What do Shanghainese eat on Chinese New Year?

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and at the time of the Spring Festival parents will cook all kinds of food, and we are responsible for eating eat eat eat. Which buy in Shanghai at the time of the Spring Festival will cook what special dishes to eat? The first thing you need to do is to find out what you're looking for, and you'll be able to find out.

Popping Fish

This popping fish is not abalone, but to take the mackerel pieces with the frying method. Eating popping fish not only takes the good meaning of "yearly surplus", but also the word "popping" has the meaning of explosion.

Sweet and sour pork chops

Sweet and sour pork chops are a great dish for Shanghainese who love a rich sauce. I love this dish on weekdays, and it's even more essential for Chinese New Year!

Shrimp in oil

On New Year's Eve, there will be a shrimp in oil on the table, which is a typical Shanghainese dish, and is also known as river shrimp in oil. Because the shrimp shell has a section of a section of the outline, so it also has a section of a section, auspicious and pleasing symbolism.

Borscht

Just looking at the color of the borscht, it's already full of warmth! This is a flavor that only the Shanghainese can understand!

Spring rolls

Shanghai spring rolls are associated with the year, and all the flavors of spring rolls are a kind of New Year's smell.

Meat skin

When it comes to meat skin, almost all Shanghainese will immediately think of Sanlintang, which is famous for its delicious taste. And one of them that has some popularity is the Sanlin Tang Pork Skin Soup.

Egg Dumplings

The Shanghai custom of eating egg dumplings is mentioned in Eileen Chang's "Half a Life", "Dumplings and egg dumplings are all Yuanbao". Because they look like Yuanbao and taste good, you can see egg dumplings wherever you eat New Year's Eve dinner.

Pickled dukkah

Pickled dukkah is the most characteristic dish of Jiangnan in spring. For Shanghainese, it's a must for the whole family to sit around and watch Grandma serve it up in her "thumping" casserole!

Steamed hairy crab with salted meat

The season of itchy crab feet is already far away from the autumn winds, but Shanghai people's passion for eating crab remains unabated. Winter is coming, and old Shanghainese people know that hairy crabs with salted meat, can't wait to be on the table!

Steamed Rice Cake with Capsicum and Asparagus

Winter Shanghainese people can't live without asparagus, which is served in chicken soup, stir-fried with tatsoi, and stir-fried with rice cake, and when you eat them, you'll be surrounded by happiness!

Shimsha Shao Mai

Minced fresh bamboo shoots and meat are mixed together, and the filling is so much that it comes out of the mouth, and the soup can't be wrapped up in a single mouthful of it, and that's the legendary Shimsha Shao Mai!

Soup dumplings

There is nothing Shanghai people miss more than a bowl of steaming hot soup dumplings in the cold winter. The round soup dumplings symbolize the reunion of the whole family.

Songjiang four-gill perch

The ancient Chinese expression of homesickness, "Ulva perch," refers to the deliciousness of the four-gill perch in their hometowns.

Eight Treasure Rice

Eight Treasure Rice is a sweet and generous portion of rice that is perfect for the whole family to enjoy, symbolizing the reunion of a family and a great taste of the New Year. Eight treasures rice on the table, four flat, eight treasures convergence, "round one", there is a grand, the most essential flavor during the Spring Festival.