Ingredients for Braised Pork in an Earthen Pot: 1500g pork block, 500g mustard greens, lotus leaves. Seasonings: sugar, soy sauce, scallions, ginger, cooking wine. Preparation: Wash the pork block, blanch it, press it down, then cut it into squares. Wash and chop the mustard greens. Heat a wok over high heat, stir-fry with scallions and ginger, add the pork pieces, soy sauce, and sugar, and cook until...
Golden Garlic Spare Ribs Ingredients: 400g pork spare ribs. Seasonings: hoisin sauce, satay sauce, Chu Hou sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, MSG, sugar, dried chili peppers, minced garlic. Preparation: Cut the pork spare ribs into 12cm-long pieces, rinse off the blood with water, and marinate with the seasonings for 2 hours. Remove and place in a wok with oil heated to 20% hot…
Crystal Meat Ingredients: 1 pig’s front trotter (750g). Seasonings: fine salt, cooking wine, scallions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, saltpeter. Preparation: Remove the bone from the trotter, place it skin-side down on the cutting board, pierce several small holes in the lean meat with a bamboo skewer, evenly sprinkle 25g of saltpeter water, rub in 75g of coarse salt thoroughly, then flatten and place in a bowl to marinate…
The “Zhonghua” brand cigarettes are a high-end, premium product of the roasted tobacco type, hailed as the “National Cigarette” and an outstanding representative of China’s cigarette brands. Zhonghua cigarettes feature a golden-yellow hue and a pure, delicate aroma. They have been awarded the “National Quality Gold Award” and ranked among the “Top Ten Famous Trademarks in China.” The Zhonghua brand has gradually developed a series of products with varying tar levels including 18mg, 15mg, 11…
Deep-fried Steamed Buns are a signature snack made by Shenchengcheng Confectionery, a century-old shop in Shanghai. The deep-fried steamed buns from this shop incorporate the best techniques from various sources: the dough wrapper is made using the method of Nanxiang xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), rolled from non-fermented fine flour; the filling is inspired by the soup dumplings of Huaiyang-style delicate pastries, where the meat mixture is blended with bone broth and seasoned with scallions, ginger, garlic, and other ingredients...
Vegetarian buns are a signature snack at Chunfeng Songyuelou Vegetarian Restaurant in Shanghai. With over 70 years of history, this restaurant blends the flavors of Beijing, Suzhou, and Yangzhou cuisines while also incorporating local Shanghai tastes. Dishes such as mixed vegetarian stir-fry, sautéed mushrooms, Buddha’s Delight, mushroom and crispy rice soup, fried crab roe, and gluten noodles are well-known and highly regarded in Shanghai. …
Lasha Yuan is one of the signature snacks from Shanghai’s Qiaojiazha Dim Sum Shop, with a history of over 70 years. Legend has it that in the late Qing Dynasty, in the area around Shanghai’s Sanpailou, there was an elderly woman surnamed Lei. To make tangyuan (glutinous rice balls) easier to store and carry, she pioneered the method of rolling boiled tangyuan in white powder. Later generations, in her honor, named this type of tangyuan...
It’s best to use crabs caught in mountain streamlets. Place the crabs in a basin of clean water overnight to allow them to expel impurities. Soak dried corn kernels until they swell, then boil them until they pop, and drain the water. Pick some fresh ginger shoots and young ginger leaves from the current year…
It is divided into five major categories: jade carving, ivory carving, wood carving, lacquer carving, and stone carving. Shanghai jade carving includes four types: censers and vases, figures, birds, and beasts, among which censers and vases are especially noted for their traditional characteristics. The materials are carefully selected, the designs are dignified and elegant, the decorations are simple and fresh, and the craftsmanship is exquisite and delicate. Ivory carving varieties include openwork fine carving, leather carving, and figures, all featuring unique shapes,…
Shanghai embroidery includes seven major categories: embroidery, drawnwork, machine embroidery, embroidered garments, printed goods, carpets, and artistic tapestries. Shanghai embroidery is most famous for Gu embroidery, which has a history of four to five hundred years. Shanghai carpets are known for their delicate craftsmanship and elegant patterns, with handmade wool carpets being the main products, along with silk rugs and others. Artistic tapestries can effectively capture the artistic effects of oil paintings and traditional Chinese paintings, making them a refined and graceful choice for interior decoration.
The rice cakes and pastries from “Wufangzhai” are truly unique. First, they use premium ingredients in just the right proportions. The glutinous rice flour used to make the cakes comes from high-quality, white, and resilient japonica and glutinous rice produced in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, and other areas. Ingredients such as pine nuts, melon seeds, and sesame seeds are all carefully selected top-grade varieties, and the osmanthus used is richly fragrant aged osmanthus. Additionally...
Cuisine: Shanghainese Flavor: Lightly Fragrant Price: 10–40 RMB Special Features: Thin wrappers, generous filling, fragrant shepherd's purse, delicious taste. Ingredients: 1300g wheat flour, 750g pork (fat and lean), 1500g shepherd's purse, 25g yellow wine, 40g salt, 25g white sugar, sesame oil, 15g monosodium glutamate, 40g lard (refined)…
Qiaoguo is a traditional product among Shanghai-style pastries. The shape of the “seven skills” is often described in folklore as “twisting and turning in seven or eight ways.” In rural areas of Shanghai’s suburbs, there is a custom where newlywed women bring some qiaoguo back from their maternal homes to give to their husbands when they visit on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month (commonly known as Qiao Day). Therefore, every year around the seventh day of the seventh lunar month...
Scallion Oil Noodles is a famous snack from Shanghai. The preparation method of Scallion Oil Noodles is very particular. First, the white part of the scallions is cut into inch-long segments and fried in warm oil (this method produces scallion oil that is deep red with hints of yellow, rich in scallion aroma, and can instantly whet the appetite just by the smell). Then, the scallion oil is combined with dried small shrimps that have been stir-fried in vegetable oil and marinated in wine and sugar, i.e.…
Across China, pastries are a beloved Chinese specialty. When it comes to Shanghai’s pastries, you could count on your fingers and toes and still not run out of options. But among the most popular with locals are TouTiao Cake and Mint Cake, along with treats like ShuangNiang Tuan. Mint Cake is made with glutinous rice flour mixed with a touch of mint powder and decorated with red and green threads. TouTiao Cake is made from glutinous rice flour…
Shanghai Winter Vegetable Glutinous Rice Balls are made with a filling of winter vegetable cubes and minced pork, wrapped in a dough made from glutinous rice flour, then rolled in glutinous rice and steamed. Heat oil in an iron pot, add chopped scallions and ginger to sauté until fragrant, then add minced pork and winter vegetable cubes along with cooking wine and stir-fry. Add soy sauce, salt, MSG, and water, simmer briefly, thicken the sauce, drizzle with sesame oil, and remove from heat. Wash the glutinous rice, soak it...
The Five-Nut Plum Blossom Pastry is made with a filling of pine nuts, olive kernels, peach kernels, almonds, and melon seeds, wrapped in an oily pastry dough and then deep-fried. The pine nuts, olive kernels, almonds, and peach kernels are first blanched in oil until cooked, then cooled and chopped into fine pieces together with melon seeds. Sugar and rendered lard are added and mixed evenly to form the filling. The pastry dough is wrapped around the filling, shaped into a five-pointed star...
“Crystal Shrimp” is one of the famous signature dishes at Shanghai Jing’an Hotel and has been rated as the “No. 1 Dish in Shanghai.” Its development was once described by the renowned writer Liang Shiqiu in his book *Yashe Talks About Food*: “When it comes to shrimp, the Fujian restaurants do it best. I remember Zhongxintang on West Chang’an Street in Beiping was the only proper Fujian restaurant in the city, and their stir-fried shrimp…
The pork chops are crispy, tender, and fragrant, while the rice cakes are soft, glutinous, and delicious, all coated in a rich, vibrant sauce. A beloved snack among locals, pork chop rice cakes are an affordable and uniquely flavorful dish in Shanghai with a history of over 50 years. There are two well-known spots in Shanghai for this dish—“Xiao Changzhou” and “Xian Delai.” The pork chop rice cakes at “Xiao Changzhou” use...
It gets its name from its extremely thin and brittle skin that causes it to crack with slight impact upon ripening. The melon is oblong in shape, slightly thicker in the middle, resembling an olive-shaped horsebell—hence also called the Horsebell Melon. It typically weighs around 2 kilograms, with larger ones ranging from 2.5 to 3 kilograms. The rind is pale green with light-colored floral net patterns, very thin and fragile. The flesh is pale yellow, with bright red seeds, thick and juicy, and boasts exceptional sweetness...