Everyone should know that most of the food in Shanghai is on the sweet side. If you like sweet food, then Shanghai’s delicacies must not be missed.
However, Shanghai’s food tends to be sweet, but it doesn’t necessarily have to be salty. Let me recommend Shanghai’s special delicacies to you.
Must-visit delicacies 1. Fried shrimp. An indispensable dish on the Shanghainese table is fried shrimp. Fried shrimp is usually made from small river shrimp fried in oil.
This shrimp can even be eaten with the shell on.
The shell is golden and crispy, the shrimp meat is firm, and when paired with the sweet and fresh sauce, it tastes super delicious.
Recommended store: Ruifu Garden Per capita: 141 yuan Address: No. 132, Maoming South Road (near Fuxing Middle Road) 2. Braised Pork When talking about Shanghai’s food, one dish that everyone will definitely mention is braised pork. This dish is basically the best in the country.
It is a dish that can be found in every place, but how are the dishes in Shanghai different? Shanghainese people have a sweet taste, so they use rock sugar in their dishes. The thick sauce and bright color look very good.
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The braised pork is alternately fat and lean, not too greasy, and tastes very good.
Recommended shop: Lan Xin Restaurant Per capita: 73 yuan Address: No. 130 Jinxian Road, Luwan District (near Maoming South Road) 3. Lard and vegetable rice The soul of this rice is lard. I wonder if you have ever eaten lard rice with rice when you were a child. The taste
It's really great.
This is enough to make the vegetable rice combo fragrant, and there are also some finely chopped Shanghai greens and bacon to cut through the greasiness of the lard.
Add a large amount of crispy lard residue and it feels very delicious.
Recommended store: Lao Xinglong Restaurant Per capita: 96 yuan Address: No. 528, Tianjin Road (North Guangxi intersection) 4. The name of this dish called Pickled Fresh Food may be a little strange, and it is also very difficult to pronounce, but this dish has its own
meaning.
Pickled refers to marinated bacon; Du refers to slow-cooked meat; Xian refers to fresh meat.
Bacon and fresh meat plus bamboo shoots, simmered over low heat for several hours, taste really good.
Recommended store: Lanxin Restaurant Per capita: 73 yuan Address: No. 130 Jinxian Road, Luwan District (near Maoming South Road) Traditional dim sum 1. Pan-fried buns Everyone is definitely familiar with the pan-fried buns. The characteristic of the pan-fried buns is the skin.
Crispy, juicy, meaty and delicate.
Whether you like pan-fried buns or pan-fried buns, the outside is golden, the bottom is usually fried until crispy, and the filling is tender and juicy.
It is best eaten when it is hot, but everyone should pay attention to the soup.
Recommended stores: ① Dahuchun (fried pan-fried fish without soup) This store has a high reputation. Everyone must eat pan-fried pancakes when going to Dahuchun. This is different from the pan-fried pancakes with many soups in other places. Dahuchun’s
There is no soup in the fried noodles, which is also a major feature of it, and the dough is different from Pu Ting's fried noodles. The semi-risen noodles are used here to make the texture thicker and softer.
Per capita: 23 yuan Address: No. 136, Sichuan Middle Road ② Youyi Village This is an old store with very good business and is often visited by surrounding residents.
Their most distinctive items are pan-fried and steamed buns, which are thin-skinned, generously stuffed and juicy.
If you don’t really like Dahuchun’s soup-free pan-fried pancakes, then go and try the pan-fried pan-fried pancakes from this restaurant. However, their pan-fried pan-fried pancakes are available in the morning and at noon. In addition, their pan-fried pan-fried pancakes, large wontons, and small
The wontons and fried pork chops are both good.
Per capita: 20 yuan Address: No. 591, Siping Road (near Xingang Road) 2. Xiaolongbao Shanghai’s Xiaolongbao has thin skin, juicy skin, and a fresh and salty taste. It is generally divided into two fillings: crab powder and fresh meat.
There is also a motto when eating Xiao Long Bao, which is "lift it gently, move it slowly, open the window first, then drink the soup, and finally eat it all."
Recommended store: Wanshou Zhai Per capita: 18 yuan Address: No. 123, Shanyin Road (near Jixiang Road) 3. The Four King Kongs The so-called Four King Kongs are flatbreads, fried dough sticks, soy milk, and rice balls. This is the most classic breakfast in Shanghai.
, but now many young people like to use him as a midnight snack.
Not to mention the fried dough sticks and soy milk, the authentic Shanghai pancakes are baked in the oven and are mainly divided into salty and sweet varieties.
Rice balls can also be divided into sweet and salty ones. The sweet ones are filled with bean paste, while the salty ones are usually filled with pickled mustard, meat floss, etc.
Recommended shops: There are many places in the vegetable market where you can buy breakfast.
Seasonal delicacies 1. Qingtuan Qingtuan is actually eaten during the Qingming period. It mainly uses mugwort juice mixed with glutinous rice flour, and then wrapped with bean paste filling and lotus paste. The taste is not sweet or greasy, but just right.