overall flavor.
The name of Leisha Dumplings is said to have come from the name of an old lady named Lei who made her living making these treats on the streets of Shanghai at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It was her idea to cover the sticky balls in adzuki bean powder so they did not stick to each other as she transported them. Today, these dumplings are incredibly popular with all ages!
Fried Bread
In Shanghai, baozi (bread) is referred to as mantou. So, Fried Mantou means fried bread. These simple but delicious buns are made with semi-fermented dough that is fried on a saucepan. Fried Mantou must simply be tasted when hot and fresh to experience them at their prime. The exterior is warm, golden, and crispy while the inside is white and soft. Together, the textures make for a truly soothing gastronomical taste! The insides can also be found filled with sesame or scallions for an additional twist in flavor.
Cream Spiced Beans
This interesting food is made by using local broad green beans mixed with ingredients such as fennel, cinnamon bark, salt, sugar, and of course, cream. The result is a slightly sweet and delicate flavor which stimulates the appetite.
Fried Chop Rice Cakes
These delicious cakes are made with a piece of rice cake that is fried and cooked. Two restaurants in Shanghai are particularly known for their versions since around the 1930’s even though their methods vary: Shuguang restaurant and
Xian Laide Cake Store. Do not forget to try these on a trip to
Shanghai!
Yangchun Noodle (plain noodle)
These plain style noodles go smoothly into the mouth. Usually, it is enjoyed with fresh and tasty dried shrimps, scented scallions, and sesame oil in a clear broth at its most basic. It can also be ordered with a thick, savory, meat-based sauce on top. Yangchun Noodles have a very old and beloved history for the Chinese. Every October in the lunar calendar signals a new Spring; thus, the number 10 refers to Spring. Also, a long time ago, a bowl of these noodles was just 10 wen (the monetary unit in ancient times). So, Yangchun Noodles, with “-chun” meaning Spring in Chinese and the longevity of noodles themselves being a good symbol for life, has auspicious significance.
Fresh Meat Buns
A standard bread bun is filled with diced chicken or other meat which has been bathed in a delicious soup beforehand. The entire bun is shaped like an ear which has earned it the name “mao’er” meaning the ears of a cat. To try a particularly delicious version, visit Qiao Jiashan Restaurant in
Shanghai where the buns are handmade and filled with meat or bean paste.
Gaoqiao Cakes
The main components for this kind of Chinese shortcake are wheat flour, lard, sugar, red beans, and osmanthus. It has a very buttery flavor and crispy texture; some say there must be 16 layers for a piece to fully qualify as a Gaoqiao Cake! A good place to try these would be from Gaoqiao Bakery at its retail department at the corner of Huaihai Zhong Road and Ruijin Road in Shanghai.
Mashed Date Pastries
Chinese dates, also known as jujubes, are common ingredients in national sweets and dishes. The Mashed Date Pastries founds in Shanghai consist of a fried pastry cover over a serving of mashed dates within. The golden color is inviting and the texture is pleasant; these sweets are particularly popular in Hong Kong, Macau, and Japan.
Crab-Yellow Pastries
These pastries are round, about the size of a fisted hand, flaky, and topped with a generous layer of sesame seeds for both the eyes and the nose. Their name is because their warm golden color reminds of the yellow of a crab shell. Crab-Yellow Pastries are rich, crispy, and aromatic, and inside is one of a variety of stuffings that typically include green onions, pork, crab meat, shrimp, sugar, mashed beans, and jujube paste.
Dahuchun Restaurant
Opened in the later 1930, an old name of fried dumplings restaurant in Shanghai, it serves meat fried dumplings, fried dumplings with shrimp, beef soup and other food.
Add: 166,
Jinlig Road(Middle),Shanghai City
Tel: 021-63842861
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