Not sure where to eat in Shanghai? The city welcomes guests with restaurants with various cuisines of the world (from Indian to Japanese). There are streets lined with restaurants, German pubs, Italian pizzerias … In local establishments you can taste traditional Shanghai cuisine - fried noodles with shrimps, crab pies, shrimp dumplings, garlic eel in wine.
Where to eat inexpensively in Shanghai?
You can have a cheap snack right on the street - a variety of kebabs, partridges, tofu cheese, dumplings are sold here. One of the cheapest places is Shashi Xiaochi Shijie - here you will be offered to taste the famous noodle soup. It is worth noting that inexpensive food outlets should be found on Nanjing Street in the Bund.
Where to eat delicious in Shanghai?
- Shanghai Old Restaurant: Founded in 1875, this establishment serves over 100 local specialties, stuffed duck, fried eel rings, fried shrimp, Babao sauce …
- Lao Beijing: It is worth coming here to feast on Peking duck (cut into thin slices). As a complement to the dish, you will be served young onions, tangerine flatbreads, sweet burdock sauce and Hoisin sauce. The meat is followed by the serving of soup, which is made from the parts of the duck left after cutting it.
- M on the Bund: This restaurant's menu features fine Chinese cuisine such as foie gras, grilled lamb, pickled salmon.
- Whisk Choco Café: Well worth coming here for snacks, desserts and drinks (be sure to try Spanish hot chocolate and various chocolate desserts).
- CJW: In one of the best view restaurants, you can sit behind a comfortable sofa, enjoy a taste of lobster and other seafood to the sound of live jazz (jazz performers perform every evening at this place).
Shanghai food tours
Take a hike to the tea market on a Shanghai food tour. In addition, you will attend a Chinese tea ceremony, learn how to choose, brew, store and drink tea correctly. If you wish, you can look into wine shops and wineries, as well as taste Chinese wines.
Your gastronomic city tour may include a visit to Hongqiji (Red Rooster) restaurant - in addition to trying national dishes here, you will be amazed by the fact that the waiters move on rollers here in order to quickly serve incoming guests.
In Shanghai, you will see the Pearl of the East TV tower, the Jinmao skyscraper, relax in parks with fountains, canals and lakes, visit museums and a Shanghai terrarium, as well as authentic restaurants where you can get acquainted with Chinese and Shanghai cuisine.
