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Dumplings in bamboo steamers
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UNRIVALLED DINING SCENE
Shanghai's international culinary scene is so spectacular that the city had five restaurants
appear on S. Pellegrino's inaugural 'Asia's 50 Best Restaurants' list in 2013, including Mr &
Mrs Bund and Ultraviolet at Nos. 7 and 8 respectively. New restaurants open every month,
and one local publication lists over 40 different types of cuisine in its restaurant directory.
Shanghai is a city of immigrants, and its restaurants represent a veritable microcosm of
China. Along with the major cuisines - Cantonese, Beijing, Sichuan - are endless variations
in between. Sichuan hotpot
(huoguo)
restaurants, at which a pot of chilli-laced bubbling soup
sitting over a flame, is used for dipping and cooking vegetables and meats, are popular dur-
ing the cold winters, as is Cantonese dim sum for an elegant brunch or high tea.
