Shanghai, China Travel Guide
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Eating in Shanghai
Eating in Shanghai
Overview: Fat semi-browned noodles doused in soy and sesame sauces dangle from the twisted bundle of noodles at the end of a pair of helpful chopsticks. Fried pork pieces, chopped cabbage and scallions packed in between the noodles struggle to keep from slipping off the noodles until they disappear into the ravenous gulf of no return.
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Shanghai cuisine is like s sponge: it absorbs everything around it. And so Shanghai food has been nurtured by all the flavors and foods from the various provinces that make up Shanghai. Shanghai doesn’t have a famous dish like the renowned roasted Peking Duck that Beijing has, but Shanghai does have its own flavors. A secret to Shanghai flavors is sugar, an ingredient the Shanghainese use more than other Chinese folks. You can experiment in some of Shanghai’s shabu shabu type restaurants where you sit at a table with boiling vats of water and boil meats and vegetables. Pig brains can be had in these. But remember, you’ll be cooking the brains in the water, which has been treated by the servers with spices already. If you’re not into this sort of experimentation, try soem of Shanghai’s signature dishes such as sweet spare ribs, Shanghai dumplings and freshwater fish.