Sichuan Food Restaurant

Sichuan cuisine is one of the major culinary schools in China and combines the styles from Chengdu and Chongqing. It is known for its deep and rich flavors with each dish having its own unique taste, even among the thousands of dishes developed. Seasonings frequently include chili, pepper, Chinese prickly ash, fermented soy beans, shallots, ginger, garlic, cooking vinegar, and sugar. The unique Sichuan pepper is also a frequent player, and a majority of the typical dishes are spicy. Through the creative use of combinations, chefs are able to make countless sauces. These sauces include fish flavors, litchi, spicy, hot, and more.

Some well known favorite dishes 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 bowels 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), and longchaoshou (dumpling soup or wonton known in north China).

In the variation of snacks and desserts, Sichuan cuisine has many choices. Some well known favorites are sweet glutinous rice cakes, rice cakes wrapped in aromatic leaves, sweet breads with egg, zhong dumplings, and seafood and meats with spicy sauce on skewers.

Recommended Sichuan Food Restaurants in Shanghai

Names of Restaurants	Address	Tel
Local Flavor Restaurant	2F, No. 803, Jiujiang road, Huangpu district, Shanghai	021-63613854
Qianlong Meishi Restaurant	No. 72-76, Huanghe road, Shanghai	021-63276733
Nanhai Hotel	No. 11, Sichuan nan road, Shanghai	021-63308402
Bazhen Crab Hot Pot Restaurant	2 f, No.311, Nanjing dong road, Shanghai	021-53531051
Mileyuan Restaurant	No. 3111, Zhoujiazui road, Shanghai	021-65433328
Pengyuan Sichuan cuisine Restaurant	No. 4452, Zhoujiazui road, Shanghai	021-65662781
Chuanguoyanyi Restaurant	2F, Guangfa bank center, No.555, Xujiahui road, Shanghai	021-63901436
Pinchuan Sichuan cuisine Restaurant	No. 47, Tiaojiang road, Shanghai	021-64379361
Chuanjiashifang Restaurant	No. 2463, Xietu road, Shanghai	021-64691525