Qiao Jia Shan Restaurant

Xian De Lai Restaurant serves the national favorite pork ribs fried with glutinous rice cake. Established at Lane 177, Xizang Road (S.) in 1921, it used to cater for low-end diners, hence the title "Xian De Lai" and "King or pork ribs". The name "Xian De Lai" implies "luscious, virtuous and prosperous". The pork ribs are made like fans, golden in color, delicious in taste and tender in texture. The rice cakes are white, smooth and chewy.

Specialty: pork ribs fried with glutinous rice cake

Address: 98 Yunnan Road (S.)

Tel: 021-63366108

Transportation: Bus 23, 123, 926, 980

Shen Da Cheng Restaurant

Shen Da Cheng Reataurant was set up in 6th year of Qing Dynasty Emperor Guang Xu (1875). The founder Shen Ajin combined the best of dim-sum and traditional snacks, careful in selecting row materials and meticulous in preparations. Reputed as "king of dim-sum in Shanghai", some popular specialties include longevity peach-shaped cake, osmanthus cake slices, sticky rice ball with red bean paste and glutinous rice dumpling in bamboo leaves. Shanghai-style dumplings in bamboo leaves retain the feature of being fragrant, chewy and tasty, and curry chicken dumpling, the first of its kind, was produced. A glutinous rice dumpling in bamboo leaves going with a bowl of wanton soup sell very well at Shen Da Cheng.

Specialty: sticky rice cake slices, glutinous rice with bean paste, spinach-dyed sticky rice ball with red bean paste

Address: 636 Nanjing Road (E.)

Tel: 021-63225615

Transportation: Metro Line 1 (People's Square Station), Tourist Line 10, Bus 19, 37

Cang Lang Ting

Cang Lang Ting is an old-brand restaurant among Suzhou-style noodle shops, features in chewy noodles and strong-flavored dressing. The pastries made are just as good as noodles. The specialties of "tri-color pasty" vary with the season. In winter and spring, they mainly sell crispy gingko cake and sweet New Year cake. Pure Brightness Festival is supplied eith Suzhou-style glutinous rice ball with red bean paste. In summer there are sticky rice ball with stie- fried meat fillings, square cake, Fu Ling cake with nuts, etc. Double-Nine cake is sold at the festical. Moon cake with fresh pork filling is a treat at Mid-Autumn Festival. Throughout the year Dingsheng (bound to win) cake, longevity fish noodle, shrimp noodle, Suzhou- style noodles and snacks.

Address: 1465 Fuxing Road (M)

Tel: 021-64372222

Transportation: Metro Line 1 (Changshu Road Station), Bus 02

Gong De Lin

Gong De Lin is the leading restaurant for "veggie food in the shape of meat dishes". The dishes are carefully selected, meticulously prepared and artistically presented. A variety of tasty and nutritional choices are goof foe health in all seasons. Gong De Lin's vegetarian buns and noodles are popular with diners. The vegetarian moon cakes have won the award "China’s best moon cake" and "famous Chinese pastry".

Specialty: vegetarian bun. Moon cake

Address: 445 Nanjing Road (W.)

Tel: 021-63270218

Transportation: Metro Line 2 (Nanjing Road (W) Station), Bus 20, 37, 112

Wu Fang Zhai Dim-sum Restaurant

Wu Fang Zhai Dim-sum Restaurant was established in 1958. The pastries are made with five recipe-made natural herbal fillings, namely, rose, osmanthus, pine, lotus (or mint), hence the name "Wu Fang Zhai" (literally "five fragrance restaurant"). They are varied in seasons such as glutinous rice ball with red bean paste in Pure Brightness Festival, pyramid shaped sticky rice dumpling in bamboo leaves, Double-Nine cake at the festival, eight treasure rice and sweet rice cake in Spring Festival. The "three sweetness", namely sweet taro, sweet potato and sweet rice-filled lotus roots are most sought-after in decades.

Specialty: glutinous rice dumpling in bamboo leaves, pastries and cakes

Address: 938 Pubei Road

Tel: 021-54198439

Transportation: Bus 43, 830

(China.org.cn)