We recently spoke to Betty Liu about her new cookbook, My Shanghai (March 2021), which spotlights the home-style Shanghainese food she grew up eating.
After closing La Wei Xian, a ramshackle Sichuan restaurant in Shanghai's Old Town, owner Mr. Liu opened a private kitchen in his home for special guests.
A review of down home restaurant serving traditional Cantonese food in Shanghai
A review of Da Hu Chun, a Shanghai venue famous for its shengjian mantou (fried pork buns) and designated a "Time-Honored Brand" by the Chinese government
In Changning, Deng Ji Chuan Cai's star attraction is crab in a delicious broth combining the five elements of Chinese cooking.
Guang Ming Cun is a longstanding Shanghai venue offering the city's answer to Hong Kong's dim sum, including dumplings, wontons and tasty braised meats.
Our Shanghai correspondents take a look back at their favorite restaurants and dishes of 2018, which range from Taiwanese pork rice to fried yellow croaker.
At Shanghai hotpot specialist Holy Cow, the meat is sliced to order and never frozen, and much of the organic produce comes from the owner's family farm.
Baozi, or steamed buns filled with pork, vegetables or sweet custards, are a popular breakfast item in Shanghai; here are the top places to find them.
Although it's loved abroad, jianbing is becoming an endangered item of cultural heritage in China. We tell you where to find this Chinese crepe in Shanghai.
The best place in Shanghai to sample Xiaohe Sichuan cuisine, which hails from the cities of Zigong, Luzhou and Yibin in the province's southern region, is at Ben Lai and its second location, Ben Zhen.
Our top five late night dining spots in Shanghai include a mix of roving vendors, restaurants, and small family-run gems that cater to the night-owl crowd.
Pyongyang's many locations throughout Shanghai serve up North Korean cooking and traditional dancing and singing performances every evening.
As malls and high-rises replace Shanghai's backstreets at a breakneck pace and top-down government changes make it harder for street food vendors to do business, many of the city's restaurants are running to the relative safety of food courts.
It can be difficult to find Chinese restaurants with alfresco seating in Shanghai, but we've rounded up our five favorites.
Yi Zhang Hong delivers all the spice of Sichuan cooking with less of the oil and a wide variety of offal dishes and twists on regional classics.
Long a favorite for its soup dumplings, Shanghai's Fu Chun serves classic home-style Shanghainese dishes, including excellent pork chops and wonton soup.
The pandemic has changed the dining scene in Shanghai, but many locals are still coming out to support their favorite restaurants and bars.
Shanghai's top 5 hotpot places range from Hai Di Lao, with many locations and great service, to Coconuttalk, serving hotpot broth made with coconut water.
Our favorite eating experiences of the year include a cult favorite scallion pancake, a Shanghainese banquet and a multi-sensory Japanese feast.
