Travel Reference
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Where to try Shanghai
cuisine
n Yin (right) Upmarket and very foreigner
friendly, this is a great place to try out a
range of local dishes, including beggars'
chicken. See p.121.
n Yang's Fried Dumplings Line up with
the locals for the finest shengjianbao in
town. See p.111.
n Wang Baohe The place for a crab
banquet. See p.116.
n Xiao Shaoxing Where locals in the
know get their drunken chicken.
See p.118.
n Nan Xiang Unassuming dumpling
restaurant on every tourist's to-do list.
See p.117.
n Shanghai Ren Jia The Chinese like their
restaurants renao (hot and noisy). Try
those drunken shrimps if you're brave
enough. See p.117.
n Lao Zhenxing Simple, unpretentious
and always busy; this place keeps
them coming with classic Shanghai
dishes. See p.116.
story behind it: it's said that a thief stole a chicken and prepared a fire to cook it. When
the emperor's guards passed by, he hid the chicken by covering it with mud and then
threw it in the fire. When the guards had gone he was rewarded with the tastiest dish
he'd ever had.
Every meal will feature so-called “ cold dishes , eaten as appetizers at room
temperature; try crispy eel or “drunken chicken” (chicken marinated in rice wine). More
of an acquired taste is pidan dofu - bright green, jelly-like eggs that have been preserved
for months in lime and clay - served with tofu.
Finally, don't overlook the humble dumpling . Xiaolongbao are delicious small buns
filled with pork and a gelatinous soup - careful though, as they're steaming hot inside
- and served with a sauce made with ginger and vinegar. Also try shengjianbao, a
steamed bun with a crispy base and topped with chives and sesame.
Sichuan cuisine
Sichuan, in China's far west, is renowned for its heavy use of chillis and lip-tingling
pepper, though plenty of other flavours, such as orange peel, ginger and spring onions,
are used. Classic dishes include hot spiced bean curd (mapo doufu
(
), stir-fried chicken
( ).
Try them all out at Yuxin Sichuan Dish (see p.121), or, if you'd rather go easy on the spice,
at South Beauty 881 (see p.120).
with peanuts and chillis (g ongbao jiding
(
); and fish with pickled vegetables (suan cai yu
 
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