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Dining in Shanghai

Shanghai is China's biggest port city. Since the Qing Dynasty, it was thronged by traders from all over the world and was densely populated with both Chinese and foreigners. It is an all-embracing city. Different cultures can find their places or even blend with each other in Shanghai. As far as food and drink is concerned, several big culinary blocs poured into Shanghai one after another.

Shanghai Brunch Restaurants

Missed breakfast, hungry and can't wait for lunch, having a brunch for a lazy afternoon in weekend, , Daze over, or reading the newspaper and TV or chatting with friends and family, like a week energy consumes, would like to take this morning to recover. and weekend Afternoon are mostly not too tight arrangements, is there anything more fun than this to killing time. let’s check out the brunch restaurants for your lazy afternoon.

Top Shanghai Restaurants with Killer Views

With so many restaurant choices in a city as big as Shanghai, it can be difficult to navigate your way to the perfect spot. But why not pick a local that offers excellent food, quality service, and best of all, a breath-taking view of the urban metropolis. Here are our recommendations for the top Shanghai restaurants with killer views.

Shanghai Best Buffet Restaurants

Shanghai South Bund Fabric Market, as the name suggests, this is the ultimate stop for buying fabric. It was opened on April 15, 2006. Start with a trip to the South Bund Fabric Market (399 Lujiabang Road), where three air-conditioned stall offer a wide rang of silk and fabric.

Indian Restaurants in Shanghai

The Indian dishes is famous for use Curry for main ingredient, and cook with fish , meat and vegetable, seasoning with various kind of spice, the taste of the food either keeping the natural flavor nor melted with the strong fragrant of the spice. The typical Indian dishes are Garlic Mutton and Fried Crispy vegetable, the Indian Milk Tea and Dessert after meal is strong recommend. India cuisine has strong flavor of Curry, onion absolutely the main ingredient. India Curry is cooked by it, the food is braised by it, and meat is immersed in it. It is said that the spice which is cook in India food is probably the most in the world.

Specialty Restaurants

From authentic Chinese restaurants to Japanese restaurants or Indonesia restaurants, there are many specialty restaurants in Shanghai.

Snacks Street

Crab-brown Flaky Pastry

The flaky pastry is crispy, delicious, aromatic and as brown as the color of a cooked crab. The fillings include green onions, pork, crab meat, shrimp, sugar, mashed beans, jujube paste.

Mashed Date Flaky Pastry

It is a kind of fried food cooked with pastry cover and black mashed dates inside. It is very popular among the tourists from Hong Kong, Macao and Japan for its golden color, cute figure, crispy pastry and delicious stuffing.

Vegetarian Food Restaurant

Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant

It is a building with three stories. the first floor is the lobby with 140 seats for diners. The second floor is the hall for hire. there you can hold birthday party, wedding ceremony etc.. on the third floor, there is a buddha shrine with the figure of Buddha on the wall where diners can burn incense. As far as the food is concerned, Gongdelin is a marvelous restaurant serving Buddhist Vegetarian dishes. The chefs here use all kinds of natural vegetables to imitate chicken, duck, and fish as well as well as pork and beef. If you love vegetarian food, you should try Gongdelin Vegetarian Restaurant. It is said to be one of the best vegetarian restaurants in China.

Adress: No. 445, Nanjing xi Road
Bus Route: bus No. 20, 37
Tel: 63270218

Juelin Vegetarian Restaurant

Located on Jinling Dong Road, it is a tow-story local style dwelling house with wooden walls, floor, wooden paneled stairs and windows. the restaurant is characterized by its delicious vegetarian dishes. Almost any kind of chinese dish one can think of is listed on its menu. But what is special is that it is all vegetarian even if the description sounds carnivorous. All dishes here are made from vegetables and bean curd, but they taste like pork or other kind of meat.

Address: No. 250, Jinling Dong Road
Bus Route: Bus No. 126, No. 42 no. 208 No. 831
Tel: 63260115
Tips: No reservation is accepted and the restaurant will close just at 9:00 p.m. without delay.

