What Shanghai local dishes are specially recommended by Shanghai locals?

Shanghai local cuisine is not only sweet, but also a real symbol of thick oil red sauce, which is delicious and mellow. In terms of cooking methods, I am good at using soy sauce and rock sugar, which makes the dishes look red and oily.

Here I recommend several local dishes to you, from snacks to big dishes, and you can never get tired of eating them for free ~

The first course: fried shrimp

Recommended restaurant

Store Name: Lan Xin Restaurant

Address: Jinxian Road 130, Shanghai

Highlight: A 30-year-old Shanghai store, a treasure shop hidden between downtown Shanghai. The fried shrimp in this shop is really popular, and the price is cost-effective and less cost-effective. The food was served quickly, but there were fewer chairs in the shop. If there is a peak, you need to wait. The fried shrimp in this house is an out-and-out home cooking in our family. Every dish smells like mom.

This is the most anticipated dish every time I went to a restaurant when I was a child! Using green shrimp as raw material, it is cooked by oil explosion method. After fried shrimp, the shell is bright red and covered with soup. Shrimp shells are fried to crisp, and the shrimp meat inside is tender and sweet. The most authentic fried shrimp can be chewed with shrimp meat and shrimp shells.

Second course: sweet and sour pork chop.

Recommended restaurant

Store Name: Shanghai Xinhe Restaurant

Address: Room 422 Xinhui Road, Shanghai 104- 1

Highlight: Authentic Shanghai thick oil red sauce is well received by friends. Standard southern practice, sweet entrance. Their sweet and sour dishes are worth this price. Every time I go to their house, I can see many uncles and aunts in Shanghai. Can the shops that uncles and aunts often care about be authentic? This is also one of the cold dishes that local people must order when entertaining guests. Pork chops are used as raw materials, and the sauce is sweet and sour. The outer layer of ribs is not thick batter. When you pick up a sparerib, you will find that it is wrapped in a crystal thick layer, and the sweet and sour taste pops up in your mouth together with the smell of gravy.

The third way: Nanxiang steamed buns

Recommended restaurant

Store Name: Changxing Building

Address: No.75 Renmin Street, Shanghai

Highlight: Located in Nanxiang Ancient Town, it is an old shop with a long history of 120 years. Thin-skinned dumplings are very authentic. Be sure to try steaming steamed bread. As soon as I took it out of the steamer and served it on the table, the smell of steamed bread came to my face. Their steamed buns are not rolled with a rolling pin, but made by hand with the palm of their hand. The boss said that the dough made in this way takes advantage of the temperature of the palm and the taste will be more elastic. Steamed buns are thin and stuffed, and the most wonderful thing is that they are full of soup. My favorite is that bite, full of delicious soup. The meat inside is very tight, not loose at all. Every time I pass by Jiading, I will bring some to share with my friends ~