Food in Shanghai

Spent the Chinese new year at Shanghai.. it was pretty quiet up there, different from previous years, the city was jam packed with tourists and shops were all opened. This year all the shops are not opened until the fourth day of the new year, probably because of the low business activities owners are unwilling to pay overtime during the holidays, and for some reason all the locals have fled to somewhere else leaving the place to the tourists form inland.

There's nothing much to do in Shanghai except to eat..lucky me the best ones still open during the holiday season.

1st meal at the Jade Garden. Dishes I love is the "wai san" fritters which taste almost like french fries, "lion head" with minced meat that melt in your mouth, and fried rice blocks.

Another dinner at the Tang Dynasty. Guess what's inside the basket dish...

is fried sesame dumplings and fried corns.. very nice indeed.

My favorite noodle place in Shanghai 吴越人家.

Best xiaolunbao in old town... i can finish more than a basket myself...

With crab meat inside.. have to say the amount of crab meat has diminished significantly...probably bc of hiking raw material costs..
The place may not be well-known to outsiders... Really really the best fried dumplings 小扬生煎. I wonder how they make the meat so juicy and sweet, the skin is super thin, even thinner than that of xiaolunbao, and broth burst out the second you bite into it.... rmb4.5 for 4 pieces.. I can eat that for lunch everyday if I am working in shanghai...