Sichuan Food Restaurant

Beijing cuisine that is attributable to Shandong cuisine and imperial court cuisine is a combination of different cooking Sichuan cuisine is a large school including Chengdu food, Chongqing food and food of other areas of Sichuan province, such as Leshan, Jiangjin, Zigong, Hechuan, etc.. Sichuan food is famous for its many flavors, and almost every dish has its own unique taste. Sichuan people are good at using different seasonings to make various flavors. By blending different seasonings such as chili, pepper, Chinese prickly ash, fermented soy beans, cooking vinegar and sugar, skilled cooks can make dozens of different sauces each with its own flavor, including fish flavor, litchi, spicy and hot, strange taste and so on. sichuan cuisine is also characterized by its various choices of materials, diversiform cooking techniques, uncountable types of dishes with varied tastes. Sichuan snacks and desserts are the very important components of Sichuan cuisine and the culture of sichuan. many Sichuan snacks have their own folklore. Famous Sichuan snacks are fish-flavored shredded pork, Kung pao chicken (spicy chicken fried with peanuts), Yanjianrou (double fried pork), Ma po Bean Curd (stir-fried bean curd in hot sauce), Hog Bowel Hot Pot, Dry Fried Shredded Beef, Husband and Wife’s Pork Lung Slices, Lantern Shadow Beef, Dandan Noodles (hot and spicy noodles), Tangyuan ( dumplings made of glutinous rice flour served in soup), Longchaoshou ( dumpling soup or wonton known in north China).

Beijing Food Restaurant

Beijing cuisine that is attributable to Shandong cuisine and imperial court cuisine is a combination of different cooking styles of various nationalities such as the Hans, the Mengs, the Mans, the Huis etc.. Today, Beijing food has formed its unique characteristics. Beijing Food is famous for its consummate cooking techniques, widely choosing raw materials, diversified dishes, crisp texture and its mellow flavor. The famous dishes are Peking duck, Shuanyangrou ( the instant-boiled mutton), boiled pork, sabuzhan ( sweet custard made with egg yolk, sugar and oil), sour and chili fish, stir-fried diced chicken with soy sauce, roast meat, crisp fried fish slices with distilled grains sauce, Wuliu fish ( or five willow leaves fish), Longxu mian (dragon beard noodles), Doumiangao (bean-flour cake), Xiaowotou (small steamed corn bread), Rou Mo Shao Bing (pancakes with meat-fillings), Yundoujuan (kidney bean roll), Ai Wo Wo (sticky rice with sweet fillings), etc..

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Shanghai Old Restaurant

Shanghai Old Restaurant is a famous restaurant in the local Shanghai culinary style. It dates back to Qing Dynasty, More than 100 years ago and was also called Rongshun Restaurant or Old Rongshun Restaurant in history. In 1964, the name was changed to the present one, Shanghai Old Restaurant. It is the first local food restaurant in Shanghai. In cooking, it pays attention to the control of flames, rich flavor, original gravy and original taste, the dishes are mellow and delicious, thick in gravy and bright in color. Through long time study and practice it adopts different ways of cooking and creates many new flavors. Its specialties are Eight-Jeweled Duck, Braised Meat Preserved in fermented rice in casserole, Red-cooked Hilsa Herring and Kousansi (the mixture of three kinds of shredded vegetables).
Address: No. 242, Fuyou road
Bus Route: Bus No. 932
Opening Time: 11:30 am- 2:30 pm, 3:00 pm- 8:30 pm
Tel: 63111777
Tips: The average costs for each person here is from RMB 50 Yuan to rmb 100 Yuan.

Dexingguan Restaurant

Located at Shiliupu emporia, southern part of The Bund, Dexingguan Restaurant was set up in 1883, More than 100 years ago. The restaurant is specially good at preparing traditional shanghai style dishes, desserts, and can also give a top grade banquet. Its specialties are fish fin, fresh pork and salted pork cooked with bamboo shoot, and fish lip with shrimps. it was redecorated in1993. now this old-brand restaurant is famous for its Shanghai-style dishes, graceful atmosphere, and good services. You can enjoy the Shanghai traditional snacks on the first floor. On the second floor there is a magnificent hall for dance and banquet. on the third floor there are rooms with KTV and other recreational facilities for hire by the hour.
Address: No. 29, Dongmen road
Bus Route: Bus no. 55, 65, 22, 64, 126
Opening Time: All day
Tel: 63743772