Shanghai Vegetarian Buns

Shanghai Vegetarian Buns

　　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, but the vegetarian buns made here are especially famous and widely loved. The buns are made with refined white flour for the wrapper, while the filling consists of finely chopped green vegetables, gluten, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, and spiced tofu, seasoned with sesame oil, sugar, and other flavorings. Once steamed, the buns emerge with snow-white, fluffy wrappers and vibrant, emerald-green fillings that are a feast for the eyes. The aroma fills the room as soon as the steamer is opened, and the taste is deliciously refreshing—never greasy, never tiring, and endlessly enjoyable. These buns can be tasted at Chunfeng Songyuelou Vegetarian Restaurant located in Yuyuan Shopping Mall in Shanghai